Example sentences of "for a long time [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it 's been on my heart for a long time to save . |
| 2 | You 've wanted for a long time to conduct Le Sacre in the theatre ? |
| 3 | It means so much to the supporters in the Oxford area , it means so much to the club , I think you 've really got to be up here for a long time to realise just how much it does mean to everybody in this area . |
| 4 | It seems doubtful that any strong moral reaction can now set in although some backlash is already evident ; a dissident minority and a good many of the elderly will continue for a long time to object to what they see as moral decay . |
| 5 | Huddled together on the muddy earth floor they were content for a long time to embrace one another without speaking . |
| 6 | It is likely to be with us for a long time to come . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The responsibility system with the household contract linking output to payment as the main form is in keeping with the present level of the productive forces in China 's rural areas and must be maintained as a basic system for a long time to come … |
| 8 | There is one important difference : the Prime Minister and his Cabinet can embark boldly upon their way forward , with electoral considerations banished for a long time to come . |
| 9 | For me , a century later , it was to be Oxfordshire again , and for a long time to come . |
| 10 | Things did not improve in the county for a long time to come . |
| 11 | Historians will be occupied for a long time to come in determining the exact balance and interaction of forces — including , to mention only the more obvious , the economic disaster of the Second World War , the rise of America , and the development of nationalism — which contributed to Britain 's imperial demise . |
| 12 | While the SAAF will be a ‘ Super Dakota ’ operator for a long time to come , DASA air to maintain a former SAA and SAAF Dak in ‘ classic ’ format for as long as they can . |
| 13 | CHARLES and Diana will be together for a long time to come . |
| 14 | Whilst it is possible that they will remain reliable instruments for a long time to come , it is in conditions like these that Titoism spawns and prospers . |
| 15 | ‘ They will also prevent me from selling these pieces for a long time to come ’ , he said . |
| 16 | But he was a feckless young man and likely to be kept in a state of frustration for a long time to come . |
| 17 | Within a month of the start of the war it was beginning to appreciate its mistake , but the consequences will be with us for a long time to come . |
| 18 | They say you 're as young as you feel and I 'm certainly not going to give up on life for a long time to come ! |
| 19 | And I knew that I 'd be seeing it in my more dejected moments for a long time to come . |
| 20 | Their new gas plants will not be on stream for several years ; they need a secure , well-priced coal contract for a long time to come . |
| 21 | Three times in a row he has been champion jockey but his achievement in 1992 , re-wrote the record books and wo n't be equalled by anyone else for a long time to come , if ever . |
| 22 | And no-one looked more livelier than Denis Hollywood in the last seven minutes of a contest that will be talked about for a long time to come . |
| 23 | Memories of the last will linger for a long time to come . |
| 24 | Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's address to the Bundestag on Sept.8 , reviewing his 10 years in office , acknowledged that mistakes had been made in the unification process and warned that western Germany would need to transfer DM150,000 million annually to the east " for a long time to come " . |
| 25 | But no you go up town and get me this you see now she meant that sh sh you know no mampy pampying now , off you go yo you this is going to happen to you for a long time to come . |
| 26 | So , today , the SAAF still has three Dakota units and looks set to for a long time to come . |
| 27 | Erm so I do n't think that one 's achievable erm I think what this amounts to is that erm there are two cuts that we do n't agree with er there 's a vast on reserves we do n't agree with but we managed to put forward a thousand pounds for education at the same time erm i this does strike me as a budget of a party which it knows has no prospect of any sort of responsibility in this council for a long time to come . |
| 28 | May the Town Crier remain in the very capable hands of the college students and lecturers for a long time to come . |
| 29 | He added : ‘ We are confident we will still be operating for a long time to come . |
| 30 | Not too long ago , Colonel and a new present commander of the Three-Ninetieth Strategic Missile Wing agreed to establish a memorial , a heritage programme between the Bomb Group veterans and the Strategic Missile Wing people erm hopefully for a long time to come . |