Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The children who were in Pindown for the longest periods could receive more than £50,000 . |
| 2 | A discrete block of land may have been in existence for a long time before it was first described in a written document . |
| 3 | The first 4 of these have been in existence for a long time . |
| 4 | Thus , if the goal is for your dog to eat in the car rather than the kitchen , in preparation for a long journey , move its dish a few inches a day towards the car , and then into the car . |
| 5 | In preparation for a long stay , I had several suitcases , a packing case , a cabin trunk , my portable gramophone and records , all my medical equipment . |
| 6 | Ben , whistling happily , serviced his car in preparation for the long drive North . |
| 7 | Where possible the ore , as has been mentioned , was hand dressed in preparation for the long journey to Keswick . |
| 8 | Surely the threat of a custodial sentence would be a stronger deterrent — as it was before 1988 — in addition to the longer sentences for which the Bill provides . |
| 9 | Premises at East Tullos in Aberdeen are being extended and upgraded at a cost of £0 5 million in support of a long term logistics partnering contract awarded by Enterprise Oil during the year . |
| 10 | It was built in brick over a long period ; the east end dates from the ninth century and the west from the tenth and eleventh while the vaults are mainly twelfth century . |
| 11 | She realized then that the coffin lid had simply been lifted off , letting in light from a long strip-light that hung from a plain rock ceiling . |
| 12 | well those people have them in stock for a long time |
| 13 | If I go out in search of a long white zip , I end up having to make do with a short blue one . |
| 14 | In the summer the scene as the sun slowly sank , gave reflections in pink from the long river bank . |
| 15 | The principle of inverse irreversibility is often known by its more colloquial sobriquet as the ‘ Idiot child principle ’ , in deference to the long observed tendency of mothers to love best their least-promising offspring . |
| 16 | If this happens , your job could still be just as much in jeopardy in the long run as that of an employee who has clearly and inexcusably committed an offence . |
| 17 | When the Home Secretary talked of the need for the Government to give a lead in tackling racial disadvantage he therefore saw this as in issue for the longer term . |
| 18 | The directors are accordingly not obliged to maximise current profits in order to satisfy short-term demands for dividends at the expense of a growth in profitability over a longer period . |
| 19 | Hold it in place with a longer spirit level ( if you have one ) to check it for horizontal . |
| 20 | Many tournaments ( as you emphasised ) , have been in place for a long time and often with the same people running them for decades . |
| 21 | Privately , senior party members claim women do not put themselves forward , are not up to the job and stress that most male MPs have been in place for a long time . |
| 22 | When releasing barn owls that have been in captivity for a long time , we keep them confined to the barn until we 're sure that they are going to adapt happily to their new surrounding . ( ) |
| 23 | Her daughter Jessica wrote a letter to the New York court saying : ‘ Please make Amy Fisher stay in jail for a long time so she ca n't hurt my mom again . ’ |
| 24 | So if you were on night duty , it was n't much use getting off early and going to bed for a couple of hours and then going to court — you might be engaged in court for a long time . |
| 25 | She 's been in agony with a long term back disorder . |
| 26 | In economic life , in spite of a long series of efforts , little was achieved . |
| 27 | This was in spite of a longer mean time till exclusion or end of follow up for the adenoidectomy cases . |
| 28 | Occasionally , in spite of the long time which has gone by without so much as a cuddle , you have a dreadful day and you just do not feel in the mood . |
| 29 | In spite of the long hours and sense of being almost constantly on call it was n't all work at Howard . |
| 30 | That 's how I was taught you see and so in spite of the long lapse of years there 's still a tremendous amount up there because it was , it was properly learnt , you learn something thoroughly |