Example sentences of "[prep] a long time [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 that may mean that we meet a demoralized norwich team away on saturday — or — that they got boosted by their fine performance — ekoku was back after a long time injury for norwich .
2 The Pilkington float process , metal skis , xerography , are success stories , but only after a long time period , much effort and many technical difficulties .
3 For a long time reading has been subject to a variety of fads and fashions .
4 For a long time dispersal of any book from a public library was considered anathema .
5 For a long time Midnight crouched in the dark thicket , swimming between consciousness and fantasy .
6 I had for a long time being trying to find a way of showing the heat-pain argument to be invalid , because I could not accept the conclusion , that heat exists only as a sensation in the mind .
7 I would like to acknowledge Norman 's excellence because the Garrick was sort of stuck in the past for a long time box set imitation stuff and Norman has sort of revitalized it made it extremely professional and it really did make a difference to the performances and I 'd like
8 To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions .
9 As a long time drinker of real ale , who has only joined CAMRA in the last year , I found this belly-aching very annoying .
10 Hofstede 's recent book proposes that the Far East Manager is much more concerned with a long time horizon for the team than is the European or American manager .
11 There is no corresponding requirement for bistability , which occurs for , and thus actually benefits from a long time constant , since the gain is : hence materials such as semiconductors and liquid crystals with small are ideal for bistability but useless for Ikeda instability .
12 This is clearly not the case where some very frail old people are concerned but reciprocity can be viewed over a long time scale .
13 The second would be at the City Airport , where BA might offer attractive low fares , sustainable over a long time period by cross-funding from their worldwide profitable operation .
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