Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of people have already been sentenced to long prison terms in connection with the robbery . |
| 2 | Yet whatever the prospects of peace on the city 's streets , the battle set to be staged in Oakland 's Coliseum in games one and two of the World Series have already been fought over long and hard in bar rooms and news rooms on either side of the Bay . |
| 3 | The assumption will normally be met for long positions in shares , but for short positions the potential losses are infinite and , if there has been a substantial rise in the index , a short seller may be required to put up additional funds before delivery . |
| 4 | Ideals have always been developed over long periods of time as the result of historical evolutions and through exceptional personalities . |
| 5 | This is because the spoken language of those who theorise about language has typically been influenced by long and constant immersion in written forms of language . |
| 6 | He has now been transferred from Long Lartin prison to Bullingdon Prison at Bicester . |
| 7 | A significant element of remuneration will now be linked to long term performance measured as the growth in the value of the Company 's stock units through the period to 31 December 1996 . |
| 8 | Disappointing findings have recently been reported from long term follow up studies of school based interventions in North America . |