Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will also cut training needs at a time when people no longer want to serve long apprenticeships . |
| 2 | The safety record in the private sector is worse , because it reflects the fact that those in the private sector are already forced to work longer hours . |
| 3 | Provide early help to reduce long term social and family problems . |
| 4 | ‘ It takes a lot out of you to do anything well and it very often involves working long hours , but I would hate to believe I am a total workaholic . |
| 5 | The fact that many prisoners have routinely had to spend long periods in their cells without access to a toilet , having to use chamber pots and queue up to ‘ slop out ’ , has been a potent symbol of the squalor of British prisons . |
| 6 | To this day , despite periods of extreme repression , they have survived , often having to spend long periods underground . |
| 7 | I would really love to have long hair but it never seems to grow at the back , only at the fringe ! |
| 8 | Also like police court trials , witnesses had to pay their own expenses , even though they sometimes had to travel long distances , especially when a trial was postponed several times . |
| 9 | Tertiary , prevention … would aim at avoiding the worst consequences of a child actually having to spend long periods in substitute care . |