Example sentences of "[be] a long [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of this is in the northwest where there has been a long history of land-use , involving both degradation and successful reclamation . |
| 2 | Mr Foster said : ‘ There has been a long period of uncertainty which always causes problems . |
| 3 | The first of what promised to be a long series of show trials of former senior officials of the ousted Ceausescu regime ended on Feb. 2 when a military tribunal in Bucharest found Emil Bobu , Manea Manescu , Ion Dinca and Tudor Postelnicu guilty of " co-authorship of genocide " in connection with the killing of demonstrators in Timisoara , Bucharest and elsewhere at the start of the December 1989 revolution [ see pp. 37104-05 ] . |
| 4 | ‘ It is the first in what we hope will be a long line of animation series from HTV . |
| 5 | Instead it was understood that there would be a long period of commodity circulation and all that that implied . |
| 6 | The committees are empowered to suggest amendments , and the bill which is returned to the house ( if it ever is ) may be substantially different from its original form ; there may be a long period of debate between representatives of the two houses of the Legislature and the Executive before consensus can be reached . |
| 7 | There 's a long bit of ash on the end of her fag , and when she talks it falls off onto the chickens . |
| 8 | ‘ There 's a long list of equipment here , ’ Ruth pointed out . |
| 9 | He says it 's a long stretch of road and you need at least two service areas . |
| 10 | It 's it 's a long stretch of time the troops need pinning down with it that 's all I 'm saying . |
| 11 | Similarly , there is a long tradition of receipt of state benefits . |
| 12 | The nature of language is more complex than amateurs think , and there is a long tradition of scholarship and study to draw upon . |
| 13 | There is a long tradition of by-employment , much of it non-agricultural in nature , in Japanese farming families , and the extension of this practice since 1945 — accentuated by the sharp decline of the previously all-important silkworm cultivation — has made part-time farming a dominant feature of the rural sector . |
| 14 | Compared to the USA , where there is a long tradition of debate about general education ( Squires 1976 ; Gaff 1983 ) , the main influence of the concept of a liberal education in British higher education has probably been on the enactment of the curriculum — on the methods and styles of teaching , the role models and relationships involved , and the general learning ethos and environment . |
| 15 | You can see those rows of abbots on either side and behind them is a long tradition of succession of abbots including great saints and I suppose a few sinners as well . |
| 16 | There is a long run of teak grabrail on each side of the coachroof and the side decks and foredeck are skinned with laid teak , as are the cockpit seats and sole . |
| 17 | There is a long history of concern for the potential significance of childhood parental loss through separation or death , and the development of emotional and behavioural problems in childhood and later life . |
| 18 | Much of Britain is densely populated and intensively farmed , and there is a long history of metal mining and movement of minerals and metals . |
| 19 | Secondly , there is a long history of reaction against abuses of judicial interrogation . |
| 20 | ‘ Secondly , there is a long history of reaction against abuses of judicial interrogation . |
| 21 | If you study textbooks or correlation charts , such as those produced by the Geological Society of America and the Geological Society of London , you come inevitably to the conclusion that the stratigraphical column in any one place is a long record of sedimentation with occasional gaps . |
| 22 | Historically there is a long period of overlap between patronal and market social relations in the arts . |
| 23 | Er this is a long sort of type of er barrel used for probably importing wine . |
| 24 | Where there is a long chain of distribution , the plaintiff may find it difficult to identify who was the producer or importer into the European Community . |
| 25 | There is a long list of greenhouse plants in no need of artificial heat and an even greater number of those which do , with an indication as to whether they require a very hot stove or moderate warmth . |
| 26 | There is a long list of training schemes which Action Teams have assisted , including : |
| 27 | Suddenly there was a long burst of machine gun fire . |
| 28 | He put up his hands and found it was a long strand of seaweed . |
| 29 | In addition to the Erzerum and earlier treaties , there was a long history of tension in the region . |
| 30 | It argued that there was a long history of use of such powers ; that , with the widening of the sphere of government , the use of delegated legislative powers was necessary for the efficient conduct of business in the modern state ; that the civil service was best placed to provide the expertise which was necessary to make effective use of these powers ; and that the way in which the powers were actually used in practice was such as to refute any claim of a ‘ new despotism ’ . |