Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [verb] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relatively few controlled observations of the effects of sleep loss have continued for longer than forty-eight hours . |
| 2 | To investigate our rhythms , some individuals have lived for long periods in underground caves , cut off from sunlight . |
| 3 | Foreign language learners need to enter into long stretches of communication , in real and complex situations . |
| 4 | Increases in the population aged over 65 , in both proportionate and absolute terms have resulted from long term downward trends in the birth rate coinciding with decreased mortality rates . |
| 5 | Figure 8.6 Female long-tailed widow birds prefer to mate with longer tailed males . |
| 6 | Lacking sufficient data , specific advice about treatment can not be given ; both local and systemic approaches have resulted in long term survival . |
| 7 | The third was connected with a new awareness of history , of the fact that human societies and institutions have developed through long centuries and have taken on many different shapes at different times and in different places — an awareness which was especially sharply focused by the work of Gotthold Lessing . |