Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.

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1 If we were to add those provisions to the Bill , I fear that we might not fall within the long title of the Bill .
2 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 .
3 Lions are strong but can not run for a long time .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 One enterprising station-master frequently told all passengers that their trains would not leave for a long time .
7 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 .
8 Susie did not reply for a long time .
9 What we did n't know for a long time was that this book is his revenge on his parents .
10 Yeah , mind you his , his short er term policies so it does n't matter in the long run .
11 Mummy was there it did n't feel like a long day did it ?
12 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 .
13 But that wo n't happen for a long time , says Richard Outcalt , a retail-sales consultant in Seattle .
14 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 .
15 It does n't pay in the long run .
16 She did n't breathe for a long time .
17 Begging or threatening tactics wo n't help in the long run either .
18 He ca n't see that does n't help in the long run if ,
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