Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] a [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | All you need to do is to be sufficiently obstructive for a sufficiently long time and and his mates will turn around and throw up their hands and shak and and turn somersaults . |
| 2 | People who have intelligence and a conscience wrestle with these problems and we 've come to a conclusion which is as good a deal as we think we can get , with the people of the area and with the Labour party and I think he said that if people in this authority are sufficiently obstructive for a sufficiently long time then people will change their minds . |
| 3 | This may be reasonably safe with a very long tow rope , but if there is only a shorter length of rope available the glider may overrun and smash into the back of the car , causing hundreds of pounds ' worth of damage to the glider . |
| 4 | ‘ When you 've been very independent for a very long time , to depend on somebody else is n't easy , I find . |
| 5 | It 's very satisfying after a very long investigation . |