Example sentences of "continue for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the countryside , life must have continued for a long time as it always had done . |
| 2 | This continued for a long time during which he shuffled his feet uncomfortably , controlling his immediate impulse to shout at her to be quiet . |
| 3 | Despite joining the ILP in 1907 , he continued for a long time to write leaders for Liberal journals . |
| 4 | Global ventricular dilatation , which results from a progressive increase in myocyte length with sarcomere recruitment and resulting hypertrophy of the non-infarcted myocardium , continues for a long time . |
| 5 | This regular pattern only continues for a short time , and after about eight hours , the embryo is a blastula comprising a hollow ball of about 1000 cells . |
| 6 | Medical students learn to distinguish ‘ acute ’ , which means something of recent onset , from ‘ chronic ’ , which means a condition which has lasted and will probably continue for a substantial time . |
| 7 | Corley says a ‘ base level of services may continue for a long time ’ although 88open 's staff has shrunk to four persons , five if you count European director Steve Heath , who is reportedly employed directly by Motorola . |
| 8 | Corley says a ‘ base level of services may continue for a long time ’ although 88open 's staff has shrunk to four persons , five if you count European director Steve Heath , who is thought to be employed directly by Motorola . |
| 9 | It seems doubtful that any strong moral reaction can now set in although some backlash is already evident ; a dissident minority and a good many of the elderly will continue for a long time to object to what they see as moral decay . |
| 10 | No doubt controversy will continue for a long time , and no one will ever convince the superstitious mother . |
| 11 | We are now in a second slump , which will continue for a long time yet , and unemployment is rising . |
| 12 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The Hon. Gentleman was not a member of the Standing Committee , so he may be unaware that the disposal programme will start in the autumn and will continue for a considerable time . |