Example sentences of "such a long " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 !
3 AFTER such a long hot summer , with rivers running dry , it 's difficult to imagine what a good flood looks like .
4 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 .
5 But the broad package of interventions and centralization over such a long period of time surely outstrips that carried out by any previous government .
6 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 .
7 Never before has a machine been allowed such a long and cosseted lead-time .
8 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 .
9 Never , perhaps , have I so lived for such a long time together .
10 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 .
11 ‘ That 's ever such a long way off , ’ said Dot .
12 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 .
13 It takes such a long time to use up a tin , you probably would n't realise .
14 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 .
15 They say that , as the wars happened such a long time ago we should simply forget about them now .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 …
20 That 's largely historical ; and came about because the ECCU has such a long and distinguished tradition .
21 The discovery of an effect with such a long latent period was no mean feat of epidemiology .
22 It did n't matter that it had taken such a long time .
23 Because it is such a long molecule the DNA is folded and twisted within the chromosome .
24 Of course it 's all such a long time ago . ’
25 ‘ 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 . ’
26 The reason for such a long flue , which is not uncommon , is that vapours given off during smelting of lead polluted the surrounding landscape , whereas long flues allowed the fumes to settle harmlessly .
27 I did try and help her about how to run a war because it 's such a long time since anybody 's run a war — I mean the technical methods of running a war — which she did very well .
28 Having come such a long way it is a pity that the story ends in 1900 , without discussing the alleged takeover of chemistry by modern physics .
29 John 's firm having been established for nearly forty years by this time , the rival Lawrence Girls were definitely more earthy in character , with not a snob amongst them possibly because they did not have such a long tradition .
30 Added to his faithful representation was his own flavour of the area which no one else has been able to maintain over such a long period .
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