Example sentences of "be [verb] [to-vb] long [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A major exception to the principle of proportionality relates to the sentencing of offenders for violent and sexual offences , in respect of whom courts are empowered to pass longer sentences than are ‘ commensurate ’ if they consider it necessary ‘ to protect the public from serious harm from the offender ’ ( section 2(2) ( b ) ) . |
| 2 | People are having to do long journeys . |
| 3 | But with the resurgence in business , those who are left are having to work long hours to ensure that the quality of service to clients is not affected , and she believes that she will have to start recruiting again before long . |
| 4 | Solitary dolphins have been known to spend long periods around human settlements , encounters which attest to their humour , playfulness , curiosity and gentleness , and their readiness to help humans in distress . |
| 5 | In corporate finance , a small group of colleagues can be expected to work long hours together under considerable pressure and conditions of secrecy . |
| 6 | Foreign investors would be allowed to take long leases on land , and the under-utilised port would be thrown open to foreign traders . |
| 7 | It is bad enough when people are asked to work long hours . |
| 8 | Hatters were said to have long hours — " a man goes early and stays late " — but no fixed hours . |
| 9 | With the rapid decline in the mining industry during the late nineteenth century , men were forced to work longer hours or to seek work abroad and this shared life largely disappeared . |
| 10 | As we shall see , a similar debate is taking place amongst those who are trying to link long waves to theories of geographical change . |
| 11 | When the flaking is done skilfully , only light hand pressure with a piece of wood is needed to detach long slivers of material which can themselves be used as knives . |
| 12 | ‘ She is bound to have longer legs , a sexier smile and better bedroom manners ’ |
| 13 | A phantom is bound to have longer legs , a sexier smile and better bedroom manners than a real person . |
| 14 | When the heat is on at work and you are required to work longer hours , are you unable to maintain your eating pattern ? |
| 15 | This could occur where a mistake is made by a junior doctor who has been required to work long hours because of his contract of employment and made the mistake through exhaustion . |
| 16 | He was made to work long hours as a farm labourer and , like thousands of others , he was classed as ‘ Untermensch ’ ( subhuman ) by the soldiers . |