Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At home he decided to go in for wholesale enclosures , encouraged his tenants to take long leases by reducing their rents , and instructed them in modern scientific methods . |
| 2 | One alternative often offered by professionals as a solution to personal assistance needs requires young people to work long hours for a ‘ dole plus ’ package . |
| 3 | All this could be done by giving a life estate to the head of the family ; with the remainder to his sons successively in tail-male , with remainder to the daughters in tail , subject to a rentcharge in favour of the life tenant 's widow upon his death , and in favour of any other persons desired to be benefited ; and with power to the trustees to create long leases in the property for the purpose of charging the lease in order to provide portions for younger sons and daughters who did not inherit the land . |
| 4 | In the use of the theories to analyse developments within the UK , however , there have been attempts to link long waves to the changing nature and pattern of uneven development . |
| 5 | Elderly parents may begin to feel tense and unsure of their previous social skills and ability to sustain long conversations with visitors , or may tire very quickly , which may lead them to start placing obstacles of one kind and another to people coming to the house at all . |
| 6 | He has shied away from too many tournaments and has escaped the pressures of London , including his 10-month-old daughter Kiveli to spend long periods with Grandmaster Lubosh Kavalek , his trainer , in Virginia . |
| 7 | ‘ They have not yet admitted that none of my proposals would force a patient to travel long distances for treatment against his or her will ; that no doctor will have any new financial incentive to refuse elderly patients on to his list . |
| 8 | No man finds it easy to sleep the night before a battle , Charlie had been told , and many used the time to write long letters to their loved ones at home ; some even had the courage to make a will . |