Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Satisfactory tenants would at least keep the house warm and protected , as well as producing an income that would go a long way to meeting your expenses . |
| 2 | The rule applies in all preconsonantal environments including those that would have a long vowel in monosyllables ( fricative and voiced obstruent environments and liquids ) , except apparently before [ s ] clusters ( as in hospital ) . |
| 3 | Then he would move to another par of the bed , away from the cold wet patch that would take a long time to dry and leave a stiff yellow stain on the mattress . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , ’ he said , ‘ this is something that will take a long time to develop . |
| 5 | ‘ They are a breed that will enjoy a long walk and they are excellent car travellers — in the 34 years that I have owned them I have never known one to be car sick , ’ she added . |
| 6 | Sometimes , when a volcano erupts in the sea , massive carpets of floating pumice accumulate on the sea around it and may drift a long way from it . |
| 7 | Non-typists have difficulty finding the desired keys and may take a long time to type even a short word . |
| 8 | If applied on an institutional scale it could abolish the deficit of cadaveric transplants and could go a long way towards solving the moral problem that continues to exercise me and my colleagues . ’ |
| 9 | A large microcomputer system with an extensive range of hardware devices and large block of extra machine-code routines is very flexible and powerful , and would go a long way to meeting the requirements of the program designer , but in realistic terms such a system would be too expensive for most schools at present . |
| 10 | A complication was that it had to be reduced in a complicated , controlled manner or the electricity grid throughout Ulster would be burned out and would require a long time to replace after the strike would be over . |
| 11 | The ferret can drink and will live a long time should it escape . |
| 12 | The solvents persist for many years , and can take a long time to be degraded or removed ; the good news is that , unlike some other forms of pollution , spillages of volatile organochlorines are apparently becoming rarer as awareness of the consequences of poor practice increases . |
| 13 | Many French dishes are basically simple but may take a long time to prepare in the traditional way . |