Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [prep] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to turn this right round because a couple of people have mentioned guilt and er I I suspect that one of the reasons that women are a bit worried about talking about depression or or campaigning for changes in policy , or more funding , or or whatever , is that for a long time women have been thought of as the weaker sex , more emotional , more nervous , by a , a a male establishment , I 'm talking about past centuries , is n't there a case for saying there 's actually we have a right to be depressed , I mean , obviously it 's normal , ninety three of you get depressed from time to time , the majority of you do n't think you clinically depressive if it is , if it 's normal to be depressed should n't the services to cope with depression , if we need outside help , be there and there 's no shame in it ? |
| 2 | By careful timing , which is possible during a longer stay , you can avoid most of the crowds . |
| 3 | This is noticeable after a long soak in the bath ; the pads of your fingertips will take on a wrinkled appearance . |
| 4 | We can also note that the relating of the artistic to the existential is characteristic of a long line of German writers . |
| 5 | It is clear that such a strategy would produce an incorrect parsing when a short word followed by a long word is homophonous with a long word followed by a short word . |
| 6 | Okay so it 's more of a long term |
| 7 | More recent data is available from a long term follow up trial in New Zealand . |
| 8 | That Smart identified himself with other disciples as a missionary is apparent from a long passage in Fragment B , beginning at line 123 : |
| 9 | Small-town solicitor takes lid off global scams Audrey Gillan meets the man with an eye for a con and finds the Salvation Army is one of a long list of potential fraud targets |
| 10 | It 's one of a long list of endangered species in a 2 hour Central Documentary tonight . |