Example sentences of "in [noun] for [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been suggested that unless females are mated they remain in season for very long periods and lose condition and strength to the point where they die . |
| 2 | At least four have been in use for so long that we have no idea when they were discovered . |
| 3 | the trouble with this is it 's an American book so it 's a bit , I call it biased , erm on erm the betrayal of children on , on the way that they 're not in childhood for very long and it blames literacy , that the more the literate the child becomes |
| 4 | The life sentence is indeterminate and although the average length of time served is just over ten years , many men stay in prison for much longer periods . |
| 5 | At present , the executive takes decisions to release some murderers after only a few years and to keep others in prison for extremely long periods . |