Example sentences of "[adj] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Walford v Miles the House of Lords maintained the long established principle that a mere agreement to negotiate is unenforceable because it lacks the certainty necessary for a binding contract and held that any concept of a duty to carry on negotiations in good faith is inherently repugnant to the adversarial position of the parties when involved in negotiations . |
| 2 | Part of the responsibility for this lies with the innate friendliness and courtesy of the peoples of Burma , and behind that the long record of the Buddhist tradition . |
| 3 | whether the girl standing on the opposite side of Highgate Hill ( or Highgate West Hill ) with the long dark hair blowing forwards over her shoulder will turn so that he can see her face ; and if so , whether the face will be the revelation that the long dark hair promises ; and what a face would have to be like to be the revelation that one always expects … |
| 4 | The road , now the A.838 , crosses the water by a modern bridge making unnecessary the long detour around the head of the Kyle . |
| 5 | The , the longest the longest tunnel is er nineteen kilometres . |
| 6 | On 21 September 1697 the long war with France was ended by the Treaty of Ryswick [ or Rijswijk ] , to which Spain and Holland were also signatories . |
| 7 | MIND realised this a long time ago . |
| 8 | Taking this a long step further , André Cassagnes ( France ) has his own special polyester fittings moulded by a friend M.Minot . |
| 9 | She laboured at this a long time , taking great care in the shaping and moulding of the tiny , human forms , but then she grew tired . |
| 10 | Or perhaps it had been clear a long time before that . |
| 11 | ‘ The petition read , ‘ It is incumbent upon the council to prevent the crown falling to issue of the pretended wedlock between his late Majesty and the lady Elizabeth Woodville , made without the consent of the lords of the land , and by the sorcery of the said Elizabeth and her mother Jacquetta — as the voice is throughout the land — privily and secretly in a chamber , without proclamation by banns according to the laudable custom of the English church ; the said King Edward being married and troth-plight a long time before to one , Eleanor Butler , daughter to the old Earl of Shrewsbury ’ . ’ |
| 12 | The moving tale of Bluey the long distance shark |
| 13 | Should we do the short route 7 or the long 7 The long , of course ! |
| 14 | Practise opening more airbrake during the hold off as a means of getting the glider down fully held off , but without such a long float . |
| 15 | Inevitably , over such a long period , I became less institutionalized , more able to function as an individual in relation to belief and action and not merely accept the organization 's definition of things ; and this is a profoundly un-police like state of affairs ! |
| 16 | AFTER such a long hot summer , with rivers running dry , it 's difficult to imagine what a good flood looks like . |
| 17 | Once again , the intensity of contact spread over such a long time in the field makes this form of self-monitoring difficult to maintain , and there was also a general resistance from below to the management 's instruction . |
| 18 | But the broad package of interventions and centralization over such a long period of time surely outstrips that carried out by any previous government . |
| 19 | And when I saw all of them after such a long time I did n't like to go back again , really I did n't want to at all . |
| 20 | Never before has a machine been allowed such a long and cosseted lead-time . |
| 21 | One explanation for all the flying muck is that , after such a long campaign , the candidates ( whose views are similar on many issues ) simply ran out of things to say . |
| 22 | Never , perhaps , have I so lived for such a long time together . |
| 23 | ‘ Such a long time ! ’ she gasped in his ear as they hugged each other tightly , the dogs retiring a respectful distance to sit and watch the homecoming with tails swishing excitedly over the gravel . |
| 24 | ‘ That 's ever such a long way off , ’ said Dot . |
| 25 | The second period lasted more than 14 months and they dare not risk being caught again with so many cattle subject to movement restrictions for such a long time . |
| 26 | It takes such a long time to use up a tin , you probably would n't realise . |
| 27 | If it was a turning point in terms of ‘ proving ’ the relationship , it also marked the change in image Kylie had been wanting for such a long time . |
| 28 | They say that , as the wars happened such a long time ago we should simply forget about them now . |
| 29 | For certain there will be changes , but it is doubtful if there will ever be such a long line of devoted , generous and hardworking people as those who served the Club so enthusiastically in immensely difficult times , and saved it from certain closure for the likes of ourselves to enjoy . |
| 30 | After playing such a dominant role in the employment and prosperity of the area for such a long time , it seemed an ignominious end for these splendid and inspiring reminders of the past . |