Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] long [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | It will also cut training needs at a time when people no longer want to serve long apprenticeships . |
2 | The safety record in the private sector is worse , because it reflects the fact that those in the private sector are already forced to work longer hours . |
3 | The fact that many prisoners have routinely had to spend long periods in their cells without access to a toilet , having to use chamber pots and queue up to ‘ slop out ’ , has been a potent symbol of the squalor of British prisons . |
4 | To this day , despite periods of extreme repression , they have survived , often having to spend long periods underground . |
5 | So what do the Germans offer those women who do n't want to wear longer lengths ? |
6 | My toes went numb , and at the primary school that we attended I was n't allowed to wear long trousers at my age . |
7 | Also like police court trials , witnesses had to pay their own expenses , even though they sometimes had to travel long distances , especially when a trial was postponed several times . |
8 | Tertiary , prevention … would aim at avoiding the worst consequences of a child actually having to spend long periods in substitute care . |