Example sentences of "[vb -s] quite a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever we may think of Oliphant 's views , we have to assume there would be little point in attacks on [ h ] -dropping by the educated elite unless it was highly salient and widespread , and it is reasonable to assume for these reasons that it probably has quite a long history in the language . |
| 2 | Maria has quite a long job . |
| 3 | The East Sussex region is interesting because it has a very high retired population and it also has quite a long of young people , particularly in the Brighton area , and a relatively small workforce , rather low in industry , certainly in the primary industries , erm service occupations are perhaps almost the mainstay of the local populace — now how would an area such as that rate in your chart as to needs ? |
| 4 | The feeding process takes quite a long time , depending of course on the sizes of the individuals concerned and various environmental factors , such as temperature ( see p. 303 ) . |
| 5 | Erm something they tell you throughout the , it takes quite a long time . |
| 6 | This takes quite a long time and slowly the boat turns around . |
| 7 | Three to five years seems quite a long way forward in the current uncertain climate . |
| 8 | it seems quite a long time |