Example sentences of "[adj] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | MIND realised this a long time ago . |
| 2 | Taking this a long step further , André Cassagnes ( France ) has his own special polyester fittings moulded by a friend M.Minot . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Or perhaps it had been clear a long time before that . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 ’ . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | AFTER such a long hot summer , with rivers running dry , it 's difficult to imagine what a good flood looks like . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But the broad package of interventions and centralization over such a long period of time surely outstrips that carried out by any previous government . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Never before has a machine been allowed such a long and cosseted lead-time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Never , perhaps , have I so lived for such a long time together . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's ever such a long way off , ’ said Dot . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It takes such a long time to use up a tin , you probably would n't realise . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | They say that , as the wars happened such a long time ago we should simply forget about them now . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Three years did n't seem such a long time when one of them had elapsed , and although Robyn was satisfied that she was highly valued by her colleagues , the talk at the University these days was all of further cuts , of tightening belts , deteriorating staff-student ratios . |
| 24 | with a high curved roof supported by girders forged in a Liverpool ironworks , and marble pillars and floors , ornately carved canopies , shafts of sunlight emphasising its height , and indeed , everything of a cathedral but altars and pews … . it was a relief to me , after such a long trip , to arrive at this station … |
| 25 | That 's largely historical ; and came about because the ECCU has such a long and distinguished tradition . |
| 26 | The discovery of an effect with such a long latent period was no mean feat of epidemiology . |
| 27 | It did n't matter that it had taken such a long time . |
| 28 | Because it is such a long molecule the DNA is folded and twisted within the chromosome . |
| 29 | Of course it 's all such a long time ago . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps I should tell you a little about myself , Mrs Wilson , ’ he said when the maid had gone , ‘ … a little about my family and Elsie 's place in it and how I come to be looking for her after such a long time . ’ |