Example sentences of "long [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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31 Of course one must put a lot of effort into marginal seats , but in the long term you must not forget the safe ones too .
32 And it 's easier in the short term not to have In the long term you get more problems .
33 And it was true , over the long term you were finished if the malais took it into their heads that you were the wrong kind of Danuese .
34 We can cut money off , let's make some easy quick decisions about cutting money off , let's chop out the arts you could do that on one line easily and I think you have to look at the long term you have to look at what happens in terms of our culture , our civilization if you do do that , how people change and to me it 's about and that was raised last night too about how an saying that they had put a limit on the cost of opera tickets forty pounds , compared
35 So I mean there are other advantages , and the answer is that in in in the long term you are getting your name down for one , so clear a space on your desk
36 Although to start with you can use ordinary sports shoes , in the long term it is worthwhile investing in some purpose-designed windsurfing footwear .
37 Teaching does indeed take time , but in the long term it is a great time saver .
38 What is particularly frightening is that in the long term it may cause irreparable brain damage .
39 In the long term it is intended to operate over the Athenry-Tuam section as soon as it has been cleared for service trains .
40 This bull did irreparable harm to the Catholic cause in England ; coming too late to assist the Northern rising , which had already collapsed by the time it was issued , in the long term it equated Catholicism closely with treason and made the recusant community the object of deepening fear and suspicion .
41 In the long term it will be impossible to improve the financial situation and security of lone mothers without directly tackling the wider issue of gender inequalities in employment and in the family .
42 But in the long term it could be predicted that Vietnam also would lose interest in a South Asian neutralisation since it was an ascending regional power .
43 For a scheme to be successful in the long term it is vital that there should be an organizational structure to support it .
44 In the long term it committed the papacy to active government .
45 You can adjust them , but in the long term it does damage them .
46 So if I 'm going to think long term I 've got to got to work
47 When you sit down in the examination room with the usual small table in front of you , the situation should be familiar and comfortable from the long practice you have carried out .
48 With skill borne of long practice he let the old man talk but guided his talk in the way he wanted it to go , then he started to ask questions .
49 Nevertheless few other aspects of caste are maintained , and during the daughter 's long engagement she will spend plenty of time with her fiancé , giving her plenty of opportunity to reject him .
50 Within a long programme you may find a short sequence which contains exactly what you want for a particular lesson .
51 So and it can break up a long session it can it can maintain interest .
52 One afternoon after an especially long session she was forced to catch a much later bus home than usual .
53 As they approached down the long corridor she could see George , the sacrificial dummy , slumped over the console : the bait for Forster 's trap .
54 Rushing over to the open suitcase standing on a side table , she snatched from it the long paper-cutter she had brought back for Harold from New York .
55 With a long sigh he drew her close , his lips seeking hers .
56 In the long run we still want something that will enable us to stop the resistance completely , ’ she said .
57 Fuel for today and food for this season are vital concerns now , and for such people Keynes ' aphorism that ‘ in the long run we are all dead ’ may be appropriate .
58 In the long run we aim to introduce a Citizen 's income , a payment to every individual , irrespective of sex , marital status , income of employment status .
59 Alton Towers clearly is an exception but again , you have to pay a lot of money for it and it takes quite some time to get the return er , back and , and I would say that erm , many of Michael 's erm , er , organic erm , er , expenditure will , will erm , provide er , a really good return rather quicker but in the long run we think Alton is good .
60 Er , but in the long run we 're on the lookout to continue to build both organically and by acquisition where appropriate er , on , on the main sectors .
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