Example sentences of "for long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Nor could Unionists , who had flocked to the colours in 1914 , accept for long inequality of sacrifice when the nation 's greatest need was manpower .
2 The book was finished in 1985 , and in the first year 30,000 copies of the hardback edition were sold ; later a paperback was published , and still further The Pocket Oxford Book of Prayer , in an attractive and durable format , for long life with regular use .
3 The Trunchbull had as great a dislike for long hair on boys as she had for plaits and pigtails on girls and she was about to show it .
4 More innovative styling for long hair from Carlos Galico in Madrid , Spain
5 And Sir Victor ( VS ) Pritchett , who will celebrate his 93rd birthday this year , was presented with the ST Dupont Golden Pen Award for Long Service to Literature .
6 There are also no bonuses to be had for long service to JS when you are non-management .
7 For long processing times this will be too low a figure , but it will then be part of run times markedly higher as a result of overall long processing times and it is probable that overflow records will not cause much extra delay .
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