Example sentences of "[adj] over a long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If they can learn to sustain this over a long while , The La 's would be world-shakers .
2 In this way , the mother provides her baby with more food over the period of its development than she would be able to pack into a single egg , and what is more , she can do this over a long period instead of being compelled to produce it all at one moment .
3 My right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Edinburgh , Pentlands ( Mr. Rifkind ) has made it unequivocally clear over a long period of years that he is wholly opposed to unilateral devolution , which is what the Bill proposes .
4 So they will need to look for a company that is reliable and responsible over a long term , and offers a variety of ancillary services . ’
5 So if y if the chemicals will do that over a long period of time to rubber , think what it would do to your skin .
6 If stable over a longer period , the presence or absence of trimer structures at certain positions on a surface could act as bits of digital data .
7 Between close kin it was possible for the exchanges to be one-way over a longer term , one person a net ‘ giver ’ at a particular point in time because of a reasonable confidence that he or she could be a net ‘ receiver ’ at a later stage .
8 It is often preferable to offer the necessary quantity of food as two meals , morning and evening , so the dog 's stomach remains fuller over a longer period .
9 The second would be at the City Airport , where BA might offer attractive low fares , sustainable over a long time period by cross-funding from their worldwide profitable operation .
10 Anyway we 're going to go for trap two , Smoky Amber here , now she 's a bitch that is really , I think 's going to be something special over a longer trip , erm you know a longer distance , but she is only a March eighty nine so she 's not two yet .
11 The second attraction is that the Town and Country Planning Association is a fascinating case study of a pressure group that has been active over a long period .
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