Example sentences of "fairly long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much the easiest way to assemble a larger labour force was to buy slaves , and the Dutch were ready to help with this , giving the fairly long credit that anyone who wanted to become a planter would need in order to finance his purchases of slaves and of machinery to crush the cane and take the first steps in refining it . |
| 2 | Interestingly , in those subjects living for fairly long periods in isolation , in whom the pattern of sleep and activity becomes irregular ( see Chapter 2 ) , meals too become erratic in their numbers and composition . |
| 3 | In Law , Legislation and Liberty Hayek went even further and suggested that , since legislation proper ‘ should not be governed by interests but by opinion ’ , what is required ‘ is an assembly of men and women elected at a relatively mature age for fairly long periods , such as fifteen years ’ . |
| 4 | In the Seine and Loire valleys , for instance , the presence of Viking warbands over fairly long periods may well have stimulated local producers and sellers of horses and weapons and , above all , food and drink . |
| 5 | But surely the proposition that the unemployment rate could be held below its natural value for fairly long periods of time runs counter to the neoclassical model of labour market behaviour ? |
| 6 | Britain has a fairly long winter , and I know of only a few very hardy souls who are willing to go gold prospecting during this season . |
| 7 | And depending whether it 's a rectangular plot or whether it is n't or not or if it 's slightly at an angle then some of the corner houses have a fairly long gardens . |
| 8 | Another way of stating this point would be to say that the revival and growth of social movements in those societies which are both economically advanced and have a fairly long tradition of democracy , is a major aspect of that ‘ self-production ’ of society referred to earlier , which exists in some degree already , but is still more an ideal representation of a future form of society , ‘ free of domination ’ , in which the collectivity would really govern itself , by procedures of rational discussion among equal citizens . |
| 9 | A rather large plain brown lark , with an often inconspicuous crest , and white outer feathers in fairly long tail . |
| 10 | Fortunately we had a doctor in our congregation who er was s had some knowledge of psychiatry and he had a fairly long session with him , just the two of them . |
| 11 | He was exceptionally demanding and my fairly long conversation was that he almost lead me to believe that he had got the job because when he started making comments about putting his grandfather clocks in the church er thirty of them . |
| 12 | If this involves a fairly long distance through cold parts of the house , you may have to buy metal dish covers , plate warmers and Thermos flasks to keep the food and drinks warm . |
| 13 | Phases A ( which must be shorter ) and C are the ‘ roads and tracks ’ , a fairly long distance to be ridden at a speed of 220 metres per minute , ( a good trot , on average ) . |
| 14 | As West has 6 Hearts , he is likely to be short in all the other suits , and with East returning the King of Clubs , there is a suggestion that he has a fairly long suit . |
| 15 | The grounds of some of the larger National Trust properties are ideal for those who can push themselves around , and in many cases fairly long distances can be covered . |
| 16 | You know a fairly long stack could take a couple of days . |
| 17 | When records are randomized to larger buckets — in this case we will examine ten record buckets — this will cause fairly long chains . |
| 18 | On the next cast I touch-leger again , only with a fairly long loop of line pulled out from between butt-ring and reel ( see pages 15–17 ) . |
| 19 | The extended families are split up as the men move first , to be followed only after a fairly long interval by wives and children and often never by other relatives . |
| 20 | But that 's a fairly long job though . |
| 21 | ( Fairly long silence — obviously a lot of head shaking was going on . ) |
| 22 | Smallish plover-like birds , with fairly long legs and pointed bills . |
| 23 | Since his debut in 1984 , he has largely been cast in the role of workhorse for West Indies , his seemingly effortless , languid approach to the wicket enabling him to bowl fairly long spells , even in hot and humid conditions . |
| 24 | And at Kidlington on the A four two three , Langford Lane 's junction with Banbury Road sees temporary traffic lights for resurfacing prior to the traffic lights being installed at that junction ; some fairly long delays there at the moment . |
| 25 | There were several motives which might bring a man to commit himself to a fairly long period ( eight years in France from 1762 onwards ) of military service . |
| 26 | Moreover , a secretary attached to a legation or an embassy and not to an individual minister or ambassador , and remaining at his post over a fairly long period , could become a valuable source of information about local conditions : this might be of great help to a new head of mission coming to a strange country of which he knew little . |
| 27 | What we try to do is to make available to people opportunities for study in depth and over a fairly long period of time , on issues and in subjects which are part of University activity . |
| 28 | A fairly long search produced the account book for the club which existed from 1886 until 1920 ( with a break during the war years ) . |
| 29 | It is becoming a tradition in our family ( extended by friends ) to do a fairly long walk between Christmas and the New Year , to walk off some of the effects of the turkey and tone up the system for the usual see-the-New- Year-in celebrations . |
| 30 | and I remember one particular February , it will always stand out in my mind because er , it 's a fairly long walk done to the factory from , from here and every day after the midday meal , when I set out to walk down there as quick as I could it had been cloudy since , it was raining , every day without fail I used to get to work soaked , first |