Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The column width has been increased to accommodate the longest label . |
| 2 | The increase in maximum width of these buildings from 30m ( 99ft ) in 1868 to 48m ( 158ft ) in 1905 was necessary in order to accommodate the longer mules which were enlarged to their technical optimum , consistent with rigidity , of 1,392 ( 116 dozen ) spindles . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Why did he always want to go the long way round . |
| 6 | If they are doing purely local journeys , then that may be too much and they may prefer to use the Oxford ringroad , but if they are doing long-distance journeys ten miles is not a very significant addition to their journey in length and the congestion on the Oxford ringroad is such that it may actually be shorter in time terms to go the longer way round in distance . |
| 7 | One particular family in Cotherstone must be able to claim the longest aggregate of service to the Fields , amounting to some hundreds of years . |
| 8 | 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 … |
| 9 | ‘ We 're already trying to heal the long rift . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ The best way to increase the long run growth rate in the economy is to make markets work better . |
| 15 | Right , if we want to increase the long run output we may have to reduce short run output . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The Duke has agreed to become patron of an appeal to secure the long term future of the new theatre . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | A standard electrocardiogram was recorded to exclude the long QT syndrome or other disorders of cardiac conduction . |
| 20 | When this is established ( it may be the empty string ) the tail list is searched to find the longest string available from the remaining part of the word ( i.e. the word minus the head string ) . |
| 21 | Employment Action has no stated aim except to provide the long term unemployed with an up to date reference . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Now we had originally had this extra facility available er so that we could trade off life against the extra thrust in an emergency but there was clearly the possibility erm that that might be used er when it really was n't necessary and we would end up with extra costs , extra life cycle costs , shorter engine life and it was felt on balance that with a reduced threat overall that it was sensible to take out that facility and to accept a longer engine life , but not , there 's no reduction in the total normal thrust but its merely its override combat facility . |
| 24 | She used to come a long way , right from the top of to walk down to her Co-op , a long way . |
| 25 | You do n't have to write a long article . |
| 26 | 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 ? |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Imagine a situation in which a teacher is telling a pupil to write a longer answer . |
| 29 | I 'll leave others to write a longer report . |
| 30 | Excuse the paper … it 's easier to write a longer letter on foolscap paper ! |