Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Immediate cord clamping may deprive the infant of placental blood , and previous reports suggest that a long delay may lead to adverse effects due to hypervolaemia . |
| 2 | Similarly , Pound and her colleagues ( 1985 ) found that a long history of depressive illness in a mother , or a combination of depression and personality problems , was associated with problems ( especially of sleeping ) in her children . |
| 3 | on er , on er , oh he sold that a long time ago , he 's built a bungalow now they live |
| 4 | His figure , which was based on a tally kept by victim support groups , was criticized by other experts , who argued that a longer period would have to elapse before such a large number of people could develop cancer . |
| 5 | It was dismissed by other experts , however , who argued that a longer period would have to elapse before sufficient people developed cancer . |
| 6 | It sought a socialist majority in its own right , but most of its leaders believed that a long period of education and propaganda would be necessary before that majority could be secured . |
| 7 | It can be seen that a long list of students ( or any other units ) could be used for a random sample by this means simply by numbering from beginning to end , and this could be done with an automatic increasing numbering stamp . |
| 8 | He did not believe that a long period of purdah was necessary , and the general rule that such a record could not be published until thirty years after the event was indeed ridiculous , since it has been honoured only in the breach . |
| 9 | That has now been achieved and , although we know that a long road awaits the negotiators , it is refreshing to see the leaders of the Palestinian people at the conference table and to watch their demeanour as they approach the massive problems . |
| 10 | After a year 's postdoctoral research , including a short spell in Sweden on a British Council award , Worswick decided that a long term career at the bench was not for him . |
| 11 | You will be notified if a longer delay is expected . |
| 12 | You will be notified if a longer delay is expected . |
| 13 | You will be notified if a longer delay is expected . |
| 14 | You will be notified if a longer delay is expected . |
| 15 | As the men at the windlass rope heaved and a long timber started to rise up and swing , the wheel on the pulley squealed like an injured dog and the man stationed at the top of the wall took a stickful of thick grease from a pot , leaned out , and worked it into the axle . |
| 16 | West gave that a long look but eventually ducked , deciding that East ‘ must ’ hold the ace of diamonds . |
| 17 | I chose not to buy it that day , so I was interested to see whether a longer look at it would change those initial impressions . |
| 18 | The game has moved on so dramatically that the introduction of only one serve and a longer court has even been mooted . |
| 19 | Soviet officials calculated that a longer time frame would assist the USSR to stabilise a viable and desirable regime in Kabul . |
| 20 | Franz Dornseiff — a German scholar who proved his courage and independence in difficult times — tried hard to persuade us that it was in fact authentic Greek poetry of the sixth century B.C. He also tried to show that a long description of the Jews attributed by Photius to Hecataeus of Miletus was really composed by this late sixth-century writer , and not ( as is generally admitted ) by the younger Hecataeus of Abdera who lived after Alexander . |
| 21 | It recognized that a longer period of detention might also be required in a ‘ small minority ’ of cases concerned with ‘ grave offences ’ . |
| 22 | If I 'd of been there I 'd of flogged that a long while ago and got rid of it |
| 23 | It was clear from the sentences imposed on the other defendants , one of whom was sentenced to three years ' imprisonment , that the sentencer considered that a longer sentence would have been appropriate if the appellant had been over 21 . |