Example sentences of "and the long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His arms hardly move at all — just the legs move , and his bare feet on the ground as he jumps up and down , and the long tuft of hair that bounces back and forth over his shoulder . |
| 2 | The club had another double champion in Catriona Slater , who won the inter-ladies 100m in 12.7 and the long jump with a leap of 5.45 . |
| 3 | Cloud swirled up from the valleys , clearing spasmodically to reveal distant peaks , ice-cold lakes and the long ridge in front . |
| 4 | The fundamental divide in British politics in the inter-war period proved to be not the differences between the rapidly growing and supposedly socialist Labour party and the long tradition of high politics , encapsulated in the party divisions between the Conservatives and the steadily decaying Liberal party , but between the economic conservatives and economic radicals across the political spectrum . |
| 5 | Traditionally some vendors oppose asset sales on the basis that it takes too long to obtain the landlord 's consent and the long delay between exchange and completion causes uncertainty for the business . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Given the extreme nature of the problems experienced by this client group and the long history of failure by services to do more than provide custodial care this is no mean achievement . |
| 8 | The competition between the US and Europe , for example , and the long hegemony of the US have determined its character rather than the general laws of an undifferentiated world economy . |
| 9 | This and the long duration of the eclipse at low frequency require that this material extends well beyond the pulsar and of course the companion 's Roche lobe , the region within which matter is gravitationally bound to the star . |
| 10 | Over the river , the banners glinted red over the fort , and the long line of its shadow began to creep down its rock to the east . |
| 11 | While Germany as a whole might well be described as a capitalist state with feudal trimmings , Pomerania and the long arm of East Prussia remained feudal with modest capitalist trimmings . |
| 12 | For the primary tumour , allele losses were found on the short arm of chromosome 17 ( probe : p144-D6 , 17p13 ) and the long arm of chromosome 5 with the probe Lambda MS8 ( 5q35-qter ) ; other probes showed either no allele loss or a non-informative pattern . |
| 13 | The public consultation exercise that was part of that erm Greater York study , and quite clearly the Greater York study was not a statutory plan , it was an informal plan , but it was the only way really that progress could be made in the absence erm of adopted local plans in Greater York , it was essential that that document was pursued to give a framework for the preparation of district local plans er and the greenbelt local plan , and the resolution that followed the consultation and the long body of work , and I 'll read it out , was that the development strategy for Greater York from ninety six to two thousand and six should be based on agreed sites within and on the periphery of the built up area , and that the residual requirement be met for the development of a new settlement or settlements located beyond the outer boundary erm of the greenbelt , a quite clearly there 's a major policy implication there that a new settlement was not acceptable within the greenbelt but would have to be er outside the outer boundary of the greenbelt , and the public consultation on that er study er attracted widespread support for a new settlement strategy in Greater York , all six authorities agreed that that was the direction er that had to be taken , it also had another benefit in that it enabled work on the York greenbelt local plan erm to proceed and that has now been taken forward to the stage where the enquiry terminated in May , it 's a joint enquiry in the greenbelt local plan enquiry , with a Southern Ryedale local plan enquiry in April ninety three , and we would hope that the inspectors report on that six month enquiry , when he considered all the objections to the er greenbelt proposals of the County Council , largely supported by the er District Council will be available er in the near future . |
| 14 | Given the 74 years of Communist dictatorship and the long period of Tsarist dictatorship before that , is it not essential to provide aid and assistance so that at long last Russia and the countries associated with the former Soviet Union can become stable democracies ? |
| 15 | He based his position not only on the writings of the early Fathers and the long practice of the whole Christian Church but on reason and common sense . |
| 16 | A new crop of irises had opened since the day before and the long grass on the river-bank was flushed with blue and purple . |
| 17 | Nothing of the old building remained and the long extension to the bar , dignified by the name Banqueting Hall , provided for the undiscriminating a venue for weddings and local functions and on other nights served a predictable menu of prawns or soup , steak or chicken , and fruit salad with ice-cream . |
| 18 | When our turn came , I could see the rifles and guns lying on the table and the long queue of lorries , leaving the land of oranges far behind and spreading out over the winding roads of Lebanon . |
| 19 | Nathan had not been prepared for the bus trip into and out of the town and the long walk through the snow to a campsite either . |
| 20 | I do not think that people in Cornwall want to allocate blame at the moment , but they do want to ensure that the environmental clean-up is carried out both in the short term and the long term without hold-ups . |
| 21 | As Syme has remarked , ‘ Rome 's peculiar greatness was due not to one man 's genius or to one age , but to many men and the long process of time . ’ |
| 22 | Xerxes , the invader of Greece in 480 , died in 465 and the long reign of Artaxerxes I began , lasting till 425 . |
| 23 | The sensuality of her broad , peasant face was heightened by her modestly downcast eyes and the long swathe of glossy black hair that reached to her waist . |
| 24 | ‘ No. 5 is the new lifting shop , 750ft from end to end , and the longest building in the works . |
| 25 | The oil has begun to evaporate from the stones , helped by the lashing rain and the longest spell of gale force winds for decades . |
| 26 | The foundations of the White Tower of Hoeth are laid down and the longest period of continual peace in Elf history begins . |
| 27 | In addition , a modified quotient was calculated based on the shortest R-R interval between beat number 5 and 25 and the longest interval between beat number 21 and 45 . |