Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reasons of compliance it was not possible to plan for longer experiments ( our experiments lasted approximately eight hours from start to end ) . |
| 2 | If these remedies are being taken , it is undesirable to continue for longer than three weeks unless the patient is under medical supervision . |
| 3 | Despite some progress they have done little to compensate for long term NHS underfunding |
| 4 | From his early years , he had been engaged in the creation of a whole world , comparable in scale with the world of Greek mythology , with a pantheon of gods , a hierarchy of elvish immortals , and a vast cycle of stories , some of them ‘ forgotten ’ , or not yet formulated , in his imagination ; some surviving in fragmentary form ; some planned as long prose narratives ; some conceived as great poems , longer than Beowulf The sheer volume of all this , much of it composed before his fortieth birthday , bears testimony to a rare artistic self-confidence . |
| 5 | He is a widower , with no family and few interests outside the hotel : as a result , he is prepared to work for long hours and generally acts as night porter during the week . |
| 6 | This allows for longer cooking to ensure it is cooked right through . |
| 7 | In the traditional industry , this calls for long landscape backgrounds that the cameraman scrolls with the action — another task in an already exhaustive list . |
| 8 | Hull continually capitalised on this failing with long , relieving kicks and , in addition , he kicked four penalty goals from six attempts . |
| 9 | The minor claim is simply that if you it 's an empirical claim it says if you look at the fossil record , and you look in detail at the changes in the fossils , what you observe is not continuous steady change , but you see what they call stasis — that is nothing much happening for long periods of time , perhaps for millions of years , and then rather suddenly changes taking place . |
| 10 | Because we are realising what television can not admit ; that nothing much happens for long periods of time . |
| 11 | In addition to their role as refuse removers , these crustaceans also provide a valuable food source for some fish , particularly Mandarins , which are next to impossible to maintain for long periods in aquaria which are not well stocked with inverts and living rock . |
| 12 | He was very tired and found it hard to concentrate for long periods of time . |
| 13 | We found the machine was fairly comfortable to use for long periods , but the high body did make it slightly awkward to control in tight corners . |
| 14 | Juries are becoming more likely to return guilty verdicts in tough-to-prove cases — and judges more likely to slap on longer sentences . |
| 15 | In the original sweat spot test the foot was chosen because , impairment being more likely to occur in longer nerve fibres , the lower extremities would be the first to be involved in diabetic autonomic neuropathy . |
| 16 | This would seem to be more likely to occur in longer input utterances . |
| 17 | They found the gentlemen in the club in white tie and tails all smoking through long cigarette holders , as was the fashion . |
| 18 | All need annual pruning but many flower for long periods and come in lots of colours . |
| 19 | They are all based on long experience of examinations of the type concerned , and ensure that your paper is efficiently marked . |
| 20 | Because of inflation , now about 20% a month , they are usually unwilling to lend for longer than three to six months , and would prefer to stick to simple trade finance . |
| 21 | Those assigned to long term sclerotherapy who presented with oesophageal variceal rebleeding were treated by further sclerotherapy as detailed above . |
| 22 | You body wo n't turn as much as it did before , you get tired more quickly , you 're less able to concentrate for long periods and have to allow for more errors . |
| 23 | You will need to be able to work for long periods with a high degree of accuracy , and have really good eyesight . |
| 24 | As chairman of the European Movement in Britain , I am gratified to observe that a treaty which I would describe as extensive and profound has at long last been signed . |
| 25 | They have an important part to play in providing care to those discharged after long stays in hospital and also in providing temporary homes and rehabilitation to those trying to re-establish themselves in the community . |
| 26 | Those attached to long subduction zones , such as the Pacific Plate , have been moving at comparatively high velocities ( 60–90 mm a- 1 ) , whereas plates lacking extensive subducting boundaries have experienced slower rates of movement ( below 40 mm a-1 ) . |
| 27 | They 've been doing so since bathing machines first appeared on Long Island in about 1794 . |