Example sentences of "take a long view [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles behaved rather like a landlord who could take a long view of the future and expect his possessions to provide him with an income in the fullness of time . |
| 2 | Horace took a long view of excellence ; a very rough idea of his aesthetic commitment to the tradition of Greek letters , and some understanding of the initially cool ( or possibly baffled ) public reception of his Greek-inspired Odes , might be gained if we were to try to imagine one of our own Augustans studiously engaged , while everyone else relied on the staple measure of the heroic couplet , in the production of poems imitating the intricate court metres of the Nordic skald , such as the Drottkvaett , or the Dunhenda . |
| 3 | Cool head with Italian passion on his hands Patrick Agnew in Cagliari watches Italy 's manager Azeglio Vicini take a long view of today 's match against Argentina . |
| 4 | Cool head with Italian passion on his hands Patrick Agnew in Cagliari watches Italy 's manager Azeglio Vicini take a long view of today 's match against Argentina . |
| 5 | With new exams approaching , it is timely to take a longer view of what the pass standard entails and of how students might be helped to attain it . |
| 6 | The B types have the ability to take a longer view of things . |