Example sentences of "[verb] on long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Boeing 707 belonging to the Colombian national airline Avianca crashed on Long Island , New York , on Jan. 25 , during a second attempt to land at the city 's John F. Kennedy airport , causing the death of 67 people and injuring some 80 of the remaining 91 people on board . |
| 2 | A dry sleeping bag at the end of a long night watch in foul weather is something to be dreamed about , but , alas , rarely happens on long voyages . |
| 3 | If properties let on long leases to tenants of the highest covenant are sold for cashflow or balance sheet enhancement the substance of the group will have been sacrificed for short-term advantage . |
| 4 | It only considers properties let on long leases to blue chip companies . |
| 5 | But the future of this airline could be decided much sooner than that , and with it the levels of service and fares we can all expect on long haul flights . |
| 6 | He saw the Challenge materials as particularly useful for the individual resource-based projects which first-year children were encouraged to develop over several weeks in the summer term : Up to half term they really are very much guided as to the work they do , but as we get to know them better , and as teachers become more confident about letting them maybe work on longer pieces … and go out and get resources themselves , they can go towards more pupil-centred learning . |
| 7 | ‘ His best attempt at negotiating the distance between admiration of the poetry and dislike for the individual who created it is this metaphor , in his introduction : ‘ When he found his authentic voice in the late 1940s , the beautiful flowers of his poetry were already growing on long stalks out of pretty dismal ground ’ — a botanical conceit designed to leave Larkin soiled , but the poetry ready for picking . |
| 8 | A gybe normally performed on longer boards with the daggerboard down . |
| 9 | Fleet standard is well illustrated with many photographs of the Dennis vehicles operated on local deliveries together with examples of the AFC flats and tankers used on long distance services when these were operated by Whitbread of which I can recall observing on their journey between London and the depots at Ashton-Under-Lyne and Stockport . |
| 10 | In mediaeval times cider was given to sailors bound on long voyages partly as a palliative for scurvy . |
| 11 | These are followed by floating leaves borne on long stalks ; these leaves being slightly darker than the juvenile ones , sometimes undulated and with a prominent midrib bearing four to five parallel veins . |
| 12 | The next leaves are floating ones borne on long stalks . |
| 13 | Juries are becoming more likely to return guilty verdicts in tough-to-prove cases — and judges more likely to slap on longer sentences . |
| 14 | They are all based on long experience of examinations of the type concerned , and ensure that your paper is efficiently marked . |
| 15 | They were mounted on long wheelbase trucks fitted with Lycett & Conaty radial gear in which the axles pivoted about the motors and there were no motor support springs , but there were very large protruding axle-boxes . |
| 16 | The money was raised on long term , mainly for forty years , and carried a high rate of interest . |
| 17 | She was often forced to spend months apart from her husband as he embarked on long tours . |
| 18 | Fares on InterCity will relate to ‘ what the market can bear , ’ with real increases focused on long distance commuters . |
| 19 | Saga publishes a booklet , Saving and Spending on Longer Holidays Abroad , which not only details the savings householders of any age can expect to make while they take an extended holiday , but also gives advice to pensioners on how to ensure they get their pension while they winter abroad . |
| 20 | And there was a warning of the effect proposed cuts in British aid would have on long term projects in the third world … |
| 21 | Small , lance-shaped , dark green leaves are arranged on long stems in whorls of 6–8 . |
| 22 | Intercity buses in the United States carry 375 million passengers a year across more than a billion miles — quite a legacy from the first US bus service which operated on Long Island in 1899 . |
| 23 | Four times I went on long visits to the St Jerome , his finest work . |
| 24 | They would go on long train journeys together . |
| 25 | At home , I would go on long walks , which were less the contemplative rambles I had previously enjoyed than frantic attempts to keep the body going , to keep the machine working . |
| 26 | Strategic planning , because of its greater time horizon , must rely on long term forecasts and is therefore more uncertain . |
| 27 | As cruise missiles do not rely on long runways , and can be dispersed around the countryside in times of international tension , they are also less likely to be destroyed by a surprise attack . |
| 28 | This ensures that customers fully understand what they are saying ‘ Yes ’ to , before taking on long term commitments like life insurance , investments and pensions . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Our staff are experienced travellers — we all regularly go on long haul trips . ’ |
| 30 | If there is an overriding reason why you should use a lift then please try to ensure that you go on longer journeys rather than shorter ones , i.e. say three floors or more . |