Example sentences of "or [prep] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some areas have day care available at weekends , or for long days so that a carer can go out to work . |
| 2 | In his survey he found that ‘ about 60% of the wives claimed to be regularly involved in discussions either about day-to-day business matters or about longer term business decisions ’ . |
| 3 | In some climates , outdoor workers have to be trained to take protective measures against exposure to long periods of sunlight leading to dehydration because of perspiration loss ; or to heat stroke ; or after long exposure , to an increasing rise in the incidence of skin cancer ( Nichols , 1988 ) . |
| 4 | Combine these , too , with trips on the chair lift to the Gschwandtkopf or with longer trips on the funicular railway and its connecting cablecars to the Seefelderjoch and the Harmelekopf . |
| 5 | Many frogs in the genus Rana produce large egg masses , whereas other species , like the spadefoot and many tree frogs , lay their eggs singly or in small groups , or in long strings , as in many other toads . |
| 6 | And I see them as they will be , dead and torn ; shocked , mutilated and alone , on battlefields or by long roads , in ditches or against high walls , in echoing white corridors and misty woods , in fields , by rivers ; dumped in holes , thrown in piles ; neglected and absolved . |
| 7 | A market overt is a market , constituted under statute , by royal charter or by long standing custom . |
| 8 | Many guests indeed complained not of ennui but of exhaustion brought on by accompanying Eugénie while she scampered up and down rocks , or by long walks and excursions in the area around the palace which took place most days after lunch . |