Example sentences of "may [vb infin] a long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Non-typists have difficulty finding the desired keys and may take a long time to type even a short word . |
| 4 | Lastly , careful use of space in the table layout may go a long way towards helpful guiding of the eye . |
| 5 | To wait until their children are in the secondary stage may seem a long time for delay . |
| 6 | Sometimes , when a volcano erupts in the sea , massive carpets of floating pumice accumulate on the sea around it and may drift a long way from it . |