Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In our Polymer Research Group , there are erm people doing research on novel plastics for erm credit cards , for additives to plastics which you use for credit cards , to give bank cards and credit cards a longer lifetime .
2 A third story details a long punishment in which a child — like parts of Berlin to this day — is compelled to stand absolutely still .
3 In 1982 after Mexico said it was unable to pay its debts , the IMF ( International Monetary Fund ) moved to prevent a crisis , and in return for giving debtor countries a longer time to pay , the IMF laid down austerity measures — with dire consequences for the poor .
4 In the Ministry of State Properties a long memorandum of October 1855 brought together information from the provinces concerning the abject condition of state-owned peasants .
5 I 've been in steam stations as well as steam turbines a long time since but with steam you can use it over again .
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