Example sentences of "[art] long [noun sg] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular , we have shown examples where a tax on capital income may be shifted completely , and have demonstrated that in less extreme cases the effective redistribution may be very much reduced in the long run as a result of adjustments in the capital stock . |
| 2 | He grabbed his binoculars with trembling hands and swept the long quay as the Avignon drew nearer , scrutinizing each pile of bodies in turn . |
| 3 | It noted that ‘ Corbett McDonald has a long history as a lobbyist for the asbestos industry . |
| 4 | Sheffield was a very different type of town , but like most other places that developed into great Victorian cities it had already had a long history as a market and craft centre . |
| 5 | He spent a long life as a rector and was a Canon of St Patrick 's , Armagh . |
| 6 | Towards the end of his life he told Osbert Sitwell ; ‘ Any talent I may have was due to a long illness as a boy , which afforded me time to think , and subsequent ill-health , because I was not allowed to play games , and so had to teach myself , for my enjoyment , to use my eyes instead of my feet . ’ |
| 7 | When he finally relinquished his business in 1868 Sampson moved to 165 Whitham Road , Broomhill where he enjoyed a long retirement as the Sheffield Telegraph noted : |
| 8 | Throughout her marriage , and during a long period as a single parent , she was a journalist , editing magazines such as Honey , Over 21 , and Working Woman , as well as being Woman 's Page Editor on the Sunday Times and The Independent . |
| 9 | The Princess found herself pigeon holed for a long time as a result of those early associations , but they were nevertheless a useful apprenticeship . |
| 10 | So we are talking in general terms about being willing to share our time , energy , space and care , particularly with people who have been recently bereaved through some major form of loss , maybe for a shod period of time while they readjust , maybe for a long time as the person or people involved learn to face life 's vicissitudes alone . |
| 11 | For example , many Northern English accents have a long sound as the realisation of the phoneme symbolised in RP ( which is a simple phonetic difference ) ; but in some Northern accents there is an diphthong phoneme and a contrasting long vowel phoneme that could be symbolised . |