Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not make unnecessarily long calls as they are wasteful . |
| 2 | The tenant should ensure that the landlord is not given too long to make up its mind and the period of 60 days suggested by the precedent seems fair to both sides . |
| 3 | Many do not remain sufficiently long as temporary workers or with any one agency to be entitled to any rights even if they were to have dependent employee status . |
| 4 | This is adequate to give a good reverberation effect , but the unit can not provide very long reverberation times of the type associated with spring-line reverberation units . |
| 5 | He did not believe that long discussion was of great value , rather that a considered insight or idea produced far more than a wealth of verbal expression . |
| 6 | As he kicks , slide the rear foot back and withdraw your leading foot by an equal amount so that your stance does not become too long . |
| 7 | It 's not waiting too long ? |
| 8 | They longed for deliverance from Roman oppression , and were encouraged to think that they would not have much longer to wait as the prophetic voice was heard once more in the land after centuries of silence . |
| 9 | Here , staff appreciate that both fear and grief in the patient and his relatives can be reduced through anticipating the fact that they do not have much longer together and that this time can be used constructively to work through some of their anxieties and other distressing emotions . |
| 10 | That impatient man did not have so long to wait as he had feared , for the very next evening a young townsman arrived at Hoddom from Annan , ten miles distant , with the news that Edward Balliol had indeed returned to his army . |
| 11 | Hopefully Class 42XX 2-8-OT No. 4253 will not take too long to return to full working order . |
| 12 | I 'm sure a lot of , it it 'll not take as long to sort it out , because we 've broken . |
| 13 | It need not take very long but it should be fairly strenuous — running up and down stairs a few times will do . |
| 14 | It may be that with adequate supervision and a period of reorientation it will not take very long to prepare yourself for a new role , but do take care to acknowledge your limitations , and to make known to your manager how these are likely to affect the care you give . |
| 15 | We did not recommend either long or short treatment for acute pyelonephritis , and consider that serial clinical and microbiological assessment is more important than didactic adherence to a predetermined treatment schedule . |
| 16 | If the latter , how will they present the facts ; that the child will probably not live very long ; may have an ‘ unhappy ’ life ; will need constant supervision and care ; be perhaps better off unborn ? |
| 17 | Unfortunately , he did not live very long . |
| 18 | He 's not taken that long . |
| 19 | The TV playback showed that Southall had held the ball for 13 seconds , although it did not seem as long at the time . |
| 20 | He was aware of the immense arrogance of this , but he knew he had not mistaken that long , steady look . |
| 21 | ‘ I fear he can not last much longer … |