Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | In those places where there is a delay in substantiation , faith is prepared to wait for a long time at the bar of history . |
| 2 | This will tend to reduce the price that a trader is prepared to pay for a long position , and increase the price required for a short position . |
| 3 | We seem to have two kinds of ‘ existenceworthiness ’ : the dewdrop kind , which can be summed up as ‘ likely to come into existence but not very durable ’ ; and the rock kind , which can be summed up as ‘ not very likely to come into existence but likely to last for a long time once there ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Please yourself But it 's the best offer you 're likely to get in a long time . ’ |
| 5 | They are likely to stay for a long time with one organisation , and indeed many organisations seek to bind them to them by offering fringe benefits , particularly in the form of " loyalty bonuses " to encourage them to return at the start of each new banqueting season . |
| 6 | In schematic form : The arrows indicate an order of determination which is supposed to operate on a long historical time scale . |
| 7 | A horse that is fit for hunting may be unable to cope with a long schooling session . |
| 8 | At a buffet you ensure that elderly and infirm guests , and those who have travelled long distances , have seats near the buffet table so that they are not obliged to stand for a long period . |
| 9 | At first some of the monks were loath to enter on a long and expensive case before the pope , but they had among their number a man of mature years , called Thomas of Marlborough , who had been at the schools of Paris and who had taught at Oxford . |