Example sentences of "[prep] a very long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Solid drinking ‘ Two years ago I had a one-day relapse after a very long time of being sober . |
| 2 | She had , to hand , the lavatory brush , three toilet rolls and the hardback edition of a very long novel by a Peruvian author with an unpronounceable name . |
| 3 | Statements by the West German Bundesbank indicate that it views monetary union as a state which comes only at the end of a very long process of economic convergence . |
| 4 | Many in the Labour movement were prepared to admit that without a strong combination forcing the National Government out of office " we may not get a chance for a very long time of putting into effect our ultimate aims " . |
| 5 | Owen O'Neil agrees : ‘ There 's no major comedy circuit in Northern Ireland in the way there is in London , but people have survived for a very long time on the strength of their own sense of humour . ’ |
| 6 | Christian festivals had coexisted for a very long time with ancient non-Christian celebrations . |
| 7 | Frankly , she could survive in great happiness for a very long time without ever setting eyes on him again . |
| 8 | It has been a shareholder for a very long time in some private companies and I think we 've become known to be a supportive shareholder . |
| 9 | It is a factor recognised for a very long time in relation to language learning . |
| 10 | Yes ar are not that good but I 'm working at it on a sort of regional basis erm but you may have to keep me here for a very long time in order to achieve it . |
| 11 | It would evidently be impossible to resume normal living conditions for a very long time after fallout of the assumed density . ’ |
| 12 | On the other hand all modern anthropologists and archaeologists would agree with the view that for a very long period of history mankind has existed solely by hunting , fishing , and gathering , and that such a technological stage always precedes domestication of plants and animals . |
| 13 | One possibility would be a statutory reformulation of Rylands v. Fletcher shorn of the qualifications and defences which so emasculate it now , perhaps on the lines of the Restatement , which imposes strict liability on one who carries on an ‘ abnormally dangerous activity , ’ but this would be open to varying judicial inclinations and would give rise to considerable uncertainty for a very long period of time . |
| 14 | In 1778 , for example , envoys from the Indian state of Mysore ( a potentially valuable ally of France against British power in India ) were conducted , when they were received by Louis XVI at Versailles , by a deliberately circuitous route through a very long series of rooms all of which were filled with stands and spectators in a demonstration of French power and greatness . |
| 15 | The fact that it is very difficult to do does n't prevent a lot of people wishing to achieve it , but it is very seldom that , in the industrial world , anybody has achieved and held continuously a pre-eminent position over a very long period of time . |