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 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 .
11 There is no doubt that smoking is damaging to your health and impairs long term ability to cope with stress .
12 I want to look like a racehorse and have long hair and Jim , that 's what I want .
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