Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | That might seem like a long time , but the issues have clearly been complex , and have been progressed as quickly as possible not least through vigourous prodding by the D O E , keen to see approval of a long term development strategy for Greater York and more importantly , a statutory definition of the York gre greenbelt . |
| 2 | The child who uses goed or comed is guilty of over-generalisation , while in sign the use of repetition to convey occurrence over a long time would be appropriate in WAIT-WAIT-WAIT , meaning ‘ wait for ages ’ but not in KEEP-KEEP-KEEP , where it would probably mean to ‘ keep three ’ things rather than to ‘ keep over time ’ . |
| 3 | Iron fittings could replace wooden components gradually , allowing major alterations to take place over a long period . |
| 4 | It had to take place over a long period , in the face of a prodigious number of uncontrolled variables which were likely to confuse the outcome . |
| 5 | The length of time it has been operation will determine how much money she gets back , but it is unlikely to have made much of a profit , because endowments are designed to make money over a long period of time . |
| 6 | The clearing house then matches long and short positions and assigns a short to make delivery to a long . |
| 7 | ‘ It ca n't take too long to prepare Wavebreaker for a long voyage , can it ? ’ |