Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1978 Allan concluded her survey of such research by writing : As a result different research came up with different findings so that the policy maker and practitioner ended up with long lists of poorly defined and sometimes contradictory characteristics . |
| 2 | Spanish and Portuguese membership came only after long talks , and was expected to put greater pressures on the Social and Regional Funds , as well as increasing the costs of the CAP . |
| 3 | The 17 months of agony washed away at long last . |
| 4 | Paper hung away in long strips . |
| 5 | He believed that the surface of the earth changed gradually over long periods of time , and saw that such changes would have an effect not only upon the physical environment to which living things were exposed , but upon the possibility of migration to new locations . |