Example sentences of "and [verb] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This currently accounts for around two thirds of P&O Roadtanks ' UK business and involves long term contracts of between three and five years . |
| 2 | There is an essential interdependency between businesses and we must strive to build a partnership with our customers and to establish long term relationships with them . |
| 3 | He works till lunch , then wanders into the kitchen and has long argument with Tony , or perhaps a discussion about the best way to cook trout or whether or not to sack the gardener . |
| 4 | There is no doubt about the malignant potential of adenocarcinoma , but the behaviour of gastric carcinoids is more obscure and needs long term observation . |
| 5 | The Council is to be congratulated for thinking and acting long term . |
| 6 | No polishing is needed , and as long as the seal remains intact , the floor will look good and give long service . |
| 7 | It is unlikely that many had progressive chronic renal failure , as at two year follow up only one patient had subsequently deteriorated and needed long term dialysis . |
| 8 | MIT reduces the trauma of an operation and avoids long hospital stays and recovery periods . |
| 9 | Particular attention is paid to the methodological problems of identifying and linking long distance migrants over time in origin and destination areas and the project appraises the use of computer linkage techniques in historical research . |
| 10 | This means that photographers can shoot inside with available light , reach further into the dark with flash and use longer telephoto lenses with faster shutter speeds . |
| 11 | SPD participants opposed proposals put forward by members of the Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union ( CDU and CSU , which together with the Free Democratic Party — FDP — made up the ruling coalition at federal level ) , to criminalize the refusal to leave the scene of a violent demonstration if requested by police , and to allow longer detention in custody of repeat offenders . |
| 12 | Furthermore , a meeting is being sought with Michael Howard , Secretary of State for the Environment , to discuss the impacts to local communities and to raise longer term issues about urban regeneration policy . |
| 13 | Further studies in a larger series are needed to ascertain which subgroups of patients with Crohn 's disease are more prone to respond to diet treatment and to maintain long term remission . |
| 14 | There is no doubt that smoking is damaging to your health and impairs long term ability to cope with stress . |
| 15 | I want to look like a racehorse and have long hair and Jim , that 's what I want . |
| 16 | Home Office figures showed plans to lengthen the time before a prisoner became eligible for parole and to introduce longer parole periods would mean the prison poulation could expand by between 4,000 and 5,000 . |