Example sentences of "long [noun] and [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The text , ‘ Omnis terra adoret te ’ ( ‘ All the earth worships thee ’ ) , evokes a majestic tempo , emphasized by long notes and rests at the end of the movement , preceding the evidently joyful ‘ Et psallat tibi , in duple time , marked légèrement ( one of the ‘ time-words ’ discussed below ) . |
| 2 | Alex Ferguson has tied Giggs to a long contract and keeps him under his wing . |
| 3 | We may contrast these with the broadening , expansive effect of the long vowels and monosyllables in " enormous dome of the sky " ( 3 ) . |
| 4 | Hall takes a Schumpeterian view of long waves and translates it into a geographical context . |
| 5 | It also has an extremely long shelf-life and loses none of its potency even when turning from its original pale straw colour to the colour of strong tea after a year or more . |
| 6 | Recovering my composure , if not much dignity , I followed the bird through the trees and came on a female ( which lacks the long plumes and has a chestnut back and tail ) which appeared to be nest-building almost above our heads . |
| 7 | The dwarf maintains an assault on the trees for long periods and achieves little ( the equivalent of frequent , low-magnitude events ) ; the giant sleeps most of the time but occasionally wakes and causes great destruction ( a catastrophic event ) whereas the man works regular hours and systematically achieves the greatest effects ( events that occur once or twice each year ) . |
| 8 | Sir Mark on his black warhorse , his dark red hair oiled and combed ; before him went his squire carrying a banner with the Burghgesh arms , and marching behind were six archers with steel caps , quilted jerkins , long bows and quivers full of goose-quilled arrows . |
| 9 | This explains how the disease can be misdiagnosed over a long period and stresses the need for biopsy specimens whatever the type of gastric lesion . |
| 10 | He jumps at home only when he has had a long rest and needs a quick reminder of what the job is all about ; otherwise his jumping is confined to the shows . |
| 11 | Funnily enough , I felt better after a couple of pints at a pub in Maida Vale ; you know , the trendy one among Guardian readers which has the really stupid long name and brews its own beer in the cellar . |
| 12 | The person who owns the entire building , converted house or purpose-built block , sells the flats on long leases and charges the owners of the flats a ground rent . |
| 13 | This decision settles an inter-departmental squabble of long standing and opens the way for the government to reconsider Britain 's equally long-standing refusal to sign the World Heritage Convention . |
| 14 | Phil Farrand says it is brilliant … it has been a long slog and has meant a lot of hard work |
| 15 | For cutting hedges by hand Sandvik 's well-balanced Professional Hedge Shear ( about £32 ) has a long reach and cuts very easily and cleanly . |
| 16 | Quality build is an integral part of long life and has always been the source of Nautor 's success . |
| 17 | Tonight , bassist Mike Johnson is making a stand for individualism ; he sports short , silver hair instead of de rigueur long locks and wears collar , tie and fetching brown cardigan . |
| 18 | All that remains to be said is incised on stone , and the living go around silently with long faces and glances that mean ‘ I ca n't tell you how sorry I am , but I do know how you feel . ’ |
| 19 | Loves long socks and prefers to keep shoes on and arms covered up . |
| 20 | A dislike by Irish clerics for such an explicit and direct church — state relationship has a long tradition and comes out best in De Tocqueville 's ( 1957 ) conversations with Irish clergy on his visit to Ireland in 1834 . |
| 21 | Like copyright , patent law has a long history and has developed as a means of protecting innovation which has a benefit to innovator and public alike . |
| 22 | Pollution control work in the southern area has had , in contrast with the northern , a relatively long history and tends as a result to emphasize the maintenance of already existing acceptable standards of water quality . |
| 23 | I do n't want to know , I wo n't know said Sally as she put her hands put out her hands as if she was fending Daryl off , I hate you Daryl Rivers , you with , you with your mother who comes to see you often , sends you things and writes you long letters and comes to see you . |
| 24 | When you round out the aircraft floats for a long way and flies very nose down . |
| 25 | The stitching takes a long time and hurts Stig a lot more than it hurts the rest of us . |
| 26 | Thirteen years , between the 1971 Census and the 1984 image used , is a long time and has encompassed considerable population change in both magnitude and distribution . |
| 27 | Denis Smith says … he 's known John for a long time and has just the experience and talent that Oxford need |