Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for a long " in BNC.
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| 31 | So we 've had that law for a long time . |
| 32 | Certainly schools will not be handling such retrieval techniques in the present economic circumstances for a long time yet ; though a service to teachers and educational researchers is offered in the United States ( and is available here in some libraries ) by the ERIC system , which provides micro-copies of research papers together with a tolerably thorough indexing system which can be computerized for quick search . |
| 33 | ‘ I think that I have n't played a Test for England because I 've carried too much weight for a long time , ’ Carrick said . |
| 34 | She had not had so much fun for a long time , since before she buried Anthony . |
| 35 | Sir David Brewster 's victorian biography , first published in 1855 , remained the standard account for a long time . |
| 36 | I had been preparing myself for that moment for a long time , he typed , as Harsnet had written . |
| 37 | That is why , wrote Harsnet , I have been preparing myself for that moment for a long time , that is why I have cleared the decks and prepared the ground , because unless the decks are cleared and the g round prepared there is little hope of succeeding in what one has planned to do , little hope of achieving anything of lasting value , though lasting is a relative term and so is value and whatever it is one has planned to do is certain to be altered in the process , which does not of course mean , he wrote , that one can start anywhere at any time . |
| 38 | In practice , that is with a less marked difference between a low APR for a long loan and a higher APR for a short one , the total credit cost would actually be considerably lower for the shorter — but higher — APR option . |
| 39 | Nevertheless physicists have known about these effects for a long time ; indeed , measurements of splitting using radio frequency techniques ( with correspondingly low-energy photons ) provided the first direct evidence of non-spherical nuclei . |
| 40 | ‘ They will also prevent me from selling these pieces for a long time to come ’ , he said . |
| 41 | He waited on the cold landing for a long time , nursing his throbbing hand , anticipating the moment when he must face his parents and the serious punishment that was surely due to him . |
| 42 | Roses , alstroemeria and chrysanthemum heads make a luscious decoration for a long table . |
| 43 | Dear Guitarist I have been meaning to write to your fine mag for a long time , but whenever I was about to put pen to paper someone else got there before me with the same topic . |
| 44 | If all had gone well the husband would have earned very large sums for a long period so that he could have maintained them at least at their standard of living at the time of his death , and made other provisions for the future . |
| 45 | When I look at a natural object for a long time , like looking into the burning embers and the flames of a fire , there appears a new vision or facet of that object or a new way of seeing it in relationship to some other world of thought . |
| 46 | Suffice it to say that Demons have now completed their worst season for a long time and that Admirals ‘ B ’ , with a match in hand , are only 99 points behind Borderers and are favourites for promotion . |
| 47 | And that 's rather a pity because we 've been doing these holidays for a long time now , and I think , those people have enjoyed themselves ? |
| 48 | Well she went on sick leave for a long time |
| 49 | ‘ It was our worst performance for a long time , ’ said manager Jack Charlton whose side will still need a point from their trip to Belfast in November if they do n't beat the Spaniards . |
| 50 | Philip ap Ivor stood staring down into the blank cavity for a long moment with drawn brows and tight lips . |
| 51 | She lay in wide-eyed turmoil for a long while , but at last sleep overcame her , and with the return of sleep the dream returned too . |
| 52 | ‘ The responsibility system with the household contract linking output to payment as the main form is in keeping with the present level of the productive forces in China 's rural areas and must be maintained as a basic system for a long time to come … |
| 53 | Jeremy Isaacs and I had know each other for a long time . |
| 54 | Indeed , she was sure he hardly reed she was alive , save that they had known each other for a long time . |
| 55 | The Regent and Lovat had known each other for a long time and shared affection and respect . |
| 56 | We stood looking at each other for a long moment ; then he walked slowly up to me . |
| 57 | Was it at this moment that some reciprocal need established an understanding that they two were friends , would know each other for a long part of a life-time ? |
| 58 | They had n't seen each other for a long time . |
| 59 | Dalziel and Pascoe looked at each other for a long moment after the door had slammed behind Evans . |
| 60 | We 've known each other for a long time . ’ |