Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [conj] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The models were also approached more closely and for a longer duration when presented with large crests ( female responses : for closest approach , log-likelihood ratio G =63.8 , d.f . |
| 2 | It was a faculty common to all good sailors , the essential extra that enabled them to meet the seas whatever the conditions so that their craft ran straight rather than in the long zig-zags of the helmsman imprisoned by the compass and only reacting to the swing of its needle . |
| 3 | Much of the discussion about implementation has been focused on the transfer of resources and the adequacy of the amounts transferred , both transitionally and in the longer term . |
| 4 | Any new planting was designed to be phased in over a period of years , planting schemes having to take account of the need to create a distinctive landscape for the immediate future as well as for the long term . |
| 5 | Well yesterday because of the long queue it happened that way . |
| 6 | Alton Towers clearly is an exception but again , you have to pay a lot of money for it and it takes quite some time to get the return er , back and , and I would say that erm , many of Michael 's erm , er , organic erm , er , expenditure will , will erm , provide er , a really good return rather quicker but in the long run we think Alton is good . |
| 7 | It has fallen most heavily and for the longest periods on the most vulnerable members of society , with a particular concentration on the young , and on unskilled or semi-skilled workers . |
| 8 | And , lastly , if you went into space and you really went very fast and for a long , long time , would you ever reach an edge ? |