Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] for long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Despite some progress they have done little to compensate for long term NHS underfunding
2 He is a widower , with no family and few interests outside the hotel : as a result , he is prepared to work for long hours and generally acts as night porter during the week .
3 In the traditional industry , this calls for long landscape backgrounds that the cameraman scrolls with the action — another task in an already exhaustive list .
4 The minor claim is simply that if you it 's an empirical claim it says if you look at the fossil record , and you look in detail at the changes in the fossils , what you observe is not continuous steady change , but you see what they call stasis — that is nothing much happening for long periods of time , perhaps for millions of years , and then rather suddenly changes taking place .
5 Because we are realising what television can not admit ; that nothing much happens for long periods of time .
6 In addition to their role as refuse removers , these crustaceans also provide a valuable food source for some fish , particularly Mandarins , which are next to impossible to maintain for long periods in aquaria which are not well stocked with inverts and living rock .
7 He was very tired and found it hard to concentrate for long periods of time .
8 We found the machine was fairly comfortable to use for long periods , but the high body did make it slightly awkward to control in tight corners .
9 All need annual pruning but many flower for long periods and come in lots of colours .
10 You body wo n't turn as much as it did before , you get tired more quickly , you 're less able to concentrate for long periods and have to allow for more errors .
11 You will need to be able to work for long periods with a high degree of accuracy , and have really good eyesight .
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