Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [verb] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even extremists of the 1960s , who believed that the task of a school was to ensure that children enjoyed themselves while they were pupils , must have had in mind , as well , some further outcome , some advantage that would flow in the long run to the children who had been encouraged , under that regime , to ‘ grow ’ and ‘ blossom ’ and ‘ flourish ’ in the ‘ learning situation ’ provided by the class-room . |
| 2 | The difference was that until 1688 loans had been made directly to the King : he ran the government as an extension of his private household and , although he was the richest individual in the country , he was in many ways just a private borrower like any other and a prudent lender would not trust him with a loan that would run for a long time . |
| 3 | These findings , with the clinical risk study , might form a reasonable explanation for our 5 positive samples , and raise new insights that the CSF AChE-AD may not be specific for AD and may participate in the long biochemical and pathological abnormality of not only AD but also organic dementia . |
| 4 | If one was punctual and could pay in the long run , why incur the debt at all ? |
| 5 | Even though the beef industry is taken aback by the sudden jump in prices , the general opinion is that they will stick until at least July — and could harden in the long term if CAP reform and a further round of milk quotas push down breeding numbers . |
| 6 | Walking makes you slim , builds cardiovascular fitness , and can develop into a long term habit that you can use for the rest of your life . |