Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the long term " in BNC.
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| 1 | The resale potential of other Anatolian items is less clear , but it seems probable that the finer quality Dobags and the more tribal items , whether village or nomadic , will fare better in the long term than " furnishing " or " decorative " rugs . |
| 2 | Buying a soon-to-be-obsolete car can be a saving in the short term , but not necessarily in the long term . |
| 3 | Each was temporarily leader of his respective peer-group and power-base , but each had less than unanimous backing , especially in the long term . |
| 4 | In many cases these activities have promoted gender-neutral policies and perhaps in the long term will have a major impact on some aspects of gender bias in schools . |
| 5 | So in the long term , the entourages of the great proved effective as social melting-pots . |
| 6 | The good effects of war can be detected only in the long term , and there were bad effects too , while the consequences of coalition for the party were immediate and almost wholly negative . |
| 7 | Nevertheless in the long term , if the policy is pursued rigorously enough , many economists argue that it is the most effective way of keeping inflation under control . |
| 8 | That 's one corporate plan that ca n't win , not in the long term . |
| 9 | One does not get a sense of a strong need for support from parents to children to be reciprocated — certainly not in the short term , and possibly not in the long term either . |
| 10 | This is not in the long term interests of global capitalism , and TNCs through their governments have been known to put pressure on dictators for the purpose of creating or restoring pluralist political systems . |
| 11 | Erm any strategy for taking jobs away from other parts of the country towards Harrogate will not solve the nation 's problems and it will not in the long term solve North Yorkshire 's problems . |
| 12 | Another former Conservative Cabinet minister , David Howell , chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee , praised the Budget as a ‘ balanced and prudent ’ statement which would pay off in the long term . |
| 13 | The party leadership 's case — that the Scottish Secretary would be forced to select councillors to sit on the Committee of the Regions from a list supplied by the four parties , and this was a key concession which would pay off in the long term — was acknowledged by committee members . |
| 14 | Eventually English Heritage joined with the National Heritage Memorial fund offering to buy the house and asking for no funding from the government ( although possibly in the long term , additional monies would have had to have been found for the running of the house ) . |
| 15 | By paying claims in advance , they fear Mr Outhwaite could pay more in the long term . |
| 16 | Even for severely ill patients a good long term outlook can be expected for most of those undergoing transplantation ; the overall survival of 70% at a mean of 69 months for those discharged from hospital after such an operation compares favourably with the long term results of cardiac transplantation worldwide . |
| 17 | He is entirely right about the British contribution to Europe , both in the long term and in the past few years when much of the present shape of the Community has arisen from initiatives by this country . |
| 18 | For example , some women in a financial position to stop work and start a family are loath to give up their careers for a period , knowing they may lose out in the long term . |
| 19 | Despite the myths which surround the Act , it turned out in the long term to be quite efficient and reasonably humane , but the threat of transition sparked off another series of troubles in Sussex , the last concerted fling of desperation . |
| 20 | I do have some sympathy for cou councillor I do know this area and I I do know the traffic problems there and and we do really in the long term need to do something about it . |
| 21 | I see him back in the long term as county captain . |
| 22 | According to this analysis regions such as Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Kent need to invest in education , training and infrastructure in order to maximise the potential benefits of the Channel Tunnel , particularly in the long term when congestion costs in the grands poles become insupportable and investors look elsewhere . |
| 23 | While natural parents may be inadequate , even neglectful and cruel , this has to be balanced against the unsuitability of state agencies to fulfil the parental role , particularly in the long term . |
| 24 | As you are reading this , the chances are that you , too , have tried diets , failed ( at least in the long term ) , and then restarted . |
| 25 | Or or certainly in the long term . |
| 26 | They were dissenters from and critics of the worldly values of power , pleasure , and opulence , and therefore in the long term the creators of the modern secularizing notion that such pursuits are irrelevant to religion and vice versa . |