Example sentences of "long [noun sg] it [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the long term it will be impossible to improve the financial situation and security of lone mothers without directly tackling the wider issue of gender inequalities in employment and in the family . |
| 2 | There were , moreover , many commercial men within the Boards who felt that in the long run it would be desirable and economic to win the space heating load . |
| 3 | In the long run it may be correct to argue , as Patricia Branca has done , that doctors were ‘ the logical answer to the middle class woman 's increasing desire for self-improvement and self-control ’ , but evidence suggests that medical and scientific expertise set the basic framework for discussion and action within which women tended to respond — albeit not always in an anticipated manner — rather than initiate . |
| 4 | In the long run it may be possible to go further than this , to appropriate in the form of tax revenue a large part of the income which workers would otherwise have put into long-term savings schemes , and to expand commensurately the socialised provision for retired workers ( state pensions plus appropriate social amenities ) . |
| 5 | If the development of the unit spans a long period it will be essential to make use of new developments of this kind . |
| 6 | If you have been hunting for the perfect diet for a very long time it will be difficult to stop , actually to believe that good weight control can be established without resorting to one special diet that you go on ( and then , and this is the snag , come off again ) . |
| 7 | In the still longer term it would be possible for national planners and institutional managers of initial teacher education to adjust the mix of curriculum , pedagogy and school-based learning in such a way as to narrow avoidable gaps between initial and in-service teacher education . |