Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a long [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old Frank Buchman , who kept on this course through a long life of battle , used to tell me . |
| 2 | Similarly , events arising out of long-standing difficulties would increase risk of depression : where , for instance , a husband left home after years of arguing and discord ; a child was arrested for burglary after a long history of behavioural problems at home and school ; or a substantial fine was incurred after a long period of extreme financial difficulty ( Brown et al. , 1987 ) . |
| 3 | Consequently many Greek writers of the fifth century and later realized that their own society was the end-product of a long period of advance . |
| 4 | In the Netherlands , as a result of a long history of legislative enactment in socio-economic affairs and close involvement of unions and employers with government in this area the two national employers ' confederations ( denominational and non-denominational ) also carry somewhat greater weight than their member associations . |
| 5 | In reality , of course , they are the result of a long chain of conscious decision making . |
| 6 | In any case , a study of neolithic Early Minoan buildings very strongly implies that the temples were not an implant but the result of a long period of indigenous development . |
| 7 | By then the ethnic composition of its native population was multifarious and complex , being the result of a long period of prehistoric development . |
| 8 | It is a result of a long process of appraisal which is influenced by self evaluation as well as evaluation by others . |
| 9 | Professor John in a seminal article stressed the great importance of the coincidence of a modest rate of population growth , putting no general pressure on a food supply expanded by a generation of agricultural improvement , with the bounty of a long period of good harvests . |
| 10 | The objections to the use of the term case management has resulted in the abandonment of a term with a long history of service use , evaluation and exploration , and the substitution of one with few if any empirical referents at all . |
| 11 | Just when the hero really needs the girl 's help , she stands revealed as a killer with a long history of leading enslaved men to destruction , a siren wrapped in furs and degeneracy , venom in her veins , murder in her mind … |
| 12 | The case was the latest episode in a long history of antagonism between the government and the Far Eastern Economic Review , the circulation of which had been severely restricted in Singapore . |
| 13 | Here it grates more than usually , despite British voices in the mix : the unmistakable tones of Maggie Smith ; Bob Hoskins taking a break from a long run of phoney American accents to play a cockney Smee . |
| 14 | Here it grates more than usually , despite British voices in the mix : the unmistakable tones of Maggie Smith ; Bob Hoskins taking a break from a long run of phoney American accents to play a cockney Smee . |
| 15 | Its purely endogenous nature is well illustrated by the facts that it can be evoked by the absence of a stimulus such as a gap in a long sequence of evenly spaced tones and that the actual probability and significance of the stimulus is less important in determining whether or not the P300 will occur than the subject 's perception of its probability and significance . |
| 16 | This point is discussed further at p104. 5 Defences 5.1 Iniquity In a long line of cases the courts have held that the disclosure of information relating to what was originally termed iniquity will not be restrained : see Gartside v Outram ( 1856 ) 2 LJ Ch 113 , Weld-Blundell v Stephens [ 1920 ] AC 956 ; Initial Services Ltd v Putterill [ 1968 ] 1 QB 396 ; Fraser v Evans [ 1969 ] 1 QB 349 ; Hubbard v Vosper [ 1972 ] 1 All ER 1023 ; Church of Scientology of California v Kaufman [ 1973 ] RPC 635 ; British Steel Corporation v Granada Television Ltd [ 1981 ] 1 All ER 417 ; and Lion Laboratories Ltd v Evans [ 1984 ] 2 All ER 417 . |
| 17 | CHARLES and Diana 's separation sets the seal on a long line of Windsor marital disasters . |
| 18 | All that now remains is a single tower , a poor monument to a long history of noble residences on the site . |
| 19 | If this analysis is accepted , then it is clear that the attempt over a long period of time to protect the position of those living in privately rented accommodation has failed and has , in fact , made the position worse . |
| 20 | A. G. Dickens , in particular , has consistently maintained that the anti-clerical tracts of lawyers such as Simon Fish and Christopher St German were not merely isolated examples of lay hostility to the church , totally unrepresentative of public opinion , but on the contrary part of a long tradition of anti-clericalism among the literate classes , and most especially London merchants , common lawyers , parliamentarians , and royal officials . |
| 21 | And even her clothes , once you had got over the original shock , were part of a long tradition of home-made outfits dating back to her days at the Mother Theresa Convent , South Wimbledon . |
| 22 | She had been part of a long stream of women who had come and gone swiftly , lives collapsing in one area as they gained power and certainty in another . |
| 23 | Rose ( 1868 ) , do not obviously suggest serious historical study , but are rather part of a long series of more popular works on Mary , in which Jean Plaidy and Madeleine Bingham are among the most recent exponents ; and there is a certain charm about the publication , in 1793 , of a work by one J. F. Gaum , Marie Stuart und Marie Antoinette in der Underwelt . |
| 24 | This is particularly true of regulations in heavily regulated fields such as agriculture , where they may be part of a long string of related measures or be limited to implementing a regulation of broader scope . |
| 25 | This is obviously not new , and is in part an expansion of the teaching of a long line of papal encyclicals on social justice beginning with Leo XIII 's Rerum Novarum and extending up to Pope John 's Mater et Magistra and Pacem in Terris , but there is no possible doubt that the Council , following in this the footsteps of Pope John , gave both a wider range and a new urgency to concerns of this kind as properly constitutive of a very large part of Christian living . |
| 26 | The first step in achieving this objective is to guarantee a place on Employment Training ( ET ) for everyone who has been out of work for a long period of time . |
| 27 | The chances are you 've not yet considered the security of your home , not a lot of people do — it 's at the bottom of a long list of priorities . |
| 28 | Common sense as well as medical evidence tells us , however , that excessive drinking over a long period of time can lead to health problems — and that drinking vast quantities in a short space of time is both foolish and dangerous . |
| 29 | But if we turn to consider the [ … ] supply price with reference to a long period of time , we shall find that it is governed by a different set of causes , and with different results . |
| 30 | Records may have to be kept for reference over a long period of time and therefore they must be adequately protected . |