Example sentences of "a long [noun] [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 're on a long run conditions may change from the top to the bottom ; and when you feel your skis biting through the top surface it 's time to head back to the piste before you break up the snow too much . |
| 2 | The heavy expense of furnishing a home and then supplying the needs of a young family is difficult to meet straight out of income : but a long working life should give reasonable expectations of these young couples being able to pay off what they owe . ’ |
| 3 | This confusion is partly due to any difficulty we find in accepting that the solution to a long standing problem could be so simple ; confusion may also arise because , being influenced by the pace of today 's world , we presume that we are doing something wrong when we do not achieve immediate results . |
| 4 | Even a long crêpe streamer will straighten a spinning kite . |
| 5 | Their results did , however , confirm another effect evident in the original Kraemer and Roberts study — that the effects of a long retention interval can be very apparent when pre-exposure is given to a stimulus different from that used for conditioning and the test . |
| 6 | For a long moment Rory could only stare at him , totally nonplussed . |
| 7 | Telling potential sexual partners or partners in a long term relationship will be particularly difficult . |
| 8 | An obvious corollary is that coins with a long circulation life will have been lost in greater proportions than coins with shorter circulation lifetimes . |
| 9 | cos it wo n't be a long evening service will it ? |