Example sentences of "long [adv] to allow " in BNC.
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| 1 | Motherwell took 27 minutes to create their first chance when Chris McCart carved out an opening for Joe McLeod , but the striker hesitated long enough to allow Brian Irvine to block the effort . |
| 2 | If he does , he should ask the helper simply to make sure that the cars stop for long enough to allow him to cross : the helper should not take the patient 's arm and hurry him across . |
| 3 | We stopped for a few hours in Aberdeen , long enough to allow Father to take us to see the house we had lived in until 1939 : Stranathro , at Muchalls , perched high on the cliffs by the road to Stonehaven . |
| 4 | It was decided that about one thousand was right , three hundred to storm the castle itself and the remainder to seal off the approaches thereto for long enough to allow the raiders to achieve their ends and retire back across the ford , it was to be hoped with Edward Balliol dead or alive . |
| 5 | She flits in and out of people 's lives and never stays long enough to allow anyone to get to know her . |
| 6 | The Lords can publicise matters and delay action for long enough to allow public opinion to make itself felt . |