Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The public relations executive , as a manager of the corporate personality , can only sustain in the long term , an identity that is based upon reality . |
| 2 | First , the very fact that this standard of review is so limited means that it will only serve as a long stop to catch extreme examples of aberrant administrative behaviour . |
| 3 | Actually it is wrong to think that your present diet will necessarily lead to a long and productive life . |
| 4 | If we were to add those provisions to the Bill , I fear that we might not fall within the long title of the Bill . |
| 5 | To a certain extent it does not matter how well a product performs if the user takes a strong dislike to it then it will not succeed in the long run . |
| 6 | Lions are strong but can not run for a long time . |
| 7 | Sir David Alliance , Coats chairman , said the sales were part of Coats ' continuing policy of disposing of peripheral activities that do not fit in the long term strategy of the group . |
| 8 | Thus we have Macdonald reporting on the " almost unanimous chorus of opinion that women 's work as compositors is so inferior to men 's that it does not pay in the long run " ( the chorus in question being from employers ) But the testimony of individual employers is far from unanimous or even consistent . |
| 9 | One enterprising station-master frequently told all passengers that their trains would not leave for a long time . |
| 10 | But do not be downhearted if your story is not taken up , or indeed ousted at the last moment because a major story comes up : your campaign will not suffer in the long run . |
| 11 | Susie did not reply for a long time . |
| 12 | Alternatively , try to find the sort of rectangular table that can also double as a long desk or work table when required . |
| 13 | You would probably both benefit in the long term by coming to such a compromise as interests and contacts from outside can save you both from the trapped feeling that a dependent relationship can bring about . |
| 14 | What we did n't know for a long time was that this book is his revenge on his parents . |
| 15 | Yeah , mind you his , his short er term policies so it does n't matter in the long run . |
| 16 | Mummy was there it did n't feel like a long day did it ? |
| 17 | But I ca n't see in the long run that it would make any difference to what we 've been talking about , seeing who Maggie is . |
| 18 | But that wo n't happen for a long time , says Richard Outcalt , a retail-sales consultant in Seattle . |
| 19 | The whining motor could n't cope with the long grass by the fence , and it melted the extension cable when Pa forgot to unwind it fully from its blue plastic drum . |
| 20 | It does n't pay in the long run . |
| 21 | She did n't breathe for a long time . |
| 22 | Begging or threatening tactics wo n't help in the long run either . |
| 23 | He ca n't see that does n't help in the long run if , |
| 24 | If little Jimmy 's mother tells everyone that they can never go on a long journey because little Jimmy is always car-sick , then you can be sure that little Jimmy always will be car-sick . |