Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crowd lingers for a long time , until it 's almost dark . |
| 2 | Second , there is the knock-on effect to the advertising market in the UK and Australia , which is looking weaker than it has for a long time . |
| 3 | The last has for a long time been the argument most favoured by political theorists . |
| 4 | For example , it has for a long time been generally accepted by students of organisation that any organisation is likely to need a number of rules and procedures to guide the behaviour of organisational members . |
| 5 | The geographical concentration of the relatively high per capita income services — especially in finance — in London and the South East has for a long time been a feature of the British economy [ Brown , 1972 ] . |
| 6 | Special education has for a long time been fertile ground for curricula based on linear models of learning , guided and assessed through hierarchies of objectives . |
| 7 | Safety , which has for a long time been assumed to be at odds with commercial considerations , is now a business interest . |
| 8 | Given that many of these theories require extremely detailed specifications of grammar rules and lexical entries this has for a long time formed an obstacle to the production of general systems . |
| 9 | High acidity of the duodenal contents has for a long time been found to be associated with gastric metaplasia , both in humans and in laboratory animals . |
| 10 | Organ jazz has for a long time been club-trendy but it has taken until now for a new artist to come through to match the likes of Jimmy Smith and ‘ Big ’ John Patton with whom she shares a clear affinity in her choice of rhythms and blues inflections . |
| 11 | A TOTALLY PSYCHEDELIC GUY , aged 16 , who lives for a good time is out to see if there are any zany females into Pink Floyd , Cult and The Who . |
| 12 | Thou hast done wonders in a little time , not only made a rake a husband but thou has made a rake a preacher . |
| 13 | Lane 1 , Hind III digested λ DNA ( 0.2 µg ) ; lane 2 and 6 , Bam HI- Pst I digested pPYACRC5 DNA ( 0.5 ng ) , ( lane 6 corresponds to a 10 times shorter exposure to autoradiography ) ; lanes 3 to 5 , PstI digested DNA ( 1 µg ) from three unstable pPYACRC5 transformants . |
| 14 | ‘ ( 2 ) Where the company has at a relevant time … entered into a transaction with any person at an undervalue , the [ administrator or liquidator ] may apply to the court for an order under this section . |
| 15 | ‘ ( 2 ) Where the company has at a relevant time … given a preference to any person , the [ administrator or liquidator ] may apply to the court for an order under this section . |
| 16 | ‘ ( 1 ) … where an individual is adjudged bankrupt and he has at a relevant time … entered into a transaction with any person at an undervalue , the trustee of the bankrupt 's estate may apply to the court for an order under this section . |
| 17 | And the same will be true of Britain 's spending if Manchester loses for a second time . |
| 18 | This is a little like kitchen foil , but is plastic based and inert ( kitchen foil disintegrates after a short time ) . |
| 19 | Both glans and prepuce are covered by stratified squamous epithelium , and separation occurs at a variable time from before birth to several years afterwards by desquamation . |
| 20 | It arrives at a different time from the rest of the mail . |
| 21 | There is no corresponding requirement for bistability , which occurs for , and thus actually benefits from a long time constant , since the gain is : hence materials such as semiconductors and liquid crystals with small are ideal for bistability but useless for Ikeda instability . |
| 22 | We have now to consider , as does Tilly , what light this analysis can throw upon the phenomena of nationalism and the development of nation states at a later time . |
| 23 | As this transistor conducts for a fixed time , dictated by the winding time constant , it may be switched from a fixed-period monostable circuit triggered by tile phase excitation signal . |
| 24 | ‘ It seems like a good time to — ’ At the cynical lift of his eyebrows her voice trailed off . |
| 25 | One hundred years seems like a long time to us , because it is longer than our lifetime . |
| 26 | ‘ It belongs to a certain time , but it 's been highly praised . ’ |
| 27 | Goes on a long time does it ? |
| 28 | If the situation lasts for a long time with no sign of improvement , you should discuss the future very carefully with the doctor or hospital specialist , rather than trying to cope in a hopeless situation which can not resolve itself . |
| 29 | The period is 27 years , and the eclipse lasts for a long time ; the last began on 22 July 1982 and did not end until 25 June 1984 , though it was total only for a year ( January 1983 to January 1984 ) . |
| 30 | One of the problems is the initial guarantee often looks attractive but only lasts for a short time . |