Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there was no semblance of a fluke about the result — it was the fastest Gold Cup ever run — and as Norton 's Coin made the long walk past the stands to the winner 's enclosure he started to receive the reception he deserved . |
| 2 | This decision goes a long way towards demonstrating the untenability of the marital-rape exemption in modern times . |
| 3 | WHATEVER YOU 'RE PLANNING TO BUY YOUR MONEY GOES A LONG WAY WITH ABBEY NATIONAL |
| 4 | Bourdieu goes a long way to remedying this defect in his treatment of actual practices in his structure ( fields ) . |
| 5 | Although this technique has a long ancestry in the Old World it was unknown in the Americas until the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century . |
| 6 | The basic rule is that if the second syllable of the verb contains a long vowel or diphthong , or if it ends with more than one consonant , that second syllable is stressed . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The convent has a long tradition of illustrating cards and books with delicate hand-crafted watercolours and inscriptions . |
| 9 | If the final syllable of the stem contains a long vowel or diphthong , or if it ends with more than one consonant , that syllable receives the stress . |
| 10 | Literature has a long history of feminist interest , but film and media studies are certainly as central to feminist cultural debates . |
| 11 | Talk of a realignment on the centre-left of the spectrum has a long history . |
| 12 | A little amiability goes a long way , it would seem , and many of those present felt that Reebok was the unluckiest loser of the night in this category . |
| 13 | The man found in the Queen 's bedroom admitted a long list of offences . |
| 14 | When Zeppelin told PHIL KING their next game was on ice , the rotund reviewer expected a long delay ! |
| 15 | The interpretation of ‘ mind ’ as information processing with a self-monitoring facility called consciousness goes a long way towards resolving the problem of body — mind interaction which Popper and Eccles ( 1978 ) have recently revived . |
| 16 | There seems to be a lot of blood , but , you know , a little blood goes a long way . |
| 17 | The Association has a long history ( dating back to the end of the last century ) , and the ESRC funded project will complement existing work on the period before 1946 . |
| 18 | ‘ The horse has a long neck , and that helped me get back in the saddle , ’ he added . |
| 19 | Most of all we need action to find a long term solution . |
| 20 | Labour has a long list of priorities : a £3 billion pledge on pensions — presumably health comes after that ; health presumably comes after Labour 's £1 billion recovery programme and it presumably comes after Labour 's £8 billion housing pledge . |
| 21 | There is a clear value in reducing the amount of chemical waste which has to be got rid of — and that thinking has a long way to go . |
| 22 | The Social Work Department has a long tradition of working in collaboration with other service providers . |
| 23 | The technique of biomass gasification by partial combustion has a long history . |
| 24 | This kind of research has a long history in psychology and education but is relatively undeveloped in the rest of social science . |
| 25 | This became pronounced in 1949 when the College secured a long lease on two houses , 21 and 23 Cromwell Road , into one of which they moved the Senior and Junior Common Rooms , formerly housed in a hut in Queensgate . |
| 26 | The prospect of another two years of study seemed a long time . |
| 27 | The prospect of another two years of study seemed a long time . |
| 28 | The tobacco industry plans a long time ahead . |
| 29 | Our study shows the long term spontaneous resolution of severe glue ear in children . |
| 30 | There was a sinister and often rehearsed entrance wearing a long cloak and looking like Count Dracula . |