Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The importance of symptom control in this context can not be ignored since few adults would be prepared to tolerate long periods of disability from hearing loss , otalgia , or otitis media . |
| 2 | Moreover , it was those that were most likely to suffer long periods of unemployment and non-employment and for whom early retirement was a realistic option , i.e. those aged 60–64 , who were most likely to say that it would be very effective in dealing with unemployment : 46 per cent , compared with 34 per cent of the 55–59 age-group and 30 per cent of those under 30 . |
| 3 | So I respected him , and was glad to work long hours in his stuffy little offices , learning better Spanish and the workings of a paper ; learning also something about Porua , whom I studied with almost servile interest . |
| 4 | Yet the overwhelming opinion is that a significant proportion of lung cancer deaths in the UK are caused by radon , and that people who are likely to have long exposure to high radon levels are at extreme risk . |
| 5 | Indeed , in many cases they were precisely the group targeted to carry the burden of job losses in the 1980s , and even when the economy improved they remained the group most likely to have long spells of unemployment . |
| 6 | ‘ You are not supposed to learn long words like that until you are at least eight or nine . |
| 7 | Well aright I 'm k I 've just had long had long memories of the . |
| 8 | In the commercial world , a typical Note chain will start with a large corporation enjoying a powerful market position , and able to demand long terms from smaller suppliers . |
| 9 | The membership campaign was reported to be ‘ developing satisfactorily ’ at the National Executive 's organisation sub-committee meeting in June 1944 , but MPs were reported to be reluctant to travel long distances during the Normandy invasion period , and ‘ preoccupation with invasion fears and worries ’ led to a ‘ damping down ’ of activity . |
| 10 | Alternatively , it is very fruitful to form long chains of ( say ) forty-eight notes , using four different versions of the series . |