Example sentences of "[prep] such long " in BNC.
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| 1 | He excuses Boece 's historical inventions — on account of which his Latin History of Scotland and others have been long dismissed , and now have only curiosity value — by saying that Boece wrote in an age when all men , owing to lack of true knowledge , were credulous , and , dazzled with the light of discovery after such long dark ages , could not see distinctly . |
| 2 | I no longer retain fish for such long periods . |
| 3 | As in so many other things , she decided with a sigh , being out of one 's own country for such long stretches of time , left one behind the times . |
| 4 | As I sit at this word processor , the chips of which may have been assembled by a young woman in the Philippines for a pittance a day and for such long hours that her eyes will be damaged in a tax haven created specially for foreign companies , I am acutely aware of the link between the health of the people of the Philippines and my life here in Britain . |
| 5 | Now that she was to go , she knew that she might have had the pleasure of looking forward to going , instead of such long and cheerless debates and equivocations . |
| 6 | Indeed , perhaps inimical to ours , in view of the hostility of such long standing between man and rat . |
| 7 | Where a bankruptcy order has been made other than on the debtor 's petition , the bankrupt must submit to the official receiver a statement of his affairs within twenty-one days of the bankruptcy order or within such longer period as the official receiver may allow ( s 288(1) and ( 3 ) ) or the court may allow ( r 6.62 ) . |
| 8 | These approaches ( directed primarily at the River plate nations and Mexico ) were thwarted by the difficulties of sustaining commerce over such long distances and by the political complications discussed above . |
| 9 | In 1819 the Board of Kandyan Commissioners stated that this ‘ practice is sanctioned by such long usage that , until by some proclamation it is declared illegal , it might be deemed harsh to visit the act by punishment . ’ |
| 10 | Having visited other long-stay institutions to make some notes about comparable conditions and arrangements , the district administrator was also concerned about the strain on staff imposed by such long hours . |