Example sentences of "long [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was long afore my day but th they used to always come to curtain market , aha . |
| 2 | Styles became more back-comby bouffantish and rock-hard lacquered as smooth held sway , then the loose , fairly full on top but very long & layered at the back & sides cut of later '70/'71 . |
| 3 | Returning to Ottery late on 4 October , Mr Coleridge gave a ‘ long & particular account ’ of his journey , before going to bed in high spirits . |
| 4 | For the lips , Yves Rocher follows the ‘ blood-red ’ theme which seems to be emerging for lips this autumn , with a new Long & Lasting Lipstick shade called Rouge Authentique . |
| 5 | When this was sold to Dorman , Long & Co. in 1903 Gilchrist retired from active work in metallurgy . |
| 6 | Roberts started work as an assistant to ( Sir ) Ralph Freeman [ q.v. ] of Sir Douglas Fox & Partners on the design of the Sydney harbour bridge for Dorman Long & Company , and when they were awarded the contract in 1924 he was transferred with the rest of the design team to their office in London . |
| 7 | McEnroe was philosophical : ‘ It just got to be too long where I had n't won the big one . |
| 8 | However long or short the work , care is needed not to overload the tale with variations and divertissements . |
| 9 | This seems to be intimately connected with another principle , which is more radical and therefore more important : that of quantity , of syllables as being , in relation to their contiguous syllables , either long or short . |
| 10 | The variation between English-language speakers about what syllables , in effect what vowels , they treat as long or short , is so great that there can be no question of imposing on English verse a quantitative metre such as was used for ancient Latin ( doubtless with some strain for those who spoke classical Latin with dialectal variations as to quantity ) . |
| 11 | Organised by Kathmandu 's only cycle tour operator , the trip was n't too long or demanding , and was designed to introduce Nepalese culture , history and ( in theory , anyway ) Himalayan views at the top . |
| 12 | No matter what the emergency , accident or disease , no matter how long or complicated the treatment … the health service will always be there , to provide the finest care . ’ |
| 13 | Add this to steering that is not too heavy when parking and direct and communicative at speed , and a chassis that irons out most road imperfections but still allows great cornering balance , and the Metro is rarely unsuited to a journey , whether motorway or A-road , long or short . |
| 14 | This might be because the time-cues are too weak , the transmission of them to the body clock is poor , the clock itself is insensitive to time cues , or it possesses an abnormally long or short free-running period . |
| 15 | There are a number of birds which have long legs , long necks , and possibly long or specially shaped bills . |
| 16 | Although generally small ( and hence easily collected ) some species grew to 1O cm long or more . |
| 17 | Brooms : The modern broom is also a high density polypropylene or nylon construction with , hard or soft , long or short , tufts and a metal handle . |
| 18 | Appearance faults , according to the Breed Standard , include the following : Light , tall , greyhound-like in general appearance ; too long , too short , narrow body ; prominent occipital bone ; hound-like head and expression ; narrow , light , too short , too long , or coarse head ; flat forehead ( little or no stop ) ; narrow lower jaw ; long or pointed muzzle ; cheeks too protruding ; ram 's or split nose , bridge or nose dished or sloping ; tip of nose light or spotted ; open , pink or spotted lips , corners of the mouth open ; distemper teeth ; wrinkles on the head ; ears set too low , large , long , floppy , turned back , not lying close , or irregularly carried ; light ( yellow ) eyes , or a light and a dark eye , open , deep-set , too full , round , staring eyes , piercing gaze ; neck too long , thick , weak muscled , dewlaps or loose skin on throat ; forelegs set narrow or not straight ; light nails ; tail set too high or too low ; coat soft , too short or too long , wavy coat , absence of undercoat ; markings of the wrong colour , poorly defined or too extensive ; white spots ; dewclaws on the hind legs . |
| 19 | They are called working faults and they are listed in the Standard as follows : Weak bones and musculature ; steep shoulders , deficient elbow articulation ; too long , too short , or steep upper arm ; weak or steep pasterns ; splay feet , flat feet or excessively arched toes , stunted toes ; flat ribcage , barrel chest , pigeon breast ; back too long , weak , sway or roach ; croup too short , too straight , too long or too steep ; too heavy , unwieldy body ; hind legs flatshanked , sicklehocked , cow-hocked or bow-legged ; joints too narrowly or too widely angled . |
| 20 | Ten minutes too long during a schooling session might mean a week 's set-back in a training programme , so be careful not to either work for too long or to expect too much too soon . |
| 21 | This consisted of a long or short shaft with a staple at the end , to which a chain was attached . |
| 22 | So measures of poor welfare include finding that , because of the way an animal is kept or treated , it is not able to live as long or finding that it is not able to grow or is not able to breed . |
| 23 | When the same scene happens night after night , his mother realizes that she has been doing the wrong thing , so instead she puts him to bed no matter how long or hard he cries . |
| 24 | It is through the study of quartered coats , as displayed in cathedrals , county archives and other reference sources that the local historian may glean much information not only on families of note ( should textual information not exist or be imprecise ) , but how tenure and ownership of estates changed hands in days long or recently past . |
| 25 | Bank dealers attempt to offset customers ' purchases and sales , and cover any resultant currency exposures ( long or short ) by dealing with other banks . |
| 26 | A long or short position can result in a profit or loss for a bank if the exchange rate alters from that quoted in the initial transaction . |
| 27 | This is what it was all about , to push the Germans back , mile by mile , no matter how long or what dreadful toll it might take , until they were safely confined behind their own boundaries again . |
| 28 | Life gets more complicated when the typeset text is too long or too short to fill the space allocated on the page . |
| 29 | When drawing up your own table , you should include each of your child 's symptoms , making the list as long or as short as it needs to be . |
| 30 | Luckily , they did n't have to search long or far . |