Example sentences of "the [noun sg] for long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now came the opportunity for long discussions in Tom Poole 's parlour , and no doubt for readings from Osorio and from The Borderers , Wordsworth 's own , equally unsuccessful , verse tragedy . |
| 2 | The necessity for long entries in the constable 's pocket book has been eliminated . |
| 3 | The only thing that upsets it is leaving the lid off the tin for long periods during storage when the reaction to calcium caseinate takes place prematurely because moisture gets in . |
| 4 | He responded with exuberant gestures — which in no way reduced our speed and which left is hands free of the wheel for long intervals . |
| 5 | If you are holidaying in a hot climate , do not expose the camcorder to the sun for long periods , and take a neutral density filter along with you if the light is likely to be particularly brilliant ( sunlight on snow , for example ) to avoid the risk of spoiling shots through over exposure . |
| 6 | Do not expose the camcorder to the sun for long periods . |
| 7 | The most likely causes are , either parking the vehicle for long periods facing up a steep hill when oil is seeping past the seals into the overdrive unit , or I suspect that you are overfilling the transfer box . |
| 8 | Stationary exercise bikes are no better , with the need for long periods of hamster-like moronic trundling to get any real benefits from them . |
| 9 | To achieve this high priority is being given to the development of domiciliary provision and the encouragement of measures designed to prevent or postpone the need for long term care in hospital or residential homes . |
| 10 | This hypothesis can account for the fact that on cooling , rapid crystal growth is seen to occur which is inconsistent with the need for long range diffusion if the regularly folding lamellae were forming . |
| 11 | New Zealand held the lead for long periods and their frequent advantages depended on the only try of the match . |
| 12 | New Zealand held the lead for long periods and their frequent advantages depended on the only try of the match . |
| 13 | He became the first pilot to aerial bomb Istanbul , and held the record for long distance bombing raids , many of which were in a Handley Page 0/400 . |
| 14 | This might include : a freeze in public sector pay with the released resources used on infrastructure ; a phasing-out of mortgage relief , with concessions limited to houses purchased in the next 12 months ; introduction of a Swedish-style programme linking training with unemployment ; and changes to CGT in order to increase investment , the foundation for long term non-inflationary growth . |
| 15 | Contact with other nations ( Egypt in the case of Herodotus ) led to a greater awareness of the past , because of the evidence for long periods of time presented , for example , by the pyramids . |
| 16 | It is specially important not to let him vegetate in front of the television for long periods . |
| 17 | Mc Allister : Ran the midfield for long periods of the game but seemed to lose interest at others . |
| 18 | ‘ We always looked capable of creating chances , and controlled the game for long spells . |
| 19 | In order to increase the demand for long positions there has to be the expectation of a profit from holding the futures contract , that is , a risk premium of E ( S T ) - F t . |
| 20 | If the information increases the demand for long positions in the asset by some traders , and decreases the demand for a long position by others , the adjustment path will depend on the sequence in which optimists and pessimists receive the information . |
| 21 | Some , like chickweed and poppies , have seeds that lie dormant in the soil for long periods until the right conditions trigger them to life . |
| 22 | Donna sat looking at the box for long moments . |
| 23 | But when you have a situation where youngsters of 12 or 13 — and in some cases even younger — who may only have won a couple of matches , are being offered $500,000 guarantees to sign up with one of the management companies before they are snapped up by one of the rival agents , the potential for long term damage is enormous . ’ |
| 24 | And white shirts are hardly the thing for long train journeys . |
| 25 | It also provides a glimpse of Flanders as a place where a substantial number of fighters could be expensively equipped and then encouraged to leave the county for long periods . |
| 26 | One farmer/contractor was transferring income from his contracting business to build up capital on the farm for long term family objectives . |
| 27 | Anyway , you require the book for long periods , which a library seldom allows . |
| 28 | Even as a schoolboy he had taken himself away from the crowd for long lonely walks , and sat in the silence of the small chapel in the grounds at Gordonstoun . |
| 29 | Answers to questions about their fellow workers ' reactions when they heard the news of planned redundancies suggested a difference in attitude between some of those who were close to pension age and had been with the company for long periods and other workers . |
| 30 | When they launched themselves into the dusk they seemed to fill the sky to the north for long minutes , and their cries reached as far as the village . |