Example sentences of "[vb infin] in the long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | All of them are now under review to make sure they are ‘ in a particular market where we can win in the long term ’ . |
| 3 | But we may expect in the long run to become as comfortable in the new clothes as we were in the old . |
| 4 | Yeah , mind you his , his short er term policies so it does n't matter in the long run . |
| 5 | Perhaps the United States itself would benefit in the long run from a more flexible policy on sterling and other matters . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The direction an organisation will move in the long term |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If one was punctual and could pay in the long run , why incur the debt at all ? |
| 17 | That may still be prudent if your fish are in the top-quality bracket , but otherwise it may pay in the long run to be looking at 12″ Koi upwards . |
| 18 | Thus we have Macdonald reporting on the " almost unanimous chorus of opinion that women 's work as compositors is so inferior to men 's that it does not pay in the long run " ( the chorus in question being from employers ) But the testimony of individual employers is far from unanimous or even consistent . |
| 19 | It does n't pay in the long run . |
| 20 | While the EV figures will only be guidelines for any individual project , the expected and actual cumulative figures will converge in the long run if the method is consistently applied , maximizing the productivity of the R&D function . |
| 21 | While the EV figures will only be guidelines for any individual project , the expected and actual cumulative figures will converge in the long run if the method is consistently applied , maximizing the productivity of the R&D function . |
| 22 | Other conundra m–y appear rather less cosmically' relevant ; they may seem to be of little importance yet , like Mercury 's orbit , may prove in the long term to be extremely important . |
| 23 | But do not be downhearted if your story is not taken up , or indeed ousted at the last moment because a major story comes up : your campaign will not suffer in the long run . |
| 24 | It 's the children who will suffer in the long run . ’ |
| 25 | Begging or threatening tactics wo n't help in the long run either . |
| 26 | He ca n't see that does n't help in the long run if , |
| 27 | The family member is determined to " help " the primary sufferer : ( a ) regardless of whether this " helping " actually does help in the long term . |
| 28 | Even though the beef industry is taken aback by the sudden jump in prices , the general opinion is that they will stick until at least July — and could harden in the long term if CAP reform and a further round of milk quotas push down breeding numbers . |