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Example sentences of "[prep] long [noun pl] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	And Gooch had agreed to tour India this winter only after long discussions at home .
2	After long discussions in which cyclists ’ opinions of horses were also aired , we agreed that in fact , riders and cyclists have many aims in common : both want traffic-free , cross-country routes .
3	They should improve the use of inverted commas and apostrophes and should learn some of the simple uses of the comma , eg in lists , after long adverbials .
4	They were not silent but only spoke after long intervals and what they said did not carry to the upstairs rooms .
5	It is reported that in a number of countries that are regionally , culturally and socio-economically heterogeneous , malnutrition has been found to be more common among children born after short than after long intervals ( Rinehart , 1984 , p. 686 ) .
6	It has also been proposed that breastfeeding may be less satisfactory for infants born after short than after long intervals , owing to the mother 's diminished ability to provide adequate milk , as deduced from the comparatively poor nutritional status of young children in El Salvador whose birth was preceded by a short interval ( Rinehart , 1984 , p. 686 ) .
7	After long talks with WBC president Jose Sulaiman , Maloney is confident that approval will be given for Lewis to fight the Hammersmith-born Jamaican Alex Stewart in the first defence of his title .
8	Spanish and Portuguese membership came only after long talks , and was expected to put greater pressures on the Social and Regional Funds , as well as increasing the costs of the CAP .
9	Frequent leave was recommended ‘ in order to regain sanity of outlook after long periods of loneliness ’ , and it was later added that : ‘ Intellectual geniuses are not required , nor anyone with ‘ nerves ’ or who is likely to become ‘ Masai-astic ’ … i.e. regard themselves as specialists ' .
10	A number of borough councils agreed to appoint workers with specific lesbian and gay responsibilities and , after long periods of consultation , Camden and Haringey agreed to set up their own lesbian and gay units .
11	All they ever saw of their guide was a faint distant tail-light , and then only rarely , at irregular moments after long periods of doubt when it seemed that they had lost the scent , made the wrong decision at some unmarked junction up in the stormy darkness .
12	What she did n't like , and what very seriously worried her , was the way , after long moments of giving her a cold-eyed stare , Naylor Massingham should suddenly look at her with such a degree of pleasantness that she just knew she was n't going to like what was going through his brain .
13	Airline pilots commonly have difficulty in sleeping properly after long flights , especially when there have been time-zone changes .
14	The compromise list was put together after long hours of high drama when Mr Pozsgay , a minister of state and the leading reformer , and two of his close allies threatened to walk out .
15	In any case , few men or women had sufficient time or energy after long hours of farm labouring or housework to devote to a garden or allotment .
16	After long negotiations he purchased the Doncaster race clubhouse , opening in time to provide food and accommodation for racegoers attending the St Leger meeting of 1828 .
17	After long negotiations a fragile settlement between Lancaster and the king 's friends was reached in August 1318 by the treaty of Leake , where Lancaster and Damory were temporarily reconciled .
18	After long deliberations , the UIAA 's Alpinism Committee has come up with a draft code of practice which , while largely common sense , has the welcome bonus of strong presumption in favour of conservation .
19	Faced with the dilemma of dropping a shot or ‘ playing her as she lies ’ , after long deliberations , O'Leary waded in the 4-foot deep water and out went his chances of winning .
20	After long days and nights alone I would wake in the mornings wondering if this new day would bring a new poem from you , a new smile as you ran dancing towards me on your boxer 's turned-in toes .
21	And Colt , after long days of torture , had recognised in the Colonel someone he could like , someone whose trust he would value .
22	They have an important part to play in providing care to those discharged after long stays in hospital and also in providing temporary homes and rehabilitation to those trying to re-establish themselves in the community .
23	After long years of living in unsatisfactory rented accommodation , it now looked as if Jack and Minto could afford a place of their own .
24	Asked what he hoped for Soviet art and culture after long years of political oppression , he said there would be an enormous spiritual benefit , not least because of easier travel and contacts with the rest of the world .
25	A key feature of the Intifada is that , after long years of trans-frontier or inter-state conflict between largely faceless enemies , it brought the conflict back to where it essentially belongs , to Palestine itself .
26	These men are also frequently by their misfortunes raised into the greatest benefit that Charles Lamb wrote of as being his fortune to realise after long years of being a poor man in time to be lifted into a vast inheritance .
27	After long years of thought we are conditioned to respond to this imperceptible stimulus of beauty , and we see the imagery in the small and insignificant , and feel the sensation of ecstasy that it causes .
28	They had continued to write , frequently at first , then more and more seldom , and only once more had he heard from him , by chance , after long years : married , a father , in a high judicial position .
29	Finally , after long years , she had become a party-goer .
30	Contemporary criticism of these deplorable urban conditions ( notably Chadwick 's Report of 1842 , see Flinn 1965 ) eventually led , after long delays , to national improvements in sewage and water systems , building regulations , and local government .