Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | By providing a daily income for the duration of your stay in hospital , plus a Convalescence Benefit payable after longer stays , the Plan can help you meet your overheads while you 're out of circulation — and add financial comfort while you 're getting back on your feet . |
| 2 | His view , however , is implicitly gradualist — ‘ a temporal progressive sequence of changes within an evolutionary lineage ’ — and there is no indication of the extensive palaeontological literature of the past decade suggesting an alternative punctuational view , that species may evolve relatively rapidly and then remain unchanged for long periods . |
| 3 | Corkscrew curls look stunning on long thick hair . |
| 4 | Even so , important posts in Dutch diplomacy had sometimes to be filled by second-rate men or go unfilled for long periods . |
| 5 | At 3 ° C , feeding begins but the animals still remain immobile for long periods . |