Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [prep] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is true that the recession has been putting their customers out of business , but accountants will always be kept busy picking up the pieces , or explaining in long reports why other accountancy firms got it wrong and are liable for a fortune in damages . |
| 2 | They were executed or sentenced to long periods of forced labour . |
| 3 | The British War Cabinet fully recognised the implications of this , and the likelihood that many would be executed as traitors or sentenced to long terms in prison camps . |
| 4 | This will divert forests from disputed uplands where foresters are frequently held up or defeated in long battles with environment groups . |
| 5 | Culyer et al ( 1988 ) stress that ‘ care will have to be exercised to ensure that very sick and elderly patients are not treated or cared for long distances away from their homes and families ’ . |
| 6 | ( 1988 ) stress that ‘ care will have to be exercised to ensure that very sick and elderly patients are not treated or cared for long distances away from their homes and families ’ [ … ] |
| 7 | In contrast with [ 27 ] , a hearer who is presented with the repetition in [ 25 ] is encouraged to dwell on what he or she knows or imagines about long walks — the physical discomfort perhaps , or , alternatively , the exhilaration derived from the freedom . |
| 8 | If you notice a particular position that causes discomfort or pain , such as sitting or standing for long periods , then you do as Alexander did and use a mirror to help you detect the source of your problem . |
| 9 | An older horse may be quite fit , maybe having been hunted or hacked for long distances . |
| 10 | It , therefore , has two schemes that provide for longer terms funding for particular departments to build up a research programme in a particular area : there are now 150 of these groups at German universities . |
| 11 | As he had previously received mediastinal irradiation he was treated with combination chemotherapy that resulted in long term survival ( >five years ) . |
| 12 | For example if studying for an exam , it is well established that studying for long periods without a break is literally , a waste of time . |
| 13 | Drug doses also tend to be higher and given for longer periods . |
| 14 | The sharp bright sunshine , accompanied by cold winds and interspersed with long periods of heavy rain , had at last given way to real spring weather , warm sunshine and feathery showers . |
| 15 | While disgraced former officials during 1989 continued to be convicted and sentenced to long prison terms , particularly in Uzbekistan [ see pp. 36898 ; 37129 ] , in January 1990 , however , three defendants were acquitted on the grounds of " violations of legality " by investigators . |
| 16 | There is no alternative to sitting down and slogging through long lists of vocabulary . |
| 17 | ‘ Our favourite times are Sunday afternoons , cooking , watching television and going for long walks . ’ |
| 18 | He remembered one time he 'd walked up here , in May , after she had started seeing him in the afternoons and going for long walks along the canal-side . |
| 19 | A clamour of conflicting emotions warred within her while her treacherous body arched greedily to every movement he made , answering each speaking gesture as fluently as if used to long practice . |
| 20 | Droplets up to 100 m in size can be suspended in the air and travel for long distances , so a few deeply inhaled legionella-laden amoebae could cause infection , especially since legionellae successfully outgrow the host cell at body temperature . |
| 21 | Children employed by such as William Douglas at his cotton mill in Salford were often taken from the workhouse at six or seven years old and worked for long hours , and were sometimes so ill-treated that they committed suicide . |
| 22 | Saga publishes a booklet , Saving and Spending on Longer Holidays Abroad , which not only details the savings householders of any age can expect to make while they take an extended holiday , but also gives advice to pensioners on how to ensure they get their pension while they winter abroad . |
| 23 | He says that you must start on the triangle and continue in long strokes . |
| 24 | The unions have dropped from their claim the demand for increased annual leave , extra holiday and pay for long service , and reductions in working hours . |
| 25 | Even fresh food , if stored for long periods , will lose its vitamin content . |
| 26 | At night I would often get up and go for long walks in the school grounds , especially when the moon was full and I felt particularly restless , enjoying the silence and solitude of the woods . |
| 27 | Rose , exhausted with running , slackened her pace a little and took in long gulps of air . |
| 28 | THE fighting in North Africa ceased on May 12 , 1943 , when the German and Italian soldiers , ordered by their commanders to surrender , laid down their arms and marched in long columns , defeated but still proud , into years of captivity . |
| 29 | At Huddersfield he developed into an expert practitioner of the art of inside passing , a tactic Chapman had first encouraged at Northampton and preferred to long centres from the wing . |
| 30 | During the ‘ kihon ’ exercises ( basic training in class ) , the whole club practises punching and blocking in long lines , moving down the hall until space runs out . |