Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] a long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed that it must take a long time for such peace to be broken . |
| 2 | In the meantime this recording should go a long way to helping his cause . |
| 3 | Our exclusive interview with Steffi elsewhere in this issue should go a long way to satisfying the demands of her fans , many of whom continue to demand more and more information about their favourite player . |
| 4 | Together with thick carpet and underfelt , it should go a long way to pleasing the occupants of the flat below . |
| 5 | Captain George Sutherland , director of marine operations for Shetland Island Council , said : ‘ The proposals for traffic separation should go a long way to providing protection for the adjacent coastline and we are content with the measures . ’ |
| 6 | The new directives should go a long way to ensuring that employers do not abuse their employees in terms of unsafe working practice , practices . |
| 7 | ‘ This afternoon 's coverage should go a long way in helping you set up your own firm , ’ he said , wiping his hands on a serviette . |
| 8 | Local conditions must go a long way to explaining why some villages were vulnerable to enclosure and others were not , and these variations could occur within the limits of a single shire . |
| 9 | PLANTS should come a long way down the list of priorities for the novice gardener . |
| 10 | It 'll take a long time at his age but it 'll mend . |
| 11 | ‘ It 'll take a long time in the courts , wo n't it , though ? ’ |
| 12 | On Aug. 21 Momoh was quoted in a Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service report as saying that the invasion of eastern areas by Liberian rebels [ see p. 38278 ] might mean a long delay before a general election could be held . |
| 13 | A man wid wait a long while fur a Glesca Keelie at a ceilidh and no mistake . |
| 14 | And erm you could see a long distance with it like that you know , especially if you could see a fox from er about a mile and a half , you could see right going along the rocks in the mountains . |
| 15 | Charles behaved rather like a landlord who could take a long view of the future and expect his possessions to provide him with an income in the fullness of time . |
| 16 | Courtesy of these NME shows , you too could join a long queue for a booth in which Cliff or Dusty or Adam Faith sold kisses for two bob a time . |
| 17 | If applied on an institutional scale it could abolish the deficit of cadaveric transplants and could go a long way towards solving the moral problem that continues to exercise me and my colleagues . ’ |
| 18 | The feminine touch in the car showroom could go a long way towards clinching a deal , the Retail Motor Industry Federation said yesterday . |
| 19 | That could go a long way towards avoiding car payments . |
| 20 | We will have more success at slowing world population growth if we see it as problem of enabling women in poor countries to have control over their own reproduction , which some carefully targeted development aid could go a long way towards achieving . |
| 21 | This election could go a long way to sorting that out . |
| 22 | ‘ And they 'd go a long way to ‘ elp ‘ im if ever ‘ e ‘ ad a problem . ’ |
| 23 | He 'd come a long way for a dude from Texas , and it had all been so very easy for the man with the Gary Cooper smile . |
| 24 | However , where the assumption is a letting for a term expiring after the actual term on the terms of the actual lease , the hypothetical lease may have a long period without review . |
| 25 | There are frictions in the markets for capital , labour , and products , and it may take a long time for changes in the pattern of demand to work their way through the system . |
| 26 | Non-typists have difficulty finding the desired keys and may take a long time to type even a short word . |
| 27 | The young kilted boys and tartan-dressed girls used to run a long distance on the canal bank in healthful rivalry , and were oftentimes rewarded by having money thrown to them . |
| 28 | Lastly , careful use of space in the table layout may go a long way towards helpful guiding of the eye . |
| 29 | The rule applies in all preconsonantal environments including those that would have a long vowel in monosyllables ( fricative and voiced obstruent environments and liquids ) , except apparently before [ s ] clusters ( as in hospital ) . |
| 30 | Once food has cooled to 5°C or colder , if any food poisoning bacteria are present most will grow only very slowly and it would take a long time for them to reach large enough numbers to cause a problem . |