Example sentences of "have a [adv] long " in BNC.

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1 The radioactive potassium has a very long half-life ( 1250 million years ) so that the amount lost is extremely small relative to the total amount of potassium present and can not be measured .
2 Direct perception by psychics of energy manifestations in the landscape has a very long history .
3 It has a very long neck like a duck , and the front of the body sometimes has a faint purple tinge .
4 Corporatism in various forms has a very long history : for example , professional groups such as doctors and lawyers have regulated themselves for centuries ; indeed , voluntary self-regulation is a defining characteristic of a profession and has long been used as a way of avoiding government control .
5 Joint Planning , it seems to me , still has a very long way to go .
6 However , the volume of research varies considerably from one polytechnic to another and , in general , it has a very long way to go before it begins to approach that generated within universities .
7 sorry , erm this budget has a very long gestation period er I 'm on version twelve I think at the last count and I hope there is n't gon na be a version thirteen .
8 Butyl has a substantially longer life expectancy than pvc — it 's used in the construction of reservoirs — but it can still be damaged by piercing .
9 BR has a somewhat longer network , employs more than twice as many railway staff and carries considerably more passenger traffic than does RENFE .
10 Britain has a fairly long winter , and I know of only a few very hardy souls who are willing to go gold prospecting during this season .
11 As West has 6 Hearts , he is likely to be short in all the other suits , and with East returning the King of Clubs , there is a suggestion that he has a fairly long suit .
12 However , the interest of neurophysiologists has a considerably longer history .
13 The richer , drier East has a much longer growing season than the poorer West .
14 And if treated correctly it has a much longer life than synthetics .
15 British documentary photography has an extremely long and impressive pedigree .
16 British documentary photography has an extremely long and impressive pedigree .
17 It also has an extremely long shelf-life and loses none of its potency even when turning from its original pale straw colour to the colour of strong tea after a year or more .
18 The Kerry has an unusually long history as a specialist dairy breed and it has been suggested that it was being bred for milk production in early Irish Celtic times when , it is thought , milk formed a major part of the people 's diet , either fresh or preserved in various ways .
19 You 've had a little longer to form an opinion than I have .
20 ‘ Yet in the long run — and we have already had a pretty long run — the results are potentially devastating . ’
21 ‘ I 've had a very long and happy life without sex .
22 Yes and on the whole recently we 've had prisoners who been imprison for sort of two or three years , we 've , we 've made up petitions , we 've sent postcards and we 've , we 've written letters and er they 've been released in reasonably short space of time , but then mostly the prisoners which , who have n't had a very long sentence , unlike the one I mentioned on the way here tonight , have the Russian who had been in thirty years
23 ‘ He does n't usually throw tantrums , ’ Ashley said ruefully , as Vitor came round from the boot , ‘ but he has had a very long day . ’
24 He 's had a very long and trying ordeal , and apart from his physical injuries he 's had the cold and damp to deal with too , so his body 's had a pretty severe challenge .
25 why were the Neanderthals , who as a species of human being had had a much longer pedigree , vulnerable to the Cro-Magnons ?
26 ‘ We may eventually have a slightly longer season — even accounting for a reduction in Premier League matches .
27 Because of their traditional background they are easy to handle and have a notably long life : one cow produced and reared 30 calves of her own .
28 A good resolution before you exchange contracts would be to stand back and have a really long look at the wood !
29 Version 6.0 of Pick will not have a very long life , however — by the summer , versions 6.1 will be in beta test .
30 Gold and silver coins tended to be used as bullion and their metal value was an important consideration in a time of inflation , but a base metal coin could have a very long life .
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