Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see that he would not enter that field by long hours of practice , as he had an impulsive nature . |
| 2 | Mark in 3cm from each side of long base edge , and mark 1cm from each side of top edge . |
| 3 | I can also report to congress that at last there are some signs at long last of some kind of recovery in the building materials industry very early days yet but some companies are actually beginning to go back to full-time working and in one or two cases are actually starting to take on additional , er , employees . |
| 4 | But meanwhile , the hospital workers had been dug in for another kind of long war which ca n't be won the miners ' way . |
| 5 | Some prisoners at Long Lartin jail near Evesham in Worcestershire should be in hospital , not a prison cell , say prison officers . |
| 6 | A few birds with long beaks were poking around by the water : how come they stay so clean when they 're always delving in the mud ? |
| 7 | I 'm delighted to have secured this deal at long last . |
| 8 | One of the elements in good liturgy is participation , so it is important that our handicapped friends do not lose the sacredness of this moment through long queues . |
| 9 | And after a number of false dawns , it seems the private insurance industry will shortly be able to offer some sort of long term care insurance product — if it succeeds conventional health and social services could be put out to tender , and perhaps turned into a commercial operation . |
| 10 | This emphasis on long time-spans raises the question of whether a national space programme constitutes an example of policy or planning or both . |
| 11 | This man with long greasy hair and a sleeping bag sort of rolled into a ball comes over and starts looking in the bins . |
| 12 | Through this work she met and married a dashing test pilot who was the son of a wealthy Boston brain surgeon , had two children and lived in some style on Long Island where Jack spent many holiday breaks , lapping up the upper-class luxury . |
| 13 | During 1941 35,000 tons of RE stores were moved out of Donnington from the RE Stores Sub Depot in Sheds 18 and 18B ( Shed 18 is in fact now building F1 ) to another depot at Long Marston . |
| 14 | Use cross straps to prevent twisting , which is another problem with long aquaria . |
| 15 | Like the regulationist school , however , this view of long waves would stress that the fifth wave is as yet only embryonic and its form is still to be determined . |
| 16 | Another Bar report , this time on long fraud trials , published in January this year , suggested the formal introduction of plea bargains , and found that the practice was approved by most members of the Bar and of the Judiciary . |
| 17 | These houses were Birkett houses , another family with long associations with Troutbeck . |
| 18 | A greater degree of regional self-sufficiency in many basic food-stuffs , especially milk and meat could be encouraged in order to avoid the mounting costs of transporting such commodities over long distances which is now common . |
| 19 | Knowing that missionaries were liable to be stranded in such places for long periods , and that they were not without their temptations , he had the idea of setting up libraries there too as a wholesome diversion . |
| 20 | In these birds with long breeding seasons the protective quality of the nest is important . |
| 21 | All of the models described so far are targeted on people with most needs and engage these clients for long periods of time , sometimes indefinitely ( substituting for long-term institutional care for the most needy people ) . |
| 22 | They regarded each other for long moments , then Julie reached into her handbag for the envelope . |
| 23 | Although the passengers in the ‘ sardine box railway ’ had to sit facing each other on long benches in light too dim to read a newspaper , they could breathe . |
| 24 | in the second half so we can expect to see Collimore racing on to all sorts of long balls now . |
| 25 | Dr Freda Newcombe 's work setting up this unit has made all the difference to Mark and other head injured people , who can suffer all sorts of long term effects , including loss of memory and severe personality changes . |
| 26 | The report , Indoor Pollution , concludes that the low quality of air in commercial buildings has led to " reduced health and efficiency for many people over long numbers of years ' , which may have had " greater economic impact than more life-threatening conditions " . |
| 27 | Instead the planners condemned many villages to long , slow , lingering decline . |
| 28 | There are many cottages with long mullioned windows on the upper floors . |
| 29 | There have been many examples of long , classic singles , like ‘ Eloise ’ , ‘ McCarthur Park ’ and ‘ American pie ’ . |
| 30 | It is a relatively small sum that you 're talking about here because there are not that many employees with long service involved , and so the indemnity is , in our terms not a sizable amount , but I can understand Age Concern 's worries in terms of simply pick picking it up as part of transfer , and why we 'd certainly recommend it to you . |