Example sentences of "[verb] over the long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A stiff breeze on the outward leg made it hard going over the longer half of the race , resulting in slower times . |
| 2 | We spent the first day getting over the long flight ( though with only three hours time difference there was no appreciable jet-lag ) and having a look round the town . |
| 3 | Find two ideas that we could develop over the long term . |
| 4 | Thus large companies and boards of nationalised industries were provided with enormous financial assistance enabling ( or rather persuading ) them to base their reorganisation on designated development areas which in many cases they would not otherwise have chosen , for reasons of both private and public benefit when judged over the longer run [ Knight , 1974 ; Moore and Rhodes , 1973 ] . |
| 5 | ‘ The offer price of 240p is spread over the longest instalment period ever on any privatisation . |