Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if I 'm going to think long term I 've got to got to work |
| 2 | We can not afford to overlook the cruel irony enacted by the racist regime of freeing one generation of fighters from the sixties and seventies , while proceeding to serve long sentences on a new generation of fighters of the eighties . |
| 3 | But with the resurgence in business , those who are left are having to work long hours to ensure that the quality of service to clients is not affected , and she believes that she will have to start recruiting again before long . |
| 4 | People are having to do long journeys . |
| 5 | Tertiary , prevention … would aim at avoiding the worst consequences of a child actually having to spend long periods in substitute care . |
| 6 | To this day , despite periods of extreme repression , they have survived , often having to spend long periods underground . |
| 7 | Inevitably , the rationalising of 16–19 provision , has led to more students having to travel longer distances . |
| 8 | As we shall see , a similar debate is taking place amongst those who are trying to link long waves to theories of geographical change . |