Example sentences of "[coord] for long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some areas have day care available at weekends , or for long days so that a carer can go out to work . |
| 2 | They may bear grievances about the fact that they are locked up in prison , perhaps for longer than they feel they deserve or for longer than other offenders whom they regard as comparable . |
| 3 | It is also very good with a buoyant or pop-up boilie set-up and for long range work casts slightly better than the side-hooked option . |
| 4 | Our own disputes about Sunday trading ignore the fact that most of our Community partners close shops and museums at weekends , often on Mondays , and for long lunch breaks . |
| 5 | Thus , the food supply from the plankton tends to be seasonal , and for long periods , over vast reaches of the open ocean , it is virtually non-existent . |
| 6 | Aldershot 's neat football , in difficult windy conditions , kept them well in the game and for long spells they were firmly in control . |
| 7 | Lab-Plant has introduced a computer-controlled , electronic stirrer which can be programmed to perform a series of functions automatically and for long periods . |
| 8 | She suffered severely from arthritis , was unable to read for more than short periods of time , was bored and confused by television , and for long periods lay inert , half dozing , half listening to the radio . |
| 9 | She did not believe that she would ever do it , for she told herself that she was free ; she thought that she would probably end by prolonging , in some way , her present situation , by returning for vacations and for long dead summers . |
| 10 | She sat down before the dressing-table , automatically picking up a hairbrush , but the sight of her own reflection in the mirror distracted her , and for long moments she simply stared at her own face , as if seeing it through the eyes of a stranger . |
| 11 | It is clear that over the past year everyone in has worked extremely hard and for long hours . |
| 12 | The legs and knees take a belt — — you are , after all , suffering most of the strains of downhill skiing and for longer at a stretch — but the distance travelled more than makes up for that . |
| 13 | These children on the whole had greater problems and cried more than the Hungarian children who had been coming earlier and for longer . |
| 14 | Bigger animals , such as humans , horses , and cows , have relatively more dark meat , made of many slow muscle fibres that can sustain activity much more cheaply and for longer periods than fast fibres . |
| 15 | I would simply get out more often and walk faster and for longer . |
| 16 | How fibre fills your stomach — and for longer |
| 17 | A crack length of about 1 micron ( i.e. 10,000 Ångströms ) will therefore produce the theoretical stress at the crack tip when the average stress in the material is quite modest and for longer cracks the stress at the tip will be far higher . |
| 18 | If camping overnight you 'll need still more space in which to carry tent , sleeping bag and mat and cooking equipment , and for longer periods you 'll need extra clothes as well . |
| 19 | This provides banking services through your local post office , which is normally open six days a week ( including Saturday mornings ) , and for longer than normal banking hours . |
| 20 | An obvious answer is to have this basic groundwork done by a much smaller group who would meet more regularly and for longer periods at a stretch . |
| 21 | This does not seem to be because the UK has more crime , or more serious crime , than comparable countries ; rather it is because more offenders are sent to custody , and for longer periods , in the UK than elsewhere . |
| 22 | During a hesitant phase , a speaker would pause more often and for longer periods in the long clauses , than during a fluent phase . |
| 23 | The loan guarantees in question would enable Israel to borrow US$10,000 million from commercial banks over five years , at lower interest rates and for longer terms than would otherwise be possible . |
| 24 | But for long periods at The Dell they appeared to be preoccupied by Sunday 's Rumbelow 's Cup final against Manchester United . |
| 25 | Periodically he returned to his Australian roots , but for long periods he worked in the UK . |
| 26 | It 's truly portable , and can be run from a PP-3 9-volt battery , but for longer sessions ti would be wise to hook up the supplied mains transformer . |