Example sentences of "[art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | They make some of the longest journeys on the BR network . |
| 2 | Wall-to-wall carpeting , luggage racks running lengthways above the windows , supplemented by space for cases and bags between the seats , provide an uncluttered spaciousness to give a relaxed atmosphere on the longest of journeys . |
| 3 | ( The first note is usually the longest and marks the beginning . ) |
| 4 | The longest , and easiest , is La Demande , which climbs the whole 500 metres of the face and gives a unique day 's adventure . |
| 5 | Some half dozen new submarine cables have been laid annually since 1945 , the longest of which runs for 15,032km . |
| 6 | Television had postponed Manchester United 's scheduled visit to Anfield so it could be shown live on 22 December , the longest night . |
| 7 | London 's leading pair , as if piqued by this , turned 30 September into the longest afternoon . |
| 8 | MICHAEL KINANE , the champion jockey of Ireland , completed the most sensational 24 hours of his career when he took the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on the British-trained 19-1 outsider , Carroll House , at Longchamp yesterday , but he had to endure the longest 20 minutes of his life before he could be sure the victory was his . |
| 9 | The shortest Delta flight is 21 miles between Miami and Fort Lauderdale ; the longest is 2,212 from Orlando to Los Angeles . |
| 10 | Since 1914 millions of Russians had been on the move — four to five million away from the advancing armies of the Central Powers ; at least twelve million fleeing into exile during and after the Revolution ; the largest land army in the world manoeuvring , dying , and deserting from the longest front-line in history — to give the major examples alone , with very approximate numbers . |
| 11 | Political propaganda on the part of the American Relief Administration , by far the longest foreign source of aid , warped its judgement at the time , and the subsequent polarization of Russian-American relations has not improved the objectivity of later scholarly accounts of the Famine as seen through American eyes . |
| 12 | It was a very lengthy document , wryly termed , with some reason , ‘ the longest suicide note in history ’ . |
| 13 | By 1970 , with the passing of the old empire , these were all over , and only the totally unexpected war with Argentina over the Falklands in 1982 interrupted what was one of the longest periods of unbroken peace that Britain had known since the later middle ages . |
| 14 | She has already established a number of landmarks in political history and psephology : the first woman Prime Minister in any major western industrial state ; the first leader since Lord Liverpool in the 1820s to win three elections in a row , and Prime Minister for the longest uninterrupted spell in the twentieth century . |
| 15 | All I remember thinking of as I pushed the trolley and looked at the red face and eyebrows was , My friend , you are about to take the longest journey a man ever takes in this life . |
| 16 | I had already loosened the overcoat and was thinking as I looked at him , This very minute you are going on the longest journey a man ever takes and you have n't a frigging clue . |
| 17 | The second , represented by Chapter 2 , the longest chapter in the book , deals with the development of the family and kinship systems , while the third , Chapters 3–4 , deals with the evolution of the State . |
| 18 | He told us about the longest race in Norway ; he had taken part and had done very well , finishing very close to the front of the ‘ amateur ’ racers ( as opposed to those who race dogs for a living ) . |
| 19 | The name which burns the longest is chosen . |
| 20 | And , despite claims , particularly among the Germans , French , Italians and Spanish , that it is a bad thing , many American insurance companies reckon that people with low blood pressure in middle age , far from suffering a disease , are expected to lead the longest and healthiest lives . |
| 21 | The confirmation came within seconds , along with details of the Orders Group , at Which the Commanding Officer would give his instructions for this , the longest M2 bridge built by the regiment in recent years . |
| 22 | Her 30-year study of the Gombe National Park chimpanzees is the longest continuous field project ever recorded ; it has made her — and the chimpanzees — a living legend , earning her honorary degrees , doctorates and wildlife-conservation awards all over the world . |
| 23 | The creamy-textured shower mousse , which contains , syndets , aloe , ispaghul and ginseng , has a dermatological cleanser to combat dryness as it cleanses , while the deodorant anti-perspirant , in an ozone-friendly spray , blends farnesol , aluminium salts and extracts of sage and liquorice to ensure that you will carry the great feeling from those first precious moments in the bathroom with you throughout the longest of days . |
| 24 | However , the sort of routine farces and imitations of earlier successes being handled by British Lion were hardly a match for spectacular films like El Cid ( 1961 ) , Dr No ( 1962 ) , The Longest Day ( 1962 ) and Lawrence of Arabia ( 1962 ) that were now coming down the line from American companies , with a ‘ British ’ tag on them . |
| 25 | This two-week festival starts today with the announcement of the winner of the Smarties Book Prize , a day of associated children 's activities , and the beginning of an ambitious community event to construct the longest poem in the English language . |
| 26 | ‘ The offer price of 240p is spread over the longest instalment period ever on any privatisation . |
| 27 | In exile and under attack … the princess Draupadi in The Mahabharata The realm of grand illusion TELEVISION : Hugh Hebert and Michael Billington consider Peter Brook 's achievement in bringing his production of The Mahabharata , the longest poem in the world , to the screen . |
| 28 | The flaws are only minor cracks in the huge achievement of Brook and his collaborator Jean-Claude Carriere in bringing the longest poem in the world to television , to explore and exploit its illusions in gripping narrative and dazzling images.H.H . |
| 29 | JAPAN 'S economic miracle has contributed to its population having the longest life expectancy in the world and Britain 's social and health policy makers could learn from it , two researchers claimed yesterday . |
| 30 | By Aubrey Anon HE WAS a friend of Byron at Harrow , and later a better friend of the Met , of working people in need of ‘ abundant and untaxed food ’ and of Roman Catholics , whom he had governed in Ireland under the longest Conservative administration anyone hopes to see . |