Example sentences of "may [vb infin] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , where the assumption is a letting for a term expiring after the actual term on the terms of the actual lease , the hypothetical lease may have a long period without review . |
| 2 | Many French dishes are basically simple but may take a long time to prepare in the traditional way . |
| 3 | treatment may take a long time ; and |
| 4 | A few young people are really ‘ stuck ’ on glue or products and it may take a long time to help them . |
| 5 | There are frictions in the markets for capital , labour , and products , and it may take a long time for changes in the pattern of demand to work their way through the system . |
| 6 | It may take a long time discussing the parents ' child-rearing philosophy and even discussing their own childhood experiences of discipline to unearth the cause of these deep-seated feelings . |
| 7 | Relationships once broken in this way may take a long time to heal . |
| 8 | Non-typists have difficulty finding the desired keys and may take a long time to type even a short word . |
| 9 | It 's business , may take a long time . |
| 10 | Companies which find it more difficult because it 's the centre of their existence , erm , are clearly looking at the situation , but will actually take a very long time to move to the position which you , in your particular group would like them to occupy , and I understand that , changing in I C I is rather different from changing at I B M , and er , therefore it takes longer , but I do see a a consciousness , it 's the same conscious , you 're impatient for change , quite rightly , companies of course , have to keep their employees in an earning capacity , at the same time , er , move towards the position which you would like to them to do , and it may take a long time , but I accept your point , which is with some companies , then in fact , your clearly going to get attention of some kind . |
| 11 | collection of data may take a long time especially if the survey covers a wide geographical area |
| 12 | Lastly , careful use of space in the table layout may go a long way towards helpful guiding of the eye . |
| 13 | For those contemplating a university course , graduation may seem a long way off — 1997 and beyond — and thoughts of what to do afterwards may understandably be equally distant . |
| 14 | To wait until their children are in the secondary stage may seem a long time for delay . |
| 15 | A. The tank sounds a bit on the small side to me , which may prove a long term problem , though it does n't seem to be causing any difficulties at present . |
| 16 | Sometimes , when a volcano erupts in the sea , massive carpets of floating pumice accumulate on the sea around it and may drift a long way from it . |
| 17 | For others , a visit to the clinic may involve a long journey , time lost and money spent , with the net result a prescription for medicine which there is no possibility of buying . |