Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] a long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Lanfranc he had welcomed royal co-operation , and had been prepared to wait a long time for it . |
| 2 | This goes a long way towards explaining the awkwardness felt by the foreign learner in conversation an awkwardness which does not seem wholly attributable to faulty or slow processing of grammar and vocabulary . |
| 3 | There is a problem with pollution with visual intrusion and noise intrusion which needs to be solved and this goes a long way towards solving it . |
| 4 | In this way , the learner will gain confidence , and this goes a long way to promoting safe practice if at a later time adequate guidance and support are lacking . |
| 5 | This involved a long hike over Esk Hause to Gable , and to avoid the intense mid-day heat we agreed to leave the valley at dawn . |
| 6 | This began a long association between the royal family and Wilson , who undertook several commissions . |
| 7 | The cots were disposed to form a long seat along one side of the coach , the remaining floor space being clear . |
| 8 | Delegates could contribute valuable insight and comment based on their own experiences and expertise , and this went a long way towards creating LASMO 's HSE blueprint for 1993 and beyond . |
| 9 | ‘ The British have a long history of being inventive and in this current climate we are being inundated with new ideas , ’ says Richard Paine , marketing director of Inventalink , one of Britain 's biggest agencies which sells the ideas to commercial companies . |
| 10 | This ended a long history of credit controls in Britain since the war . |
| 11 | It 's something you use to get you from A to B , I guess , and right now that seemed a long way to me . |
| 12 | So for a little over £100 it is easy to spend a long weekend in Paris in the spring , summer or whenever . |
| 13 | As one would expect , incomers took a greater interest in discussing class — class is supposed to go a long way in explaining the membership of given social networks , and in the scope of such networks . |
| 14 | It all seemed a long way from his flat in Whalley Range . |
| 15 | It all went a long way towards explaining why umpires the world over have been reluctant for so many years to restrain cricket 's bouncer-happy fast bowlers . |
| 16 | They all had a long tradition of agrarian troubles , and all suffered from overpopulation and land scarcity . |
| 17 | The marjorams all have a long history of use since classical times , and were more popular in the Middle Ages in Britain than thyme . |
| 18 | They were happy to wait a long time for their meals because they could look at her . |
| 19 | Perhaps , now that Alison was at least going to become an adoptive mother she would be able to have a long heart-to-heart with her on the subject ; although Celia knew that she would be reluctant , even ashamed , to reveal her innermost feelings . |
| 20 | In both cases the men concerned had a long history of previous convictions , with the killer already in jail following the deaths of two other boys . |
| 21 | For many people it is rather demoralising to finish a long way behind the leaders all the time and so pursuit racing is an attempt to provide a handicapping system . |
| 22 | Even so , it is possible to get a long way with well-designed experiments . |
| 23 | All three major rail unions are affiliated to the Trades Union Congress and the Labour party , and the NUR in particular has a long tradition of sponsoring Labour MPs ( Bagwell 1982 : ch. 12 ) , ‘ equalled only by the miners ’ union' ( Eaton and Gill 1981 : 41 ) . |
| 24 | This production in 1900 started a long association with Blackpool . |
| 25 | It is not necessary to write a long report of each happening but the essential details such as date , time , detail and signature of person making the entry . |
| 26 | But , having seen Upjohn dig in its heels in Britain and America , the Canadians may be less keen to begin a long battle over the drug . |
| 27 | Nigel 's father , former Lord Chancellor Lord Havers , was Attorney General when former spy Peter Wright was trying to publish his book Spycatcher and Havers senior fought a long battle on behalf of the British Government to ban the book . |
| 28 | ‘ Edinvar has been serving tenants for 20 years and Link has been a landlord for nearly 30 years , so we both have a long history of putting tenants first . ’ |