Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | to develop from a small beginning in manageable steps rather than to spend a long period identifying ‘ all ’ institutional needs and all required data items followed by software development of a ‘ complete ’ system on an unmanageable scale ; |
| 2 | To present them lucidly , and to draw a long line out of such material , is the pianist 's task ; and Postnikova hardly falters . |
| 3 | Here , after all , was a President prepared to take the economy seriously and to begin the long process of hauling it back into some semblance of order . |
| 4 | and to cut a long story short , we went to see three possible funders , er funder one was T S B Foundation , where to cut a long story short I 'm pretty sure that T S B er we , we have to put an application in for October I think we 'll , we 'll buy us another system |
| 5 | Oz looked important and mysterious , settling himself as though to tell a long story . |