Example sentences of "[vb pp] in long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exhibitions in question , each receiving a challenge grant ranging from $30,000 to $50,000 , are located in Long Beach ( California ) , Atlanta , Houston , Columbus ( Ohio ) , New York , Chicago , Washington D.C. , Los Angeles and Boston . |
| 2 | They were formed where gases and liquids from the deep molten rock — the magma of the earth — escaped and cooled in long thin cracks in and around the granite batholiths . |
| 3 | Pipes in uPVC come in long lengths ( typically 3m or 6m ) but can be cut very easily . |
| 4 | Sand , with no earth in it , is tipped in long ‘ fingers ’ that eventually join to make a flat-toped hill , more than 20 m high , with steep sides . |
| 5 | Central to Fordism is the mass production of particular models ( of cars , textiles , tools or washing-machines , for example ) , manufactured in long runs on assembly lines which involved massive investment in inflexible fixed plant . |
| 6 | Chanting can be made immensely complex , with syllables expanded in long neums and a substantial ‘ jubilus ’ element . |
| 7 | He was wearing a polonecked sweater of such advanced dilapidation that the hem hung in long woollen fronds almost to his knees , and as he tremblingly attempted to light his pipe he looked very vulnerable . |
| 8 | This will divert forests from disputed uplands where foresters are frequently held up or defeated in long battles with environment groups . |
| 9 | They were wrapped in long , midnight-blue capes that disguised most of their shapes , but their uncovered faces were strikingly handsome . |
| 10 | Today , mixed herbs , including chicory , yarrow , burnet , rib grass , and sheep 's parsley are becoming widely used in long ley mixtures . |
| 11 | In conservative working-class speech , low variants are maintained in ‘ short ’ environments , very much as in the nineteenth century : but low realizations have been almost entirely replaced in long environments by mid realizations of /Ε/.ions |
| 12 | Quality drive : A Total Quality Management drive today to improve services company-wide , was begun by Commercial Hydraulics , based in Long Lane , Fazakerley , today . |
| 13 | But no doubt I am watching them too , he decided , for as an anthropologist he knew that men and women may observe each other as warily as wild animals hidden in long grass . |
| 14 | For all I know these little games may have had their origins hidden in long tradition . |
| 15 | Uginox is lightweight , vandal resistant and can be laid in long lengths , eliminating the need for cross joints . |
| 16 | Simply beautiful and completely enchanting story set in Long Island in 1959 . |
| 17 | Today , as a Dominican nun , she stays fully clothed in long white habit and black wimple , running a disabled people 's home near Biarritz , France . |
| 18 | Of the twelve men arrested in the original swoop in the Rathcoole district , five continued to be detained in Long Kesh . |
| 19 | It is possible that time-gap experiences represent driving at the tactical level which is conducted without controlled processes being involved , the assumption here is the common one that unless a stimulus event receives conscious attention it will not be stored in long term memory ( e.g. Bargh , 1984 ; Broadbent , 1958 ; Moray , 1959 ; Shiffrin & Schneider , 1977 ) . |
| 20 | Genes themselves are inherited in long chains called chromosomes , made of the chemical DNA . |
| 21 | His hands and arms , encased in long white rubber gloves , were crimson with blood and there were gory pieces of human skin and bone on the tables . |
| 22 | Typical fraudsters are likely to be long-term employees in a position of trust : they work hard , put in long hours , and seldom take holidays — often presenting the perfect employee profile . |
| 23 | This state of affairs has resulted in long periods of civil war beginning soon after independence . |
| 24 | Lacking sufficient data , specific advice about treatment can not be given ; both local and systemic approaches have resulted in long term survival . |
| 25 | They are usually dressed in long grey tunics and scarlet aprons that touch the ground , being extremely sensitive about showing their feet to anyone . |
| 26 | Two men dressed in long underwear would shake hands and then bend forward as if making a deep bow to each other . |
| 27 | Showered and dressed in long , loose-fitting cotton T-shirts , Elaine and Christina walked out onto the shaded terrace where Celia had laid a breakfast of freshly squeezed mango juice , cereals , sweet , doughy local bread rolls , banana bread , and coconut chopped into big , thick slices . |
| 28 | They were dressed in long dark raincoats and wore dark felt hats and they addressed themselves to my father , ignoring the rest of us . |
| 29 | On each occasion , he became engaged in long disputes with local reporters , some of whom tried to jostle him out of the room . |
| 30 | it is clear from the statement of claim that the er plaintiffs retained the defendants from about the ninth of September to act in relation to the purchase of this wine bar which was then known as er the plaintiffs were obtaining finance from the National Westminster Bank in order to purchase this business and the plaintiff Mr had been engaged in long standing discussions with his bank from the earlier part of nineteen eighty five with a view to er agreeing financing facilities for the purchase of the various opportunities that preven present themselves and er he will say and that he makes clear in his witness statement erm that he certainly had understood that from these negotiations the National Westminster Bank were prepared to provide the financing that he required to run this business . |