Example sentences of "a long [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strikingly good-looking and energetically homosexual , he conducted a long but conspicuously unsuccessful search amongst working-class men for ‘ the Ideal Friend ’ . |
| 2 | In the same year the Duke of Norfolk gave Creevey notice to quit Thetford , receiving a long but futile rebuke in return . |
| 3 | The years between 1973 , when Guinness first established a presence in Indonesia , and today have seen a long but seemingly inexorable growth in the Guinness brand . |
| 4 | This consisted of a long or short shaft with a staple at the end , to which a chain was attached . |
| 5 | A long or short position can result in a profit or loss for a bank if the exchange rate alters from that quoted in the initial transaction . |
| 6 | If Ron announced a long or tough session I simply would not do it . |
| 7 | To sum up then , according to the so-called unorthodox view , the company , or rather individuals on the conglomerate 's behalf , deals on either inside information acquired in the course of business about another company , for example , an investment banking client on the verge of announcing an increase in expected profits ; or on information ‘ leaked ’ by one arm of the conglomerate about a long or short position it has taken as market maker on specific shares and which it would like to off-load into the accounts of customers in the conglomerate 's fund management arm . |
| 8 | ‘ It appears to me that the whole question is governed by the broad , general , universal principle that English legislation , unless the contrary is expressly enacted or so plainly implied as to make it the duty of an English court to give effect to an English statute , is applicable only to English subjects or to foreigners who by coming into this country , whether for a long or a short time , have made themselves during that time subject to English jurisdiction . |
| 9 | This sets out the objective in each area and at each stage and so may be appropriate for a long or complex assignment . |
| 10 | A hedge position is a portfolio consisting of a long or short share and one or more of the available options on that share . |
| 11 | The fight was not a long or bloody one . |
| 12 | Undoubtedly one of the best ways the overseas student has of seeing what is required in British theatre training is to apply for one of the summer schools offered by the drama schools , and find out what it 's all about before committing him- or herself to a long and expensive stay . |
| 13 | The latter became InterCity property in 1986 , following a long and complicated sequence of events which began near the end of 1983 with the enforced withdrawal of the SLOA Pullman set , following the discovery that the potentially dangerous blue asbestos coach body insulation had become exposed . |
| 14 | Ashton makes brilliant use of this in his version of the solo , phrasing the steps so that a jump upwards can last three beats followed by two short steps or two beats followed by a long and then a short step . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've still got Jasper and he 's going to have a long and happy life , ’ she declared . |
| 16 | The neatness comes afterwards ; it gets imposed when a long and laborious and very untidy process is shortcircuited by the observation ( which Dostoevsky himself may never have made ) of a direct link between Stavrogin and the underground man . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , watching the AX 's fuel gauge fall to empty is a long and tedious vigil . |
| 18 | ‘ In the course of a long and misspent career , I have probably seen less amusing comedies than this but , if so , I can not at present call any of them to mind . ’ |
| 19 | The hurdle of post office reform has brought down French ministers of state before now , notably Pierre Lelong , who held the posts and telecommunications portfolio in Jacques Chirac 's government but was forced to resign after a long and bitter strike in 1974 . |
| 20 | Towards the end of a long and tiring night shift , when news was coming through of the murder of another member of the RUC , one policeman in particular decided to put the field-worker through a test of trust . |
| 21 | It was a long and anxious debate about Ramsey without him knowing ; between the Archbishop of Canterbury , the prime minister Eden , the prime minister 's patronage secretary Bevir , Garbett the outgoing Archbishop of York , and Wand the outgoing Bishop of London . |
| 22 | We climbed Storskarfjell on a long and hard day that started before the sun came up and finished long after it had gone down . |
| 23 | We pause again and swap passenger so that Nathan takes Tony round the edge of the peak into a long and narrow , and steep valley . |
| 24 | After a long and bitter divorce , 34-year-old Wendy Almon was looking forward to starting a new life . |
| 25 | The homecoming procedure , even after a long and exhausting exercise , is well known . |
| 26 | The soldiers had found it a long and tiring period . |
| 27 | Charles and Diana are both very fond of the Antipodes — Charles feels particularly at home there after his months at Timbertop — but it was a long and exhausting tour . |
| 28 | They take ponies to carry the stags down the hill — nevertheless , it can be a long and exhausting day out . |
| 29 | Again , on the flight home from Melbourne at the end of their Australian tour in 1985 , Charles hand-wrote a long and frank letter about his thoughts on a wide range of issues , including the Greater London Council — a politically explosive subject — — and had entrusted it to the common mail , without apparently thinking it unwise . |
| 30 | What we are witnessing is the eager consummation that follows a long and passionate seduction . |