Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | A commonly held example of such an error comes not from neuroscience but from genetics , where for a long time there was a rather simple-minded assumption that the physiology and behaviour of an organism ( its phenotype ) could be arbitrarily divided into two components , one given by the genes , the other by the environment . |
| 2 | At night , however , or during the long school holidays , she read detective stories , earning the contempt of her father who told her that his answer to the question ‘ Who dun n it ? ’ was invariably ‘ Who cares ? ’ |
| 3 | Using drugs can be dangerous , especially when they 're taken in excess or for a long time , or in the wrong combinations . |
| 4 | Right , so that 's a brief gallop the the various issues in the short stories , does anyone want to er , speak now , or for a long time , hold your peace . |
| 5 | Bankruptcy proceedings must be commenced in the High Court ( in London ) if : ( i ) the petition is presented by a Government department , and either in the statutory demand an indication to petition in the High Court is stated or the petition is based upon an unsatisfied execution ; or ( ii ) the debtor by or against whom the petition is presented has resided or carried on business within the London insolvency district for the greater part of the six months immediately preceding the presentation of the petition or for a longer period during those six months than in any other insolvency district ; or ( iii ) the debtor is not resident in England and Wales ; or ( iv ) the petitioning creditor is unable to ascertain the residence of the debtor ( tr 6.9(1) and 6.40 ) . |
| 6 | It is quite common to insert further provisions prohibiting the offeree group from entering into contracts or commitments involving more than a stated sum or for a longer period than , say , a year , or entering into other transactions which are outside the routine course of trading without the consent of the acquirer . |
| 7 | But it would probably be a mistake to draw any such sweeping conclusion , either for the short or for the long term . |
| 8 | We provide a comprehensive range of sizes to suit every yacht specification for leisure use or for the longest of passages . |
| 9 | They argued that sinners were quite unable to attain salvation through their own merits or through the long process of confession , repentance , and partial purification , and that justification or redemption was obtainable only at a stroke through the gift of faith from God made possible by Christ 's sacrifice . |
| 10 | ‘ The appointment may be terminated by either party on giving three months ' notice in writing expiring at the end of a term or of the long vacation . |
| 11 | … The appointments may be terminated on either side by three months ' notice in writing expiring at the end of a term or of the long vacation . |
| 12 | ‘ The appointment may be terminated by either party on giving three months ' notice in writing expiring at the end of a term or of the long vacation . |
| 13 | or with a long soft sigh . |
| 14 | But cases of die links between different places or over a long period of time are unusual . |
| 15 | The result is that conflicts in one set of relationships , over a wide range of society , or over a long period of time , lead to the re-establishment of social cohesion ( 1955 : 2 ) . |
| 16 | imply a steady state system or over a long term and if over the long term the rate of addition of material to the sea is equalled by the rate of removal . |
| 17 | Conversely , where existing competition is light and the traditional catchment area of the firm large , a wide restraint may be expected to be upheld ; and ( 4 ) a prohibition against accepting instructions from any person who has at any time , or over a long period , been a client of the outgoing partner 's former firm . |
| 18 | Each period of observation or each sequence of periods of observation , possibly on different days ( or over a longer period ) will provide a longitudinal ‘ case ’ study of six pupils ' affective responses to computer-assisted learning and non-computer-assisted learning . |
| 19 | The satellite 's primary role is to fill in the existing picture of the heavens , revealing stars , galaxies , clouds and so on that are not seen at the shorter optical and ‘ near ’ infrared wavelengths ( less than 5 micrometres ) , or at the longer wavelengths observed by radio telescopes . |
| 20 | Students will need to discipline themselves to keep a record , in a loose leaf binder , on a very regular basis eg. weekly or at the longest once a fortnight . |
| 21 | He watched their departure through a spreading mist , and when the last car had gone and the avenue was silent except for the long sigh of grass , he allowed himself to be taken back to his room . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , and the reason we 've got no morals is that for a long time ( 150 years ) we 've been at a loose end . ' |
| 23 | The power of the Establishment came not from the fact that a few dozen people imposed their will on the rest of us , but from the fact that for a long time we felt it right that the opinions of such people should have respectful attention paid to them . |
| 24 | Miss Picon and her husband were so profoundly affected by their experiences that for a long time after their return to New York they were unable to work . |
| 25 | Another legacy of the French period of broadcasting is the fact that for a long time few such stations broadcast in African languages : radio services in the Ivory Coast are dominated by the French language even today . |
| 26 | ‘ I wished that for a long time , Lizzy , but your father has a different approach to life . ’ |
| 27 | The characteristic of all those areas is that for a long time they have been Labour controlled , although Conservatives have been in control in Brent for the past year and the Liberal Democrats have recently been in control in Tower Hamlets . |
| 28 | ‘ The reason I do n't have a band is that for the longest time I 've been disgusted with the mode that the American independent scene operates in and I do n't want to be associated with that . |
| 29 | But it has been a rough 18 months for him and there is still a gauntness about him , even if he does claim he has never felt fitter and that his swing is closer to being ‘ on track ’ than for a long time . |
| 30 | David Boole of Jaguar Cars describes the medium-term as healthier than for a long time' . ’ |