Example sentences of "[adv prt] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Government has advised that women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not eat liver , as very large doses of vitamin A taken over a long period may be associated with foetal abnormalities . |
| 32 | This is an acquired skill which develops over a long period . |
| 33 | This perspective is inadequate for an understanding of the colonial legal system because the post-independence practices evolved over a long period of time . |
| 34 | Management should effect redundancies at one point in time rather than spreading them over a long period . |
| 35 | Those who said they would prefer the smallest possible instalments , spread over a long period , were most commonly people in lower socio-economic groups , people with current credit commitments , and people with whom the amount they said they would borrow ( if they borrowed money ) was relatively small . |
| 36 | If it seems necessary to give it over a long period make sure you fully consider your risk before proceeding . |
| 37 | ( Martial arts are a way of life — skills learnt and practised over a long period , used to tune the mind and body to a state of superb readiness . |
| 38 | One suggestion has been that the energy output of the Sun itself fluctuates over a long period . |
| 39 | One is that the abuse is part of the way two people communicate over a long period of time . |
| 40 | Unlike groups in laboratory studies , the work group is not created and then disbanded permanently ; it often survives over a long period of time . |
| 41 | There were beds available for those with particular problems , such as those who had been injecting over a long period . |
| 42 | Many commonly-prescribed drugs increase the sensitivity of the skin and eyes to ultra-violet light — particularly if you take them over a long period of time . |
| 43 | The Profitboss. genuinely cares for his customers and develops sound trusting relationships with them over a long period of time . |
| 44 | The older men in particular portray inspection as an art whose techniques , absorbed over a long period , become almost intuitive . |
| 45 | petals strongly and sweetly perfumed , retained over a long period when dried , used in perfumery , potpourris , for perfuming writing paper . |
| 46 | If it continues over a long period it could even lead to stunted growth . |
| 47 | Sometimes this happens over a long period , as a person finds himself constrained to attend a Christian place of worship , or drawn to read the Christian scriptures . |
| 48 | It is no longer adequate just to produce a plan of a church : all walls and elevations need to be examined closely , since most churches are built , developed and extended over a long period . |
| 49 | The church began in late Saxon times and developed over a long period , finally being made redundant in the 1960s , when part of it collapsed . |
| 50 | The rationale , however , for that is clear : while insurers are willing to concede that accidents will happen , events developing over a long period of time because of a lack of concern for the potential hazards should not be allowed to . |
| 51 | This was a process which extended over a long period , and in the seventeenth century the extent of their privileges in this respect was still far from clear . |
| 52 | This task of considering key moments can be a very valuable way of recapping from one session to the next when the drama extends over a long period , as it usually does once it becomes part of a project or topic work . |
| 53 | Another modification of the model assumes that uniform extension occurs but takes account of the fact that stretching of the lithosphere is likely to occur over a long period of time , probably several million years . |
| 54 | There are two broad categories : ( 1 ) where the object is to generate more work by some system of cross-referral in particular fields , though such arrangements are difficult to sustain over a long period if member firms wish to retain their independence and separate profitability . |
| 55 | Where production extends over a long period as in construction industries and shipbuilding , measurement of work in progress has to be achieved by other means . |
| 56 | Unfortunately it may conceivably cause liver disease if taken over a long period , and this is to be tested by administering it to pigs . |
| 57 | It is believed the money allegedly went missing over a long period , dating back to last season 's Cup Final . |
| 58 | Pion pulled at Masklin 's arm , pointed to the looming white shape with his other hand , and rattled off a long sentence in Floridian or , if the Thing was right , nearly original nomish . |
| 59 | If you are casting off a long length , then move the weight up from time to time , but always keep it actually on the cast off edge . |
| 60 | This is carrying on a long tradition of Eastern Centre get-togethers for E H Os , we 've done residential courses every two years for I do n't know how many years . |