Example sentences of "[prep] very long " in BNC.
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| 1 | One sort of explanation sees such practices as permanent employment and seniority wage systems as being related to Japan 's unique cultural traditions and the carry-over to modern industry of patterns of social relationships and obligations which characterised feudal Japan.7 Other , perhaps more convincing , approaches ( as these practices are not characteristic of smaller-sized firms ) see them as an employer response to the exigencies of the labour market and as a control device to elicit and reward loyal workforce behaviour ( Jacoby , 1979 ) , since lifetime employment is not a practice of very long standing in Japan . |
| 2 | She took a run-up , carved quite a beautiful arc against the sky and promptly vanished , with a shoosh , into very long , dry grass . |
| 3 | Before very long he becomes the leader of one of the most powerful teenage gangs in Brooklyn . |
| 4 | I can see they 'll get it from that quarter and before very long . |
| 5 | Before very long , however , the entitlement aspects of ERA will surely lead to conflict and litigation , as parents discover that laboratories and equipment are insufficient to deliver ‘ science ’ to their children , or that a guaranteed first foreign language can not be taught because there are insufficient qualified staff . |
| 6 | Before very long Gay was running her close . |
| 7 | Anne left Germany in the expectation of seeing her family again before very long . |
| 8 | Sure enough before very long a show record was broken . |
| 9 | Perhaps there is a slight disadvantage in playing in Division 2 in that you do not play against the very top sides and players week in , week out , but hopefully Dundee High will earn promotion to the top division before very long . |
| 10 | However , as it now seemed certain that the Company would be taken over by the new authority that was to unify public transport in London , before very long , these projects were left in abeyance . |
| 11 | You will be together again before very long — and then who knows ! ’ |
| 12 | Dad said I should wait until it stopped snowing so hard , so I watched from the window , and before very long it did ease and I was sent down the cellar for the fuel . |
| 13 | ‘ But the style of rugby I saw in August over there , and that we have seen on their tour of France and England , indicates that before very long the Springboks will be up there with the best . |
| 14 | The whole episode was built around the book and before very long , and not for the first time , the fascist implications were there again , not only as far as Alf was concerned but , by implication , involving me too . |
| 15 | Before very long the view of Rhee 's helpful conduct was to undergo radical revision . |
| 16 | Before very long , however , it was to be made abundantly clear to her that legal equality was not enough ; the ability to exert force was the key not merely to ascendancy , but also to genuine equality . |
| 17 | So he stood with her , and held her , and very soon nature began to teach them both what to do , and before very long the neighbours heard a little shriek come from Pascoe 's cottage , and the old wives glanced and nodded to each other , content that the marriage had been consummated , and anxious to share with each other reminiscences of their own experiences in similar circumstances . |
| 18 | He would recover from Suki , before very long . |
| 19 | Before very long , Wilson was constantly consulting me on a number of matters and even seeking my opinion on political issues — which he wisely always rejected . |
| 20 | All users will be able to enjoy the blend tool , instant transformations from one shape to another will start to invade all sorts of artwork before very long ! |
| 21 | And before very long , by quite different means , Paris too was to enjoy a public opera . |
| 22 | Currently , the ACSET sub-committee has established a Working Group which is considering the management training needs of further and adult education staff and it is likely that a new document to complement and extend Haycocks III will be forthcoming before very long . |
| 23 | Before very long on a planetary time scale the surface temperatures would reach Cytherean values . |
| 24 | But once it was understood that Europeans might hope to reach the fabled East by travelling West , then explorers could reasonably hope that before very long they would have mapped the whole surface of the globe . |
| 25 | He will be here before very long . |
| 26 | My hon. Friend the Member for Bradford , South ( Mr. Cryer ) got it right when he said yesterday that Ministers will be regarded as wearers of dirty raincoats before very long . |
| 27 | He took it seriously at first , affronted that anyone could say anything about anyone so close to him , but before very long , he saw the funny side . |
| 28 | Before very long , however , it did open in the West End . |
| 29 | True to his word , before very long there was a cheery fire crackling away , giving off warmth and light . |
| 30 | In the end the one certainty is that the fox hunting debate will be aired in the council chamber again before very long |