Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anticoagulant drugs safe enough for long term use to help prevent heart disease are under development by almost every drug company , Huber said . |
| 2 | Hospitality : More beds are needed especially to accommodate the German team on Thursday , Friday and Saturday nights , and a few for Friday night only for long distance Medau performers — please ask in your classes ( ten mile radius from Croydon or along the route from Dover preferred ) and send offers to . |
| 3 | By 1679 it was estimated that such payments were six or seven years in arrears ; and in the 1690s English diplomats were still very often paid merely in Exchequer tallies which could be cashed only after long delay and at ruinous discounts to their face value . |
| 4 | They have also reintroduced selective Saturday opening of branches , together with longer weekday opening . |
| 5 | Lesley-Jane , perhaps from long experience of having her mother going on about her or perhaps just from exhaustion , did not seem to be listening . |
| 6 | Although a couple of David Platt 's efforts have derived from shots on the edge of the penalty area , as indeed did Paul Merson 's debut goal in Prague , the general rule is that England are not scoring enough from long range . |
| 7 | Customer loyalty depends very much on long term customer satisfaction and belief that the school is providing quality education . |
| 8 | Friedman 's views are based essentially on the quantity theory relationship and depend crucially on statistical evidence which purports to show that velocity is relatively stable and predictable especially over long time periods . |
| 9 | An earlier study using the same type of stimulus material ( Christianson , 1984 ) showed impaired recall of central events in the neutral condition , but only at long retention intervals ( 2 weeks rather than 12 minutes ) and no significant difference between conditions on the 4AFC recognition test for peripheral details . |
| 10 | Much larger than the other black-necked geese , and distinguished from Barnacle especially by longer neck , generally brownish plumage and much smaller extent of white on face . |
| 11 | Summer gales were rarely of long duration in our experience , and if it blew really hard we used to snug down in the lee of one of the many anchorages and take to the hills for a change . |
| 12 | More funds were required generally for longer opening hours ; more paid staff was wanted as was more training . |
| 13 | Those who remain , generally with long service , are a dedicated lot , proud of their unique service . |
| 14 | So it was pretty clear to the DUC that people from outside with long hair and beards were not going to advance the cause of the campaign . |
| 15 | Experiments show that many tolerate a wide range of light conditions , but a few high polar species perform best in long day regimes , or refuse to flower in anything less than a 22–24-hour day . |
| 16 | Put three drops in your palms ( more for long hair ) and smooth through hair to restore tired locks . |
| 17 | The National Consumer Credit Federation , representing check traders , told us that the agent going from door to door , usually with long experience of working for the firm , had quite a lot of discretion over whether or not to lend , though with small firms the bosses like to keep in touch themselves , often going on collection rounds so as to see customers , and certainly weighing up doubtful cases themselves . |
| 18 | It 's suitable for all hair types and lengths but because it 's gentle , the waves will drop more quickly on longer hair . |
| 19 | There are so many carp anglers , all fishing with high nutritive value ( HNV ) boiled baits , attached to hair- and bolt-rigs , usually at long range , you can not afford to persist with the old baits and rigs and expect much success . |
| 20 | It is important both in long term or " corporate " ( company wide ) planning , and in the budgetary planning and control process which is carried out on an annual basis . |
| 21 | Best told from Sandwich and Gull-billed Terns by smaller size , orange-yellow bill and narrow white band on forehead even in breeding plumage ; from Gull-billed also by longer bill and yellow soles of feet . |
| 22 | They noticed that background radiation in the laboratory appeared to rise by up to 50 per cent while the experiment was running but they had no means of knowing whether or not this had anything to do with the experiment as the natural background radiation from cosmic rays can vary substantially during long time periods . |
| 23 | Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is more likely to be associated with hypoxia as this procedure is often of longer duration ; a combination of sedatives is often used and many patients have underlying cardiorespiratory disorders . |
| 24 | In addition the manager is probably required to contribute effectively to longer term strategy and to manage the changes involved in its implementation . |
| 25 | The conductor was babbling on good-naturedly about long train journeys but Donna scarcely heard what he said . |
| 26 | Then for long distance use we may require garages where you can simply exchange a battery pack for a fully charged one which you slide into the car . |
| 27 | Adam Smith did not deny that there were bad examples within the " system of repairing the highroads by tolls " , but in 1776 thought this was because the system was not then of long standing . |
| 28 | His powerful shooting , sometimes from long range , was spectacular and effective and we do well to remember that Albert played in the days when the leather ball grew heavier and heavier , soaking up any moisture there may have been in or on the pitch and possibly finishing up weighing several pounds . |
| 29 | It , it , it just went on for a lit a short time afterwards but er , but when the war ended course things , some things changed pretty rapidly as you can appreciate but , but by this time I , I was working for Ellwells then on long distance transport and we used to have to go and fetch tractors or bulldozers that had got armour plating on from Dagenham docks and bring them up here and start selling them to civic contractors and the , the Americans were selling a lot of equipment as well at end of the war , and I saw money made overnight like , people were buying the lorries and putting them on the road you know for work and transport firms and all that and they were getting some of them for next to nothing |
| 30 | Distinguished from Skylark chiefly by longer crest being always erect and conspicuous , and buff instead of white outer feathers in shorter tail ; also in flight by orange-buff patch on underwing . |