Example sentences of "[noun sg] be a long [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result is a long list of small , but nonetheless useful improvements such as file compression and ‘ internationalisation modules ’ that enable one user to see NetWare prompts in English , while another on the same server sees them in French or Spanish . |
| 2 | as you 'd expect , the big attraction is the nightlife and the main drag is a long procession of bars . |
| 3 | Lining the walls of the display hall are a long series of photographs and displays which trace not just the history of Yakovlev but the whole history of Soviet aviation , both civil and military , from the very earliest days right up to date and covering significant events through the years . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Facing the front of the Post Office was a long row of seal-makers and scribes squatting in the dust with their customers . |
| 6 | At the door of the Registrar 's office was a long line of people ending at the desk where the Officer 's clerk sat drinking tea and lording it over the supplicants . |