Example sentences of "[num] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 21 September 1697 the long war with France was ended by the Treaty of Ryswick [ or Rijswijk ] , to which Spain and Holland were also signatories . |
| 2 | So I mean think about it as long term planning , and certainly for those under er sixty the long term becomes extremely long term because er you know you 're looking at perhaps a third of your life er which is er still to be accounted for . |
| 3 | Just before the outbreak of World War II a long passenger train was in the station taking water . |
| 4 | 3 The long series of ‘ sterling ’ silver pennies made in the reigns of Edward I and II ( between 1279 and 1327 ) can be subdivided into several consecutive varieties or types . |
| 5 | In 1279 the ‘ people of the forest of Somerset , presented to Edward I a long list of abuses , including ‘ scotale ’ . |
| 6 | During 1760 the long run of British success continued , culminating , on 8 September , with the surrender of all Canada to the British crown . |
| 7 | In 1987 the Long Gilt future accounted for more than half the trades on LIFFE but , while still trading strongly , it had been relegated to third place by 1990 , having been outstripped by both the new German Government bond ( " Bund " ) contract and the Short Sterling contract in importance . |
| 8 | These beings used to live on Earth Seven a long time ago , but they retreated to Earth Six because it was too hot and too dirty here . |