Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards Brewer said he could see Auckland holding the shield for as long as they could keep together their very strong scrum of Olo Brown , Sean Fitzpatrick , Steve McDowell , Michael Jones , Gary Whetton , Robin Brooke , Mark Carter and Zinzan Brooke — All Blacks all . |
| 2 | The Prince is also very keen on deer stalking , another pull to keep him in the Highlands for as long as he can manage . |
| 3 | Exposing the board for too long a period will rarely cause any damage , but troublesome problems can be caused by underexposure , when the UV sensitive coating will not have thoroughly reacted to the UV light . |
| 4 | If debtors and creditors are excluded the natural inclination of the vendor will be to pursue the debtors and delay paying the creditors for as long as possible . |
| 5 | For a little while she 'd almost managed to forget about Marianne. , She should have known the other woman would n't allow that to remain the case for very long . |
| 6 | Because they 've pissed around with the decision for so long . ’ |
| 7 | mm could we have the , do either of you have the experience of how long , how long this might take |
| 8 | ‘ We will continue with the fight for as long as we can , ’ Mother Catherine said . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd be surprised if we were back in before the end of this Parliament , ’ he said three weeks ago , almost emphatically enough for the majority of Tory MPs who want to steer clear of the Bundesbank for as long as possible . |
| 10 | As I pull up at the back of the hotel Mr Shah is waiting with a folder full ; his expression , although friendly , contains around his mouth a little reproach that I should have been away from the action for so long . |
| 11 | And really cheesed off about being left out of the action for so long . |
| 12 | Look at the person — maintain contact with the eyes for as long as is comfortable , look away to the mouth when it becomes uncomfortable , then return to the eyes . |
| 13 | The latter two phenomena essentially restore the crust to its approximate elevation before loading by ice or water , but denudation can lead to continued uplift of the crust for as long as continental crust is sub-aerially exposed . |
| 14 | It makes me feel a bit funny being in the dark for so long . |
| 15 | I had no idea he 'd been kept in the dark for so long . |
| 16 | When the research for Too Long a Winter , the first film documentary about Hannah , was being finalized around the end of October 1912 , a certain hope was expressed about the weather . |
| 17 | Eventually the carabiniere got bored and let Eric stay in the lavatory for as long as he wanted . |
| 18 | I stayed in the cafe for as long as I felt I could and then went back outside . |
| 19 | It is sometimes suggested not only that postmodernism scarcely exists in Britain , but that it would not be a good thing if it did : like structuralism , it is seen as a form of literary rabies , to be confined to the Continent for as long as possible . |
| 20 | In many firms there will be no room for dispute as to who should fill the position and for how long , ie the most experienced member of the partnership for as long as he remains hale and hearty . |
| 21 | While Noah used to make his animals do dog-paddles behind the boat for as long as two hours to build up their stamina , modern-day swimming coaches apparently believe in relatively short intensive sessions . |
| 22 | A casualty of reorganisation at Reed , she has not been allowed to languish in the cold for very long . |
| 23 | Malachi clucked his tongue , shook the reins and the mare , happy to be moving again after standing in the cold for so long , trotted briskly away . |
| 24 | mhm When you first started , though , Eva Barnes , you 're the deputy leader of the Labour group now , you 've been on the Council for how long ? |
| 25 | With the hazards of lying in the sun for too long firmly emblazoned on our minds , holidaymakers can now pack Le Beachtent and protect themselves from harmful rays . |
| 26 | Ramsay delayed the return for as long as he dared , to allow stragglers to come up . |
| 27 | If the shaman is exposed to the insidious effects of the fungus for too long he may eventually turn into a giant shaman mushroom . |
| 28 | Another joke posed the question about how long the war would go on , to which the answer ran : ‘ Until Goebbels 's trousers fit Göring . ’ |
| 29 | We have a rough idea ( although we may be mistaken ) of the rate at which new stars form ; we suspect that many , if not most , of them have planets — and so on until we come to the question about how long our ‘ ideal ’ technological civilization might expect to endure , to which any answer must be the most unfounded of guesses . |
| 30 | Related to these results is the question of how long we can stay asleep ( in a laboratory that is always equally quiet , dark , and warm ) at different times of the day . |