Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] for long [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another senior personnel manager said : ‘ It would not be a moral judgment , but we have to consider the practicalities of appointing someone who could be off work for long periods . ’ |
| 2 | There have been further problems with corrosion , cracking of materials and defective welds , leading to two stations , at Dungeness in Kent and Bradwell in Essex , being out of action for long periods . |
| 3 | At a time when structural unemployment means that many — particularly the young — will be out of work for long periods of time , the old individualistic idea that ‘ all we need is a bit of enterprise and motivation ’ seems to get stronger the more inappropriate it becomes . |
| 4 | She still sees Bailey often , gets on extremely well with Catherine , Bailey 's current wife , and if he is out of town for long periods of time , they speak on the telephone . |
| 5 | The initial record of all food and drink consumed for a week helped us to see if our clients were depriving themselves of food for long periods and if they were eating balanced meals . |
| 6 | The one thing they need is water , and if they find a damp surface in the home they will germinate and grow there quite happily over a wide range of temperatures , especially if the relative humidity of the air is above 70% for long periods . |
| 7 | Fibre-rich foods keep the stomach acids under control for long periods because those acids have to work longer and harder at digestion processes . |
| 8 | Compared to states or executives , governments tend to be of short duration — state institutions often remain in existence for long periods and officials in the executive may have lifelong careers , while governments come and go ( although some of their personnel may hold office in more than one government ) . |
| 9 | At that period many of the younger Nayar males were likely to be away from home for long periods of military service . |
| 10 | Try to limit juice and other sugary drinks to mealtimes when they 'll do the least damage , dilute them well and do n't give them in a bottle used as a dummy because these bathe the teeth in sugar for long periods of time . |
| 11 | Because Miyagi did not stay in Japan for long periods , it was Yamaguchi who made a great headway with his own system of goju-kai . |
| 12 | She used her weeping time before sleep for long conversations inside her head in which she began to make sense of what had happened . |
| 13 | In all of this Ho Chi Minh is to be seen bobbing about like a cork on the tides of international communism , sometimes lost from sight for long periods , surviving life in Stalin 's Russia and the manifest uncertainties of the purges and , when war broke out , still remaining as an experienced if not entirely successful figure in the communist world and a distant although still immanent leader of Vietnamese communism . |
| 14 | Studies of people kept in bed for long periods show a redistribution of calcium in the skeleton . |
| 15 | The decentralized Evans model underestimates the amount of material which lies unused in departments for long periods of the year and which might be of value to another discipline , or to a pupil in the enquiry mode ; it certainly contains no element which would stress interdisciplinary thinking , inter.departmental cooperation or the sharing of acquisitions and experience . |
| 16 | The reason , I 've often reflected , is that programme companies , not entirely untroubled by conscience , feel that the occasional , massive genuflection enables them to live in virtue for long periods . |
| 17 | ) Not wanting to be away from Previn for long periods , Mia crossed the Atlantic on a few weekends during the shooting . |
| 18 | Numbers of refugees seeking asylum in the United Kingdom are held in detention for long periods following their arrival . |
| 19 | The findings led some scientists to advise people staying out in sunlight for long periods to wear sun cream and sunglasses to guard against the effects of ultra-violet radiation . |
| 20 | It often stands motionless in pools for long periods and is easily watched from a car or hide . |
| 21 | The necessity of obtaining every ounce of production in the grim days of 1940 raised the standard week of the workshops to 66-hours and , it was not unusual for men to work up to 80 hours per week for long periods , involving seven days a week without a break . |
| 22 | Distillery went to sleep for long spells . |
| 23 | These included not only the psychiatric cases but also those suffering from tuberculosis ( nineteen patients in 1945 ) and others con fined to hospital for long periods . |
| 24 | In addition to the mobility required of them as deputies in battle for the king , they were also kept in attendance at their father 's court at Aachen for long periods of time . |
| 25 | Stainless steel is also attacked by the cleaning fluids intended for silver-plated cutlery and by immersion for long periods in vinegary solutions , particularly if the vinegar has salt with it , as in the case of pickles . |