Example sentences of "[conj] [art] long [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | American official policy was to promote self-government in south Korea as a prelude to unification but de la Mare observed that the long delay in accomplishing unification made this unlikely . |
| 2 | In order to simplify the task of explaining how that understanding can be achieved , it will be expedient to consider that the long aeon in which the development of the Created God has taken place can be divided into three periods . |
| 3 | Cloud swirled up from the valleys , clearing spasmodically to reveal distant peaks , ice-cold lakes and the long ridge in front . |
| 4 | No changes were envisaged in Chapter I dealing with service , and the long intermission in the activities of the Conference until its revival in 1951 prevented any action . |
| 5 | ‘ No. 5 is the new lifting shop , 750ft from end to end , and the longest building in the works . |
| 6 | Both men and women wear the carapuça , a small dark blue cap , with red trimming and a long stalk in the middle . |
| 7 | Consider a portfolio which consists of a short position of one index future , and a long position in the basket of shares corresponding to one index future . |
| 8 | For example the covered call is a combination of a written call and a long position in the underlying security . |
| 9 | And a long slit in a trapped hare 's belly |
| 10 | Jamila was wearing what looked like several sacks : long skirts , perhaps three , one over the other , and a long smock in faded green beneath which the flat arcs of her braless breasts were visible to the slightly interested . |
| 11 | Our indings are similar to those of Giaffer et al but contrast sharply with those of the Cambridge group who found a higher occurrence ( 83% ) of food related symptoms in their patients and a longer remission in those identifying food intolerances . |
| 12 | Rest now , or risk further damage and a longer lay-off in the future . |
| 13 | But Customs officials at the Channel port said last night that they would be ‘ very surprised ’ if a long delay in clearing the consignment was because of suspicion of drug smuggling . |
| 14 | I remember incidents like these , I think , because I was about seven , the age at which children start to notice social detail and social distinction , but also more particularly because the long lesson in hatred for my father had begun , and the early stages were in the traditional mode , to be found in the opening chapters of Sons and Lovers and Lawrence 's description of the inculcated dislike of Mr Morrell , of female loathing for coarse male habits . |
| 15 | The winning of " possession " in 1985 after a long struggle in the courts will prove to have been a shallow victory if the protection attaches [ sic ] to this status is to be further undermined , leaving absolute control once again in the hands of the " greater possessors " , the owners . |
| 16 | The revival of takeover speculation — there is little doubt that European and Japanese buyers lurk — has occurred at a time when the merchant bankers , after a long period in the doldrums , are enjoying a rerating on trading considerations . |