Example sentences of "for long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The roaring is extremely exhausting for the animals and the one that can keep it up for longest is also likely to be the strongest . |
| 2 | People with AIDS are often well for long periods between times of illness . |
| 3 | Another senior personnel manager said : ‘ It would not be a moral judgment , but we have to consider the practicalities of appointing someone who could be off work for long periods . ’ |
| 4 | Stainless steel is also attacked by the cleaning fluids intended for silver-plated cutlery and by immersion for long periods in vinegary solutions , particularly if the vinegar has salt with it , as in the case of pickles . |
| 5 | It is often eaten by athletes who require gradually released energy for long distance events . |
| 6 | But there really is such a thing as overtime for long days . |
| 7 | Eat self-blanching celery as soon as possible as it does not keep well for long periods . |
| 8 | Some , like chickweed and poppies , have seeds that lie dormant in the soil for long periods until the right conditions trigger them to life . |
| 9 | An annual briefing on cable break procedures and other emergencies would be very valuable for everyone who flies gliders , and particularly those who stop flying for long periods over the winter months and so get badly out of practice . |
| 10 | However , it is frequently used for long distance tows , because there is less of a tendency to get a slack rope during level flight in the low tow position . |
| 11 | Do n't sunbathe for long periods in the same position . |
| 12 | Jay 's car was twenty years old and useless for long journeys . |
| 13 | If she sat beside him her head would loll onto his shoulder and stay there for long moments . |
| 14 | We 'd go for long walks and eat hot meals and watch the sunset . |
| 15 | But when you have a situation where youngsters of 12 or 13 — and in some cases even younger — who may only have won a couple of matches , are being offered $500,000 guarantees to sign up with one of the management companies before they are snapped up by one of the rival agents , the potential for long term damage is enormous . ’ |
| 16 | Particular units who operated for long periods at a time in the jungle became so adept in their surroundings they became known as ‘ Green Ghosts ’ . |
| 17 | The Easy-Carve is in fact not as noisy as one might imagine , but it is not necessarily a tool I 'd want to use for long stretches . |
| 18 | Some areas have day care available at weekends , or for long days so that a carer can go out to work . |
| 19 | The Condor combines Karrimor 's sophisticated and fully adjustible SA back system with a cavernous internal space , just right for long expeditions and long distance backpacking . |
| 20 | Among Max 's other hobbies are going for long walks , travelling in the car and sitting on the fax machine , which always gives him a surprise when it starts working . |
| 21 | The children took Ben for long walks , again crossing the rape fields . |
| 22 | Technical advances and the increasing demand for long distance communication meant but one thing ; lower prices . |
| 23 | This enables underwater operation for long periods of time . |
| 24 | For long hauls the rivers still remained more important than roads in NEP , despite the fact that many of them flow to the Arctic and are frozen for long periods . |
| 25 | It is also very good with a buoyant or pop-up boilie set-up and for long range work casts slightly better than the side-hooked option . |
| 26 | Baits need to be anchored well on the bottom and left for long periods and leger tactics are more likely to succeed than the float . |
| 27 | Can you share the same confines , for long periods of time , and where does your tolerance level lie ? |
| 28 | Such joist-ends will decay if their moisture content remains over 20 per cent for long periods . |
| 29 | Privacy ; Erika longed for it herself , often , but it occurred to her , for the first time , that her mother might long for it , too , might want it and , indeed , need it , and it dawned on her , also for the first time , that her mother had never had any privacy since the end of the War ; that all her life since then she had lived in small apartments , actually in one small room for long periods , and sharing even that room with others … . |
| 30 | No longer were our proposals for long term projects just reports on pieces of paper ; they were real — and not just for us , but for the children of Vietnam . |