Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [adv] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea prompted Leapor to write a rather long poem about the follies of ambition , entitled ‘ Mopsus , or , The Castle Builder ’ . |
| 2 | To leap from this standpoint to the assumption that we have an everlasting soul is to leap a very long way — probably too far . |
| 3 | However , current consumption must be kept sufficiently low to provide an acceptably long battery life . |
| 4 | So it has been necessary to fit a particularly long tiller in order to apply sufficient leverage . |
| 5 | Those actively interested in diamonds will have to wait a very long time before they will be able to put their hands on these cosmic ornaments . |
| 6 | You mean I 'll have to wait a very long time . |
| 7 | This can be contrasted with the centesimal scale where we may have to wait a fairly long time to ascertain the action of the remedy . |
| 8 | What I 'm saying here is that , if you fancy one , it should be checked out carefully in the shop before parting with the ready folding , even though , for the price , you 'd have to go a very long way to beat it . |
| 9 | You 'll have to go a very long way to find a series of more disparaging , gloom laden , negative reports , and this , in a season when Linfield 's performances actually won them the league ! |
| 10 | It is becoming a tradition in our family ( extended by friends ) to do a fairly long walk between Christmas and the New Year , to walk off some of the effects of the turkey and tone up the system for the usual see-the-New- Year-in celebrations . |
| 11 | Partnership may turn out to have a relatively long life but are not formed on that expectation . |
| 12 | Fads breed products with a short life-cycle , such as pop records and other leisure items ; fashions tend to develop or reappear over the course of years , and the products which follow them tend to have a relatively long life-cycle . |
| 13 | When a telephone is installed , it is possible to have a very long flex put on for very little extra cost , and it can then be carried to any room , but you should consider the advantages and disadvantages of this carefully before coming to a decision to have it done , as it has been known to be the cause of accidents to some old people . |
| 14 | ‘ I am not a gambler , I look at ten year careers not ten minute careers and I believe Kylie has all the potential necessary to have a very long life span in this business , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Gooch recalled playing against Waqar at Chelmsford : ‘ The first impression was that he seemed to have a very long run-up but he is obviously a very fine fast bowler with the ability to swing , particularly the old ball . ’ |
| 16 | And in the morning she would have to have a very long talk with Feargal 's mother . |
| 17 | Mark paused again to take a very long drink . |
| 18 | One problem is that appeals to the European Court from decisions of DGIV tend to take a very long time , and there is also some doubt as to whether the Court is an appropriately constituted body to act as a review tribunal in the sense described above . |
| 19 | It is a worthwhile form of enquiry but , in this area , it is likely to take a very long time before the scientists can reach a consensus which will seem in the least convincing to non-scientists . |
| 20 | So it 's going to take a very long time , because it has been male orientated , but until we get the attitude of the work place , which is encouraging their piers to apply for jobs instead of , oh , of course , I do n't think I will apply for that job . |
| 21 | You must then use these few seconds of relief from your negative thoughts to employ a more long term means of distraction to prevent the thoughts returning . |
| 22 | It seemed to take an unduly long time before it took hold . |
| 23 | And and the women , are very difficult about apply for the jobs , so I think it 's going to take an awful long time , erm , I 'm all in favour of equal opportunities , erm , on all accounts , and I would agree with Councillor that one of the difficulties about registered dis disability is that , a lot of people who could actually be a registered disabled person , but for reasons of pride , do n't want to be registered disabled . |
| 24 | Cos they 're not going to take an awful long time in a good hot room to dry . |
| 25 | Apprenticeship training is essentially about ensuring standards of workmanship and characteristically it appears at first sight to take an unconscionably long time . |
| 26 | It seemed to take an unreasonably long time and much bad temper , evasion and deliberate obfuscation , together with consultation of a diary that appeared to be alternately blank and covered with scribbled hieroglyphics . |
| 27 | A Labour government would be wise to send him off to make a very long film in India . |
| 28 | On the one hand , people look for a low instalment amount ( which of course tends to mean a relatively long repayment period ) ; on the other , they look for a short repayment period ( which tends to mean a relatively high instalment amount ) . |