Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | While he knows he can not directly relate all his " help " to profit , he realizes that the creation of a " helping " culture throughout his organization and beyond will yield dividends in the long term . |
| 2 | ‘ There is a market in Russia ’ concluded Fraser — ‘ one frustratingly stifled by the lack of foreign currency , but one that could yield results in the long term . ’ |
| 3 | This definition encompasses the trade-off between static and dynamic efficiency : current welfare losses may be acceptable , if the market structure or conduct which gives rise to the losses will also generate efficiencies in the long run , so long as the prospective benefits are not too delayed in realization and the social discount rate is not too high . |
| 4 | Tomorrow the anti hunt campaigners can smell victory after a long battle . |
| 5 | The oarsmen and women have been training now for over 3 months to reach the peak of stamina and fitness that could bring victory in the longest raft race in the world . |
| 6 | Nor did she see coherence over a longer period partly because her own world was a social one dominated by friends , clothes , music and beckoning adulthood . |
| 7 | A wall that has been damp will often contain moisture for a long time after the cause has been remedied , so it is better to allow the walls to dry out naturally , although anti-damp paint could be used to allow the room to be decorated before the wall has dried out . |
| 8 | Taken together the pieces offer points of contact with a formidably quick mind that may suggest ways into the longer and more forbidding time-spans of Carter 's major works . |
| 9 | Angus Crichton-Miller , managing director of the Rank Organisation 's holidays and hotels division and a member of the study group said : ‘ It is not an efficient system to have such changes between busy and quiet periods and it would be better if we could flatten prices over a longer season , rather than have such high-peak-season prices . ’ |
| 10 | This can be less stressful for the dog , because its stomach will probably contain food for a longer period . |
| 11 | Let's take Ben for a long walk , eh ? |
| 12 | The government was credited with introducing measures which would have impact in the long term . |
| 13 | Other than that , it was important that she should look interesting so that even if what she said was dull the audience would not be bored ; that the outfit should take account of the long range view — jewellery or other small items were irrelevant — and that it should draw attention to her face . |
| 14 | I think that there 's a lot for your Lordship to read but I think it might be beneficial in the long run , it was certainly , our experience has been that it certainly would take time in the long run but to deal with it this way . |
| 15 | A wee bit of enterprise — and I 'm not advocating the selection only of people with flair , but just one or two to keep a proper balance — must pay dividends in the long run . |
| 16 | We called on the Attorney-General to refer his case to the Appeal Court so that the sentence could be increased to one which would protect women for a long time . |
| 17 | As with any technique , direct mail has basic principles which must be obeyed if the programme is to communicate and raise money over a long period : * It must be regular ( a minimum of eight times a year ) * It must be personal , relevant and informal * It must be good quality * It must ask for and offer something * It must appeal to emotion first and reason second |
| 18 | Normally it did n't harm relationships in the long term but there were occasions when people could feel very hurt . |
| 19 | ‘ Do n't add acquisitiveness to the long list of my sins . |
| 20 | I was hoping when they got that link road through they might connect up , but I do n't suppose it , sort of roads got ta put parking towards the long piece of |
| 21 | Unlike our special Megatape version , Touchdown 's will allow you to save tournaments to tape and play matches of a longer duration . |
| 22 | Probably not , but the possibility would haunt Eddie for a long while . |
| 23 | Lower than a thousand units er there 's no immediate affect and one 's tempted to think that erm the er er it 's , that radiation 's therefore safe below that level and that 's not strictly true because there is the possibility of a long term affect it can actually cause cancer in the long term but with very low er ra- er levels of risk cos you can see down at the levels where people actually get radiation doses er like erm members of the public or erm from the actual background of people who work in nuclear power stations , you 're talking about very low levels but the levels , those sort of levels I mean one in three hundred thousand , one in three million , that sort of thing you ca n't actually measure in real er populations because there er any effects that there are can be swamped by other ways of getting er of getting cancer . |