Example sentences of "[art] longer [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave his scalp a good scratch , then smoothed his hair down as best he could and twisted the longer bits at the back into a coil which he stuffed inside his collar . |
| 2 | He could see the longer teeth at the sides of her mouth and the folds of wet black skin that at any moment would draw back in a threatening snarl . |
| 3 | Th the problem with suggestion therapy whether it be hypnosis or group therapy is it does n't tend to last in the longer run after the person stopped going to the group or they have n't seen the the er hypnotist for reinforcement . |
| 4 | A stiff breeze on the outward leg made it hard going over the longer half of the race , resulting in slower times . |
| 5 | And the longer faults in the fabric are neglected , the higher the repair bills are likely to be . |
| 6 | A standing wave pattern has spontaneously arisen , causing the longer boundaries of the rectangle to oscillate . |
| 7 | In this study a 400-element array was used to represent a rectangular plate in plane strain , loaded only at its four corners by forces parallel to the longer dimension of the plate . |
| 8 | The fourth rectangle , starting from the third , is moved 1 cm on an axis normal to the longer dimension of the third rectangle and then rotated 45 degrees anti-clockwise about its highest corner . |
| 9 | The short pilgrimage from town to the martyr 's tomb in the suburban cemetery and the longer routes to the shrines of apostles or of the Holy Land interlocked to create a nexus of sacred topography ; pilgrims ' tales , literary accounts , guides , and itineraries helped to familiarize Western Christians with a new religious ordering of space . |
| 10 | Obviously the postman preferred the short climb to the longer haul up the access road . |
| 11 | Before Antony Licata styled the alternative look , dashes of golden copper lights were added to the longer areas at the top and sides . |
| 12 | While the ANS had been highly successful in pioneering studies of the ultraviolet and X-ray sky , the new satellite would turn to the longer wavelengths of the infrared . |
| 13 | one of the longer sketches in the ‘ Scenes ’ section of Sketches by Boz . |
| 14 | Archibald Leitch , a mechanical engineer from Glasgow , provided the standard design for stadia with three open sides and a two-tier grandstand running the length of one of the longer sides of the rectangle . |
| 15 | The " we " code is generally that with the longer association with the community , the community 's " own " language , while the " they " code is the community 's " new " language , a language of wider communication with the rest of the world . |
| 16 | Certainly , he can enjoy the outcome for a day or two , but there is still a question mark over dealings in the longer term on the all-important economy , with the rivalry between the trading blocs dictating how ‘ special ’ the ‘ relationship ’ is likely to remain . |
| 17 | And I , maybe I 'm , I may be wrong on this , but it does seem to me that it is potentially a step down the road , in the longer term to the development of regional members . |
| 18 | The singular British anomaly of failure to expand employment over the longer term in the manufacture of new information technology products was , in the view of the geographers Hall and Preston ( 1988 , 220–1 ) , ‘ a consequence of the deteriorating competitive position of British firms , associated with poor innovative performance ’ . |
| 19 | The longer diameter of the section is 6 cm . |
| 20 | Begin by stitching the longer length on the left hand side , bringing it under Teddy 's chin and tucking the shorter length under it as it crosses his shoulder . |
| 21 | The viticultural new year starts in November when the longer shoots of the vine are cut away , conserving the plant 's energy for the cold winter months ahead . |
| 22 | Take a line from the longer axis of the Southern Cross and extend it as far as Achernar ; the south pole lies about midway along it . |
| 23 | The carts in which the other members of the three households were riding had been forced to take a longer route to the spot . |
| 24 | The report concludes that London is likely to experience a longer hangover from the late 1980s boom than the rest of the country ; economists ' forecasts that new jobs in the capital during the 1990s will only grow by 48,000 ( 4.9% ) means that there will still be a lot of space available , and office tenants should be the beneficiaries . |
| 25 | On a small site it is important to think about the conditions and to consider what is the best way of turning to make use of a longer run on the airfield , or to avoid having to dodge obstructions . |
| 26 | Gone are the days when you were likely to be alone on the rim path , but if the five miles escarpment is included as part of a longer circuit of the vast moorland , walkers seeking solitude will find their fair share — and a good test of their navigation skills . |
| 27 | He said the changes were only the first step in a longer plan for the building , a former cinema . |
| 28 | Mornings had indeed developed into quite a happy routine of little errands and duties for Aunt Emily , the hens and the sea ; and if she felt now , as quite often she did , an incomprehensible longing for something wilder and freer and more satisfying than this domestic round , she put it down to needing to be in the open air more and gave herself , next morning , a longer spell on the smooth buff sands of the bay . |
| 29 | A long-stroke engine has a long con-rod , which acts as a longer lever on the crank . |
| 30 | There was a longer silence from the other end of the phone this time . |