Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John 's firm having been established for nearly forty years by this time , the rival Lawrence Girls were definitely more earthy in character , with not a snob amongst them possibly because they did not have such a long tradition . |
| 2 | Other species may not have such a long store of seed in the soil but would soon come back if left uncontrolled for a few years . |
| 3 | Why did you have such a long break doing nothing ? |
| 4 | They ca n't afford such a long delay or they will become like Camel Laird , an extinct breed . |
| 5 | Three years did n't seem such a long time when one of them had elapsed , and although Robyn was satisfied that she was highly valued by her colleagues , the talk at the University these days was all of further cuts , of tightening belts , deteriorating staff-student ratios . |