Example sentences of "and [prep] the long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was suddenly tired and the beer was going to his head , making him think of Madra lying in the house they had left , and of the long journey ahead of them through the mountains . |
| 2 | However , further evaluation is needed of the other important aspects of psychogeriatric assessment , and of the long term outcomes associated with this particular style of service . |
| 3 | In the air-conditioned House of Commons , set in the English climate , and with the long recess allowing members to look for long hot beaches , such a plagiarism illustrated how not to employ catch-phrases of the day . |
| 4 | And so we followed the old man up the stone steps beneath the portico and into the long hall . |
| 5 | The most vivid memory I have of that Christmas Day is of Shanti , now almost two years old , walking round and round the long dining-room table , pulling a little toy engine given to her by one of the boys , round and round , smiling and smiling . |
| 6 | It is clear both from Scripture and in the long experience of the Church , that some Christians can do this much more effectively than the majority . |
| 7 | The House UnAmerican Activities Committee had been sitting before McCarthy and it went on after him and in the long run this damaged more people . |
| 8 | Where kids become worldly-wise with such rapidity , it is easy for a certain laissez-faire to creep in ; they expect to have unbridled access to everything , and in the long run this is not doing any favours to either party concerned . |
| 9 | However , urban commons may provide an alternative to more formal ways of treating ‘ spare ground ’ , cheaper and in the long run more popular , not only with the wild life , but with the human residents as well . |
| 10 | And in the long run . |
| 11 | If you pin all your hopes on it , you may see improvements where there are none , and in the long run this could be very damaging to your child . |
| 12 | This is humanity 's oft-repeated experience , and in the long run it is experience which really teaches , and no amount of scriptural citation of divinely allocated land will ever alter that . |
| 13 | In those instances I 'd force myself and in the long run it turned out better . |
| 14 | We are to have larger leagues next season and in the long run that ca n't be for the good of the game in Wales . |
| 15 | This phenomenon leads to an endless chain of adaptive responses and in the long run means that fitness and rate of extinction remain constant . |
| 16 | Reagan rarely used the term ‘ supply side ’ himself and in the long run shrank from the full implications of the theory . |
| 17 | Knowing Wigg , I warned him that to pursue the matter for any other reason would be discreditable and in the long run would be sure to be to his detriment . |
| 18 | In theory ( and in the long run ) liberals , such as J. S. Mill , were prepared to recognise that representative government based on the whole people was the best form of government since political participation would promote the virtue , intelligence and " development " of the people . |
| 19 | She toured Britain and West Europe , she broadcast constantly — but she preferred recitals to the teamwork of symphonies , so never got taken up by one conductor , and in the long run that can be very important . |
| 20 | We never asked for these technologies , and in the long run they give us fewer choices , not more . |
| 21 | Thus monetary policy is the means of controlling inflation , and in the long run , control of the money supply will not affect output ( Q ) and employment . |
| 22 | Forest fans gave it to that slag Clough and in the long run they got a bitter reward . |
| 23 | It could also be spent on buying private properties which would in turn get the private housing market moving , and in the long run would save money on keeping families in bed and breakfast accommodation . |
| 24 | Yes , it used to be two and a half times the wage and in the long run rather than mess about taking the house off them |
| 25 | Robin Dew equalled his personal best time of 15.4 secs. in the colts 100 metres , taking fourth place , and in the long jump he was also fourth in an excellent 4 metres 15 , the BAF standard for this event and close to his personal best . |
| 26 | The conference had nothing like the coverage of either the British Medical Association or Royal Institute of British Architects festivities , so its impact on the public at the time was negligible ; but it marked a significant turn in the Prince 's own farming methods , brought environmental concerns slowly into consumer consciousness and in the long term dealt a devastating blow to the agrochemical industry . |
| 27 | And in the long term , as Keynes might also have said , we will keep on worrying about the short term . |
| 28 | Another major factor offsets the impoverished state of museums and archaeology and in the long term this will have a far more profound effect . |
| 29 | Alternatively , and in the long term , plan building in cities to cut down on travel overall . |
| 30 | An open letter to the meeting by nine local doctors argued the factory would ‘ unfortunately constitute a definite health hazard to the existing local population and in the long term to their children … . |