Example sentences of "on [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Australian Unwins , sitting with the rival owners of Flokati , were concerned about a lifelessness they had detected in Upper Gumtree due to the fact that on the train their horse had been fed a restricted diet of compressed food nuts and high-grade hay and the Flokati people were cheerfully saying that on so long a stretch without exercise , good hay was best . |
| 2 | It is curious , by the way , that the gridiron plan should have gone on so long . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh man , I 've had these pants on so long , there are potatoes growing in them , ’ one of them would start off . |
| 4 | Leave this on as long as possible for maximum results . |
| 5 | There is still disagreement on how long the UN military forces ( Untag ) and other UN monitors should remain in Namibia after the elections . |
| 6 | Although US officials refuse to be pinned down on how long occupying troops will be needed in Panama , they talk in terms of sooner rather than later . |
| 7 | Most people are likely to judge the reforms on how long they have to wait for treatment — the issue behind the ‘ Jennifer 's ear ’ controversy during the election campaign . |
| 8 | Opinions in fact differed at the inquiry on how long this central core should be left before removal . |
| 9 | Senior officers have an exclusive say for thirty-six hours and thereafter an influential say before magistrates on how long a suspect should be kept in custody . |
| 10 | You can not put a time on how long it takes for a swimfeeder to empty . |
| 11 | How much you get depends on how long you have worked for the employer and the accrued rate at which the pension builds up . |
| 12 | The user pre-sets the timer to put a limit on how long the appliance may stay on while not in use . |
| 13 | Starting downwind and with lots of speed , roll inverted and hold this for a moment ( consult the judges of your particular contest for advice on how long a ‘ moment ’ is ) with zero , or slight negative pitch . |
| 14 | Depending on how long your first session lasts , you can move into the main areas of assessment and gain a fuller picture of the child and family history . |
| 15 | But no one agreed on who should lead the next government , nor on how long it should last . |
| 16 | It is also dependent , however , on how long the baby has been on morphine and is , to a certain extent , a matter of individual assessment ( including observation of withdrawal signs ) and prescribing . |
| 17 | And the amount of statutory maternity pay to which they 're entitled also depends on how long they 've worked for the same employer . |
| 18 | Fourteen weeks ' full maternity pay for everyone and an end to the confusing restrictions on how long you have to work for the same company to qualify for your job back are just two of the expected improvements . |
| 19 | Were you to transfer it during your life than there are certain possible tax er consequences depending on how long you live , but it 's fairly rare for people to transfer substantial amounts during their life . |
| 20 | Well it depends on how long you run it . |
| 21 | It was sudden , ’ he murmured blandly , but she noticed that he did n't comment on how long he 'd known him . |
| 22 | If you play around with the savings plan spreadsheet you will quickly discover that the earnings ratio is n't dependent on how much you put into the plan every month , only on how long you save for and the interest rate . |
| 23 | Interest centres on how long a subject stays in a particular state ( e.g. unemployed , married without children ) and how this length of time is affected by characteristics of the subject . |
| 24 | In terms of time that meant ten to twelve hours , depending on how long they took to get through the Romanian frontier . |
| 25 | And er , as you 'll see , probably next week 's , I 'm not going to get to this now , er , next week , or possible the week after , even , depending on how long it takes me to get there , I will suggest to you that the revolution now taking place in behavioural science , does suggest wh what they are , and that there are in fact some deeply countering intuitive insights , erm , into this whole issue , which have only emerged in the last few years . |
| 26 | A gradual , continuously varying effect , indeed , on how long you can expect to live . |
| 27 | well the brochures became , were dated each year , the service charge , a date was put on the service charges each year , that 's not to say they were , th they automatically changed , it depends on how long the scheme had been open |
| 28 | er the existing brochure might become out of date depending on how long the scheme had been open |
| 29 | What I was going to say yeah I 've been involved in a lot of videos over recent years and erm central er and there 's a freelance budget which a caravan for central they usually charge about three or four thousand pounds depending on how long the video is |
| 30 | At present there is no time limit on how long you hold stock — with the result that many appro forms date back some years . |