Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the police up on the railway embankment when they walked home from school , and the tunnel fenced off so they had to go the long way round . |
| 2 | He had to go the long way around , but it gave him plenty of time to watch for any indication that there might be anybody at home . |
| 3 | Why did he always want to go the long way round . |
| 4 | But when we talked about ‘ The House ’ — that was what we called it , there was never a name — we could imagine that just at the top of the stairs would be the Great Kitchen with its rows of gleaming copper pans hung up next to pheasants and hams and bunches of strange herbs — and through the kitchen window we 'd be able to see the long lawns of the garden where stone lions crouched with their heads between their paws and real peacocks screeched up at peacock shapes clipped out of hedges … |
| 5 | ‘ We 're already trying to heal the long rift . |
| 6 | Ford defended his action , pointing out that a protracted trial of the former President would serve only to continue the long agony of Watergate , and distract the United States and its people from more urgent matters . |
| 7 | In the example of the paperclip business the purchaser may already have its own metal foundry and surplus premises and will not wish to acquire the long term supply contracts or factory premises . |
| 8 | We continue to accept the long term UN target for aid of 0.7 per cent of GNP , although we can not set a timetable for its achievement . |
| 9 | This is so necessary for port facilities and absolutely vital if we are to attract the long term users necessary for the prosperity and long term employment prospects of the port . |
| 10 | ‘ The best way to increase the long run growth rate in the economy is to make markets work better . |
| 11 | Right , if we want to increase the long run output we may have to reduce short run output . |
| 12 | By now it was painfully clear that an aircraft display hall was the route for the Museum to take , if it were to secure the long term . |
| 13 | The Duke has agreed to become patron of an appeal to secure the long term future of the new theatre . |
| 14 | For shareholders in Hard Rock Cafe , originally Harvard 's best OTC stock , a perk was permission to jump the long queue outside the Hard Rock Cafe off Piccadilly . |
| 15 | A standard electrocardiogram was recorded to exclude the long QT syndrome or other disorders of cardiac conduction . |
| 16 | Employment Action has no stated aim except to provide the long term unemployed with an up to date reference . |
| 17 | If banks or outside rescuers are to be involved then they will want to know the long term prospects and objectives so these can not be ignored . |
| 18 | She used to come a long way , right from the top of to walk down to her Co-op , a long way . |
| 19 | You do n't have to write a long article . |
| 20 | And so , although she had hated having to do it , Laura had forced herself to write a long letter to Ross , saying how very much she loved and missed him — and could n't they still try to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage ? |
| 21 | It is not necessary to write a long report of each happening but the essential details such as date , time , detail and signature of person making the entry . |
| 22 | The net effect of these transactions is to establish a long position of $180 000 in a synthetic index future which comprises the thousand smaller shares quoted on the NYSE which are not in the S&P500 index . |
| 23 | When attempting to establish a long ley , the greatest care should therefore be taken to limit grazing and treading to times of good weather and soil conditions . |
| 24 | One such affront , to the Archduke of Austria , later cost him his freedom and caused him to suffer a long imprisonment from which he was only freed at huge expense — much of which was raised by his neglected kingdom of England . |
| 25 | He uses a special tool called a cheese iron to pull a long plug of cheese out of one truckle from each day 's production . |
| 26 | The first thing they 'd do if they captured one would be to hack off the two forefingers of each hand , the very ones our archers used to pull a long bow . |
| 27 | It is nowadays quite unrealistic for a tenant even to attempt to secure a long letting of commercial property at a fixed rack rent ; and no well-advised landlord would grant such a lease . |
| 28 | Throughout the Latin America/Caribbean region , we feel that this is the time to consolidate a long process which we began in preparation for the Manila Congress in 1989 . |
| 29 | He then went on to provide a long list , not of items that we could accept , but of items that we could not accept . |
| 30 | She was unsurprised to find a long silk bathrobe neither masculine nor feminine hanging on the back of the door . |