Example sentences of "[noun] in long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ brain of the Army ’ , perhaps the central force in long term planning , procurement and the organisation of research and development . |
| 2 | Skanform panels enable refurbishment of existing clean environments to a high standard of quality and hygiene without expensive and complicated installation procedures , while allowing investment in long term reliability and cost effectiveness . |
| 3 | Even for a paedophile , life in Russia might be better than a cell in Long Lartin prison . |
| 4 | Mrs Winston Frederick Churchill Guest , née Miss Lucy Cochrane , known to all by the stylish acronym C.Z. ( ‘ See-Zee ’ ) — after her brother 's childish struggles with ‘ sister ’ — is the diamond-bright , first-water totem of old-money American high society , chatelaine of homes in Long Island , Palm Beach and Middleburg , Virginia ( and formerly of an imposing apartment at Number 1 , Sutton Place ) . |
| 5 | Both had left after arguments with the firm 's owner and they now worked for Tommy Hatcher in Long Lane . |
| 6 | An even more vital skill in long migratory flights is accurate navigation , and birds have another special sense to aid them in this . |
| 7 | I think that the House will unite in applauding the fall in long waits . |
| 8 | And then we come along , another lot of white men who 've also got two chaps in long black skirts with them , who also want to be poled up the river to the Orinoco . |
| 9 | It 's water-resistance had a fair testing in long wet grass and stream wading . |
| 10 | There is no significant difference in long term survival between Child 's A and B patients except for a higher mortality in the first two months after surgery in Child 's B ( six of 19 v three of 24 ) ; this largely accounts for the difference in the overall survival between the surgery and sclerotherapy groups . |
| 11 | Now the role of these third-parties must change to being of a more sustained nature as facilitators in long term policy and strategy for each major industry . |
| 12 | Colonel Fergusson had his eyes closed and was breathing out through his nose in long smooth puffs like a bellows . |
| 13 | The runaway Prince Leonce and his veminous , thieving philosphical sparring partner Valerio , after pawning their clothes for food , loaf about in the forest in long johns swapping paradoxes like two men waiting for Godot . |
| 14 | Sunlight penetrated the forest in long horizontal shafts . |
| 15 | Classical dancers ' body-and-mind-sets are geared to a specific set of rules , one which stretches the body in long , clean lines away from an erect spine . |
| 16 | There is some evidence that the incidence of radiation bowel disease has increased in recent years as a result of changes in long established techniques . |
| 17 | The word ‘ chalet ’ may conjure up images of detached wooden shacks to the uninitiated , but those at Butlins are one-bedroom flats in long parallel two-storey balcony-access blocks packed tightly together . |
| 18 | A rectangular plaque from the Phaistos temple shows , in relief , four animal-headed figures in long robes with tasselled belts ; it was originally fixed to a curving surface , probably of wood , by means of nails at the four corners ( Figure 49 ) . |
| 19 | Pokymerase chain reaction detection of mycobacterium paratuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium subsp silvaticum in long term cultures from Crohn 's disease and control tissues |
| 20 | In this paper we report the use of IS900-and IS902-based polymerase chain reaction for the specific detecton of M paratuberculosis and M avium subsp silvaticum in long term cultures from Crohn 's disease , ulcerative colitis , and non-inflammatory bowel disease tissues . |
| 21 | The Long Beach Museum of Art in Long Beach , California , initiates the ‘ New Art : New Visions ’ programme with an exhibition devoted to a reconsideration of the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II . |
| 22 | On the far side a crowd of two or three hundred people had already gathered : craggy old Muslims with long beards and mountainous turbans ; small Hindu shopkeepers in blue striped lungis ; Kashmiri pandits in long frock coats and Congress hats . |
| 23 | Doris Arthur was back in the States , typing away at her rented cottage in long Island . |
| 24 | He was still pretty , still was obliged to wear his hair in long curls and was attired in the same silks and satins but underneath all this there was a tougher character emerging . |
| 25 | All five hundred coolies from Number Three Village were drawn up outside their barracks in long ranks ; silent and apprehensive , they were wondering why they had been roused half an hour earlier and why the burly , intimidating figure of the plantation director , Duclos , was waiting to address the massed roll call beneath the single lightpole in the barrack compound . |
| 26 | Well , she thought , as he left the cabin in long hurried strides , that really told you , my girl . |
| 27 | The company wants to open a microwave link between its headquarters in Long Acre and its main transmitter in Britannic House , less than 3 km away . |
| 28 | In practice , the sole result was an outbreak of fisticuffs between the UDA and UVF prisoners in Long Kesh prison . |
| 29 | They pointed out that local personnel in these fields had no experience in long term caring for such children , and they added that such a conference should be convened without delay , as leaving it until the children were returned home would be too late . |
| 30 | As you continue , you can see the path meandering its way up Ben Nevis in long zig-zags to the right of the Red Burn . |