Example sentences of "be [vb pp] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The team 's trips are organised long in advance , in minute detail . |
| 2 | Whether patients who relapse should be treated long term with a fixed or titrable dose or six month courses for each episode of relapse remains to be elucidated in future studies . |
| 3 | All had now to be arranged long distance but it seemed to work remarkably well . |
| 4 | This contrasts with humic acids which are rich in carboxyls and are known to complex radio-nuclides to form colloidal suspensions , which can be moved long distances by groundwater . |
| 5 | Although this is an increase of £28 million over the figure for the previous year , Lord Hanson commented : ‘ We believe the recession has reached its nadir , but its effects will be felt longer than most anticipated , probably for another 12 months . ’ |
| 6 | And operators of star networks will be offered longer franchises than those who supply the older technology . |
| 7 | RICHARD DUNWOODY has confirmed that he will ride Wo n't Be Gone Long in the Martell Grand National next Saturday . |
| 8 | Although it is normal to be served long grain rice at a Chinese restaurant , it is much easier to eat the shorter grains with chopsticks . |
| 9 | In the kingdoms of western Europe there was a traditional obligation on all free men to answer the king 's call to arms , the arrière-ban , when the kingdom was attacked : a right which was rarely invoked in our period , since it produced a cumbersome and inefficient force , which could not be kept long in the field . |
| 10 | Acidic gases can be blown long distances from their sites of release before falling as acid rain . |
| 11 | Then there were occasions that could be predicted long in advance . |
| 12 | In each of 1986 and 1987 , a little less than a couple of dozen suspects would seem to have been detained long into the fourth day in the London area ( Metropolitan Police Commissioner , 1987 , 1988 ) . |
| 13 | To compensate , the latter category are allowed longer slices of time when they are selected to use the processor . |
| 14 | Students held secret meetings and there were rumours of plots to assassinate Mussolini , but these always failed , and It was said that those involved were given long prison sentences or suffered a worse fate . |
| 15 | She never saw her father again , but after Georg Wilhelm 's death a certain relaxation took place , her mother being permitted long visits to her court at Ahlden . |
| 16 | The dress was a little too long , but they were worn long at that time so with the help of a pin or two I was able to achieve the desired effect . |
| 17 | Baby elephants are sent long distances to be put under Daphne 's care , and her love and knowledge ensure their survival and eventual rehabilitation . |
| 18 | Then they are trucked long distances to toil on remote plantations where they are held prisoner and compelled to work at gunpoint . |
| 19 | It is called Long Life . |
| 20 | Only coal was moved long distances by canals , railways and roads . |
| 21 | Their exclusion from the normal commerce of local society was perpetuated long beyond the time when leprosy had been controlled ; indeed , it was not until the nineteenth century that some Cagots finally became authentic citizens . |