Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most interesting result is that it gives quicker search times for a long word list over the 26-way methods . |
| 2 | Slung across his back were two fishing rods in a long brown sheath and strapped to a bracket behind his seat was the basket from the picnic . |
| 3 | I sit on a rock and listen to the water lap and the boys whistle as they pull their tin boats across the long sweep of the stony bay . |
| 4 | Such questions occupied developmental research workers for a long while , and their results were eventually pulled together in a number of reviews , such as that by Bettye Caldwell . |
| 5 | I also remember how the knocker-up went around the streets banging at bedroom windows with a long stick to wake the occupants in time to get to work . |
| 6 | What we are clearly seeing in some areas is roughly the same group of people exploiting the same local landscape for their subsistence requirements over a long period , but with successive generations living on different sites at different times . |
| 7 | Necropsy , paying attention to both the abomasum and the marrow changes in the long bones , is also useful . |
| 8 | There is no guarantee for local fishermen that they will have their livelihoods protected and a danger of job losses in the long term . ’ |
| 9 | The old certainties that ruled computer industry analysis over the past 30 years are tumbling like autumn leaves , and commercial realities are now eating away at the traditional determination of Japanese companies to forget the bottom line and stick with major product sectors for the long term : Sony Corp says it is considering pulling out of Japan 's competitive word processor market to save the cost of developing and manufacturing new models , Reuter reports from Tokyo ; Sony began making word processors in 1985 and production reached a peak of 10,000 a month ; NEC Corp , Toshiba Corp , Fujitsu Ltd and Sharp Corp now dominate the market and Sony currently makes just 500 of the things a month , a drop in the 1992 market ocean of 2.6m machines . |
| 10 | Simulation has been used to predict population changes over a long period of time and for charting space-satellite trajectories . |
| 11 | Pantaleone , one of four eighteenth-century commedia dell-arte figures in the Long Garden at Cliveden |
| 12 | This is the point at issue in the ideological struggle between those who believe that TNCs will inevitably damage Third World development prospects in the long run , as against those who believe that there will be no development prospects without the TNCs . |
| 13 | While the unweaned child must remain preoccupied by the absence of the breast and his hunger for it , the successfully weaned individual is free to turn his attention to other means of satisfying his hunter , and will probably find that , as in the instructive case of agriculture , a judicious control of his appetite results in the long run in a lessened likelihood of hunger . |
| 14 | Greek Intelligence must have been taking a more than passing interest in the activities of our friend Andropulos over a long period , years I would think . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , as discussed in section 5.2.1 , the eurobond market 's development in London can be attributed to prior development of the eurocurrency market , London 's overall infrastructure as a financial centre , the innovative merchant banks with a long tradition of intermediating financial flows , and the comparatively relaxed regulatory and fiscal regime . |
| 16 | Douglas , the capital , is a busy town by island standards with a long beach and traditional Victorian promenade . |
| 17 | In addition , an elevator for discharging grain from ships was completed on the South side of Edinburgh Dock and connected to the warehouse by a large conveyor band erected on brackets hung from steel principals of a long iron shed . |
| 18 | Both government and local authorities have failed to put money into capital projects for a long long time . |
| 19 | In the long run , most shareholders , which are institutions investing on our behalf , must take a long-term view because they invest for our pensions and life assurance policies over the long term . |
| 20 | One way to reduce mobility is to offer promises of long-term employment , with the prospect of wage increases rising by promotion steps on a long ladder of continuous employment . |
| 21 | Have n't eaten pork chops for a long time . |
| 22 | Moreover , the pretty paper kites in the clear blue skies still outnumber the documentary versions by a long way . |
| 23 | Instead , to strengthen leg muscles after the long summer break , daily walks along the streets of Islington , dressed in ordinary clothes , were the practice , the distance being increased each day . |
| 24 | Air travellers on a long flight provide another example of ‘ captive respondents ’ . |
| 25 | Elite theorists for a long time countered pluralist optimism about the interest group process by citing case studies of less savoury interest group campaigns , such as the setting up of a commercial TV channel in Britain or industrial regulation in the USA ( Prewitt and Stone , 1973 ) . |
| 26 | Community development workers , on the other hand , have been interested in health matters for a long time . |
| 27 | That description has applied to Galloway and Highland cattle for a long time and recent sales of the breeds in Scotland have shown an undiminished interest . |
| 28 | Greater attention will be given to the nature of the long- run solution of the models , and the degree to which inter-model differences in the long run and in dynamic adjustment can be explained by empirical differences in economic approach . |
| 29 | The area has not been know for fashion stores for a long time , but the new Criterion building is the location of Sogo , the new drive-in fashion store . |
| 30 | Put the rest in unit trusts with a long established firm . |