Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a politically neutral environmental agency might be able to convince both sides in a military conflict that some remedial action is needed urgently , especially if it can be shown that both factions will suffer adverse environmental effects in the short term and/or in the long term . |
| 2 | ‘ The appointment may be terminated by either party on giving three months ' notice in writing expiring at the end of a term or of the long vacation . |
| 3 | … The appointments may be terminated on either side by three months ' notice in writing expiring at the end of a term or of the long vacation . |
| 4 | ‘ The appointment may be terminated by either party on giving three months ' notice in writing expiring at the end of a term or of the long vacation . |
| 5 | The conference had nothing like the coverage of either the British Medical Association or Royal Institute of British Architects festivities , so its impact on the public at the time was negligible ; but it marked a significant turn in the Prince 's own farming methods , brought environmental concerns slowly into consumer consciousness and in the long term dealt a devastating blow to the agrochemical industry . |
| 6 | Hawks could n't afford to repair the aircraft and after a long rest in the hangar , it was bought by Ed Connerton who rebuilt it as a two-seat military aircraft registered NX2491 . |
| 7 | Luce buried her face against Michele 's neck and for a long time they sat without moving or speaking . |
| 8 | The consequent mix of anxiety and depression both in the short term and in the long term is frequently misdiagnosed as Manic Depression . |
| 9 | He lay at her side and for a long while he did n't speak . |
| 10 | As with other aspects of the landscape , it was the slow , largely undocumented social and economic changes that spelt the death of such settlements , not at a single stroke but over a long period . |
| 11 | The advantages include those associated with the interferometer ( see above ) and the associated computer , those associated with the high-power directed beam of the laser , which may also be operated in pulses rather than continuously , and also the virtual elimination of fluorescent background signals because of the long wavelength of the laser radiation . |
| 12 | This survey provides a particularly rich source of data because of the long time span covered . |
| 13 | Notice that Caesar never mentions the Druids except in the long ethnographic digression of Book 6. z 1–28 . |
| 14 | Miss Picon and her husband were so profoundly affected by their experiences that for a long time after their return to New York they were unable to work . |
| 15 | Another major factor offsets the impoverished state of museums and archaeology and in the long term this will have a far more profound effect . |
| 16 | Maggie now beckoned him towards her , and some what reluctantly he followed her along a short passage and into a long sun-lit kitchen , where a woman was standing at a wooden table mixing some ingredients in a bowl . |
| 17 | The position of the territory , situated to the northeast of Beijing , bordered to the east by Korea and with a long frontier with Russia , was somewhat ambiguous , Home of the Manchu Qing dynasty which ruled China from 1644 until its fall in 1911 , it had a distinct status shared with no other part of the empire . |
| 18 | This phenomenon leads to an endless chain of adaptive responses and in the long run means that fitness and rate of extinction remain constant . |
| 19 | I could n't do that in Russia because of the long journey . ’ |
| 20 | Now that oil is the main fuel for ships and other transport , the export of coal has almost ended but it was the reason for the early growth of Cardiff and for the long ribbons of terraced houses in the valleys of the coalfield . |
| 21 | Forest fans gave it to that slag Clough and in the long run they got a bitter reward . |
| 22 | There is of course no need to be unduly alarmed at these discrepancies ; we should reflect that any normal language presents numerous instances where certain recalcitrant items refuse to fit into a generally acceptable pattern ( e.g. for no very obvious reason the " expected " adverbs difficultly and longly are not accepted in English and have to be replaced by the phrases with difficulty and for a long time . ) |
| 23 | Sir James led his group through a small wicket-gate and across the long , soft grass . |
| 24 | He opened his cyanide powder and with a long spoon , fashioned from a elegant old walking cane , tipped powder down the hole . |
| 25 | But cases of die links between different places or over a long period of time are unusual . |
| 26 | It is clear both from Scripture and in the long experience of the Church , that some Christians can do this much more effectively than the majority . |
| 27 | He grasped my elbow and led me through the hallway and into a long room knocked through the whole length of the house . |
| 28 | An open letter to the meeting by nine local doctors argued the factory would ‘ unfortunately constitute a definite health hazard to the existing local population and in the long term to their children … . |
| 29 | I attended the funeral and for a long time afterwards we , as a family , used to take flowers to the grave . |
| 30 | Well when , that 's what I said to , er Paula people should always go to that village shop because in the long run I know it might cost you more , but the hassle and everything , the only thing is they have n't got the variety |