Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [prep] long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The identity , however , is converted into a theory of the determination of the price level by assuming : ( a ) that the money supply is determined by the monetary authorities ; ( b ) that the number of transactions is fixed in the short-run because of the classical presumption that the economy operates automatically at full employment ; and ( c ) that the velocity of circulation is also fixed in the short-run because it depends largely on institutional factors ( such as whether workers are paid weekly or monthly ) which themselves tend to remain constant for long periods of time . |
| 2 | His mother would become involved in long discussions with him about how she treated them both fairly and then would end up getting angry with his unreasonable attitude . |
| 3 | Having resolved this dispute he became involved in long battles over his rights and tithes from the manors , for in 1256 , he is complaining that his rents and profits were so small , scarcely amounting to forty marks a year , being only enough to meet half his expenses . |
| 4 | However the US administration appears resigned to long discussions before its target of the reinstatement of a scientifically backed sanitary code for the legal use of growth promoters is achieved . |
| 5 | Sometimes , when one meteorite is discovered another may be visible nearby , but much more commonly four searchers may ride abreast over long stretches of blue ice and drifting snow before anyone sees a meteorite . |
| 6 | He said it was not usual for patients to be left alone for long periods of time and organisation on the ward involved was usually very good . |
| 7 | If people are kept awake for long periods of time , their drowsiness lessens in the morning and comes on with increased severity in the evening . |
| 8 | A heron stood motionless for long minutes before grandmother-footstepping its way : step — freeze — step — freeze — step — freeze stab ! |