Example sentences of "[noun pl] for long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Get titles right as well and if you are using initials for long names always spell out the name at least once . |
| 32 | to consult the landed and trading interest of the nation , by lessening its incumbrances and public debts , and putting them in a method of being paid off in a few years ; which could not have been done , unless a way had been found to make the Annuities for long terms redeemable ; which had been happily effected by the South-Sea Scheme , without a breach of parliamentary faith . |
| 33 | She says parents should make sure their children do n't use the machines for long periods unsupervised . |
| 34 | They can also use them to accommodate overseas staff home on leave , or to entertain business associates , or even as retirement gifts for long service staff . |
| 35 | The dwarf maintains an assault on the trees for long periods and achieves little ( the equivalent of frequent , low-magnitude events ) ; the giant sleeps most of the time but occasionally wakes and causes great destruction ( a catastrophic event ) whereas the man works regular hours and systematically achieves the greatest effects ( events that occur once or twice each year ) . |
| 36 | They made us chase shadows for long periods . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ They made us chase shadows for long spells but we had to go after this game and that situation was tailor-made for Spartak , ’ he said . |
| 38 | The Crown needed larger sums for longer periods than London financiers could provide . |
| 39 | NEDC presses for longer summer holiday season |
| 40 | It is therefore not practical to monitor patients for long periods with this technique . |
| 41 | The danger , witnessed sometimes in practice , is that certain children ( notably the most able , the oldest , the best-behaved , and girls ) are tacitly deemed ‘ undemanding ’ and may be left to their own devices for long periods , denied the kinds of challenging interaction which they , like all children , need . |
| 42 | Flight graceful , often sailing with outstretched wings for long periods ; indulges in piracy against smaller gulls . |
| 43 | But , whatever form they make take , language demands will almost certainly be greater than in the past ; more pupils will be studying foreign languages for longer periods of time , and children 's perceptions of foreign languages are likely to change . |
| 44 | Both these options are available in abundance with boar riders , trolls , and chariots for attack and rock lobbers or doom divers for long range destruction . |
| 45 | The decentralized Evans model underestimates the amount of material which lies unused in departments for long periods of the year and which might be of value to another discipline , or to a pupil in the enquiry mode ; it certainly contains no element which would stress interdisciplinary thinking , inter.departmental cooperation or the sharing of acquisitions and experience . |
| 46 | High resolution polyacrylamide gels for long range reading were prepared according to ( 30 ) . |
| 47 | She 's had to restrict the amount of time he spends playing them , and she 's warning other parents not to let children use the games for long periods unsupervised . |
| 48 | After cooking , wash in warm , soapy water ; soak in suds for longer periods to remove dried food particles . |
| 49 | Increases for longer stay parking will range from ten pence to 30 pence outside Belfast . |
| 50 | If sweatshop bosses are to be competitive they must pay their workers low wages for long hours , cut corners on health and safety and forget about such niceties as job protection . |
| 51 | They employ women for long hours and often in poor conditions in the production of textiles , pharmaceuticals and a variety of other items . |
| 52 | Such jobs tend to be low paid , mainly employing non-unionised women for long hours with a high rate of exploitation . |
| 53 | You have two good options for long range artillery in the form of Orc Rock Lobbers and Goblin Doom Divers . |
| 54 | Where grease poses less of a problem , in food preparation areas , for example , choose grease-resistant mats for long service life . |
| 55 | The new breed of shareholders has yet to show its skills of actually trading shares for long term appreciation and has tended to sell out at the most lucrative time . |
| 56 | It often stands motionless in pools for long periods and is easily watched from a car or hide . |
| 57 | Yes , the Prime Minister has negotiated a set of circumstances in which it will be possible for employers in Britain to pay lower wages and work their employees for longer hours in worse conditions than their competitors on mainland Europe . |
| 58 | Most prisoners are confined to their cells for long periods of time . |
| 59 | ‘ With hindsight ’ , the HAS commented , ‘ it can be seen that the exercise of moving to community care should have begun with the provision of substitute facilities for longer term dependent patients ’ . |