Example sentences of "[vb past] that [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , Pound and her colleagues ( 1985 ) found that a long history of depressive illness in a mother , or a combination of depression and personality problems , was associated with problems ( especially of sleeping ) in her children . |
| 2 | When I investigated , I found that the long microphone lines across the stage were picking up BBC Radio 2 . |
| 3 | on er , on er , oh he sold that a long time ago , he 's built a bungalow now they live |
| 4 | His figure , which was based on a tally kept by victim support groups , was criticized by other experts , who argued that a longer period would have to elapse before such a large number of people could develop cancer . |
| 5 | It was dismissed by other experts , however , who argued that a longer period would have to elapse before sufficient people developed cancer . |
| 6 | It sought a socialist majority in its own right , but most of its leaders believed that a long period of education and propaganda would be necessary before that majority could be secured . |
| 7 | In the late 1960s most economic commentators believed that the long boom was permanent . |
| 8 | American official policy was to promote self-government in south Korea as a prelude to unification but de la Mare observed that the long delay in accomplishing unification made this unlikely . |
| 9 | After a year 's postdoctoral research , including a short spell in Sweden on a British Council award , Worswick decided that a long term career at the bench was not for him . |
| 10 | West gave that a long look but eventually ducked , deciding that East ‘ must ’ hold the ace of diamonds . |
| 11 | Soviet officials calculated that a longer time frame would assist the USSR to stabilise a viable and desirable regime in Kabul . |
| 12 | It recognized that a longer period of detention might also be required in a ‘ small minority ’ of cases concerned with ‘ grave offences ’ . |
| 13 | It was clear from the sentences imposed on the other defendants , one of whom was sentenced to three years ' imprisonment , that the sentencer considered that a longer sentence would have been appropriate if the appellant had been over 21 . |