Example sentences of "[be] [verb] a long [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Addition : Suppose you are given a long column of figures to add . |
| 2 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 3 | Whereas if it got torn in the hand painted days then you 're talking a long length of time . |
| 4 | These are excellent if you are considering a long stay of two or three months . |
| 5 | ‘ We were given a long account of tritium generation at Mount Mauna Loa and all that and then ‘ by the way here is the neutron spectrum ’ . |
| 6 | The collapse continued until many thousands of tons of rock were blocking a long section of the underground roadway . |
| 7 | The net effect of these transactions is to establish a long position of $180 000 in a synthetic index future which comprises the thousand smaller shares quoted on the NYSE which are not in the S&P500 index . |
| 8 | The defendant dock company , a wholly owned subsidiary of a port authority , was granted a long lease of part of a disused naval dockyard and applied to the plaintiff local authority for planning permission to develop the land as a commercial port . |
| 9 | Jehana was wearing a long gown of cream-coloured cloth . |
| 10 | For to believe in abstract principles of justice was to face a long series of disillusionments in everyday life , as the Goliardic poems , written by scholars trained in the new learning , amply demonstrated : |
| 11 | The sky was getting darker and the silhouette of the Chateau was casting a long shadow of gloom over the scene . |