Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | That English tradition of the amateur is of course a long one , and by no means ignoble , reaching back as it does through John Morley to Walter Bagehot , to Burke , to Addison , and so all the way to Philip Sidney and the Renaissance all-round man . |
| 2 | Waterford as highly encouraging — exploration between Kilmeaden and Kilmacthomas found primary gold traces of nearly two ounces per tonne — though this is of course a long way from a commercial proposition . |
| 3 | Incubation has of course a long and reputable history in antiquity . |
| 4 | He was from and he 'd been out of work a long time . |
| 5 | More patients fall into this category than any other but despite the relatively localised extent of disease the long term outcome is unpredictable , 35–40% dying as a result of metastatic spread . |
| 6 | At that , I was silent with mistrust a long time . |
| 7 | In the abstract the Free City arrangements might have worked , but they failed to take into account the hostilities they provoked ; failed to take into account the fears and prejudices unleashed by the sudden alteration of patterns of trade and allegiance ; and failed to take into account the long years of humiliating Polish partition , Prussian Polenpolitik and the rise of revolutionary Russia . |
| 8 | It does not take into account the longer term benefits which result from changes to the size and number of plants and distribution depots , or the quality of delivery service offered to customers , resulting from changes to the network . |
| 9 | He made out a clear case for embalming all bodies and for treating them all similarly , bearing in mind the long incubation period and uncertain diagnosis in HIV infections . |
| 10 | The Penguin deal has been in place the longest . |
| 11 | We have been in business a long time and not being selected by one particular country is not going to have a significant effect on us at all . ’ |
| 12 | At the same time , socialists do not like being reminded of their own dismal record when in government a long time ago . |
| 13 | But he does offer in introduction a long and original dissertation on his subject in literature . |
| 14 | Philip hoped Uncle Walter would n't be in hospital a long time . |
| 15 | She knew he would be in hospital a long time and wondered how they would manage if he ever came home . |
| 16 | There is in English a long tradition of Horatian poetics . |
| 17 | It is fortunate for the further success of the breed that the liaison between these two animals did not produce fruit , except on one occasion , since the bitch was in fact a long coat , and thus unable to be registered with the ADRK . |
| 18 | It was in fact a long time before all the rabbits had come back to the hollow in the middle of the field . |
| 19 | It will mainly be because they have been in office a long time , and because of the recession . |
| 20 | They go with the will of the people and the will of the people is to go along with the President , I 've been in politics a long time . |
| 21 | ‘ Reducing car tax is not really taking on board the long term interests , ’ he said . |
| 22 | His delicious Pas des Légumes performed at a special performance to mark the market 's passing brought to mind the long history not only of the ‘ fruit and veg ’ , but also of Harlequin , Columbine and their colleagues of the commedia dell'arte , inhabitants for many years of the Theatre Royal , Drury Lane , and the King 's Theatre , Drury Lane , where the first ballets d'action were staged . |
| 23 | The nave is simple Romanesque , the transepts in Transitional style ( 339 ) are higher , having a tall tower arcade , a shallower triforium arcade with a smaller sub-triforium above , before reaching the clerestory , giving lofty arms to the interior and suitably connecting without awkwardness the long , low nave and short high choir . |
| 24 | He also put on sale a long pamphlet of his own , National Socialism Now , to justify his secession from Mosley and the new course he had chosen . |
| 25 | It reminded her of why she had started refusing most invitations to date a long time ago . |
| 26 | Some latitude can be allowed to serious critics who write for periodicals which go to press a long time before a show is on view ; these critics will not be able to comment on how the exhibition actually looks , as their articles will have been written before the show 's installation . |
| 27 | So it is possible that the short-run agents in the model over estimate the long term agent 's type after a particular sequence of shocks and subsequently revise this estimate downwards . |
| 28 | On horseback the long reach of the swordsman is supported by his horse , enabling him to use with great effect a weapon that might be cumbersome on foot . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been at sea a long time . |
| 30 | If you do much watering by can a long way from a tap , get a matching pair , each holding 2 gallons . |