Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he would pray — both for Emilia 's recovery from affliction , and for the strength he would need throughout the long thawing of the ice about her heart . |
| 2 | My guess however is that the Ariston 's unusually musical qualities will appeal in the long term where some more glamorous looking contrivances will ultimately be found tiresome or wanting . |
| 3 | All of them are now under review to make sure they are ‘ in a particular market where we can win in the long term ’ . |
| 4 | If we were to add those provisions to the Bill , I fear that we might not fall within the long title of the Bill . |
| 5 | The Basle exchange too , with a turnover only a seventh that of Zurich , may not survive in the longer term if Swiss Bank Corporation , its biggest trader , decides to pull out . |
| 6 | But we may expect in the long run to become as comfortable in the new clothes as we were in the old . |
| 7 | Yeah , mind you his , his short er term policies so it does n't matter in the long run . |
| 8 | Perhaps the United States itself would benefit in the long run from a more flexible policy on sterling and other matters . |
| 9 | You would probably both benefit in the long term by coming to such a compromise as interests and contacts from outside can save you both from the trapped feeling that a dependent relationship can bring about . |
| 10 | To a certain extent it does not matter how well a product performs if the user takes a strong dislike to it then it will not succeed in the long run . |
| 11 | It is concluded that the transposed colon retains its normal motility pattern but some adaptation to its new location may occur in the long term . |
| 12 | The relief of the suffering which does occur in the longer run is the more stable and fundamental as a result of the premature cure being avoided . |
| 13 | But I ca n't see in the long run that it would make any difference to what we 've been talking about , seeing who Maggie is . |
| 14 | The public relations executive , as a manager of the corporate personality , can only sustain in the long term , an identity that is based upon reality . |
| 15 | This way the buyer need not fear a situation in which the supplier will run out of essential stock , and the supplier can plan on the long term to optimise his conditions of supply . |
| 16 | But we must look at the long term view . |
| 17 | Even extremists of the 1960s , who believed that the task of a school was to ensure that children enjoyed themselves while they were pupils , must have had in mind , as well , some further outcome , some advantage that would flow in the long run to the children who had been encouraged , under that regime , to ‘ grow ’ and ‘ blossom ’ and ‘ flourish ’ in the ‘ learning situation ’ provided by the class-room . |
| 18 | The direction an organisation will move in the long term |
| 19 | If changes in conditions disrupt the precise replication of parental characters so as to yield hereditary variation , then , providing only that some of it happens to be adaptive , this will suffice in the long run for selection as a cause of adaptive species formations . |
| 20 | Sir David Alliance , Coats chairman , said the sales were part of Coats ' continuing policy of disposing of peripheral activities that do not fit in the long term strategy of the group . |
| 21 | On this basis , over 600 jobs might disappear in the longer term . ’ |
| 22 | Elsewhere , you could try for the Long Range Weather Forecasting Agency ( bring your own piece of seaweed ) or the World Bank in Washington , but the growth industries of tax-free living must be in Europe . |
| 23 | A study of books published in America about public relations will prove very useful to you as you consider the direction your career in public relations might take in the longer term . |
| 24 | As to which will prevail in the longer term , the jury remains out until NT makes its official appearance in 1993 . |
| 25 | What then did Innocent gain from the long struggle ? |
| 26 | Find two ideas that we could develop over the long term . |
| 27 | So it looks as though the Government has given the council a cautious go-ahead to draw up a scheme if not to beat the Tay , then to lessen the disastrous effects another flood would have on the long suffering Perthshire population . |
| 28 | The whining motor could n't cope with the long grass by the fence , and it melted the extension cable when Pa forgot to unwind it fully from its blue plastic drum . |
| 29 | while purchasing power parity may hold in the long run if real shocks are unimportant , in the short run the exchange rate is not caused by PPP considerations ; rather , with the exchange rate clearing the asset markets , variations in international competitiveness lead to equilibrating changes in the size of the traded goods sector . |
| 30 | If one was punctual and could pay in the long run , why incur the debt at all ? |