Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a long [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final decision as to what to count is actually the solution to the problem in hand ; this decision is taken only through a long series of complicated exploratory maneuvers ’ ( Labov 1972a : 82 ) . |
| 2 | In these , he adopts a Kantian constructivist position which proposes certain basic categories through which alone the world may be apprehended , but recasts them as dynamic forms achieved only through a long process of interaction with the environment , in which the infant develops cognitive abilities as a means of dealing with the world . |
| 3 | But it is an agreement which is " restrictive of trade " in this sense , that it requires a man to give his services and wares to one person only for a long term of years to the exclusion of all others . |
| 4 | It is only after a long period of counselling that she has at last realised that she has to drop her charge against her father , and to forgive him for not being the person that she longed he should be . |
| 5 | Thus there was a confusing number of elements on earth , above it and below it which contributed to the afterlife , representing ideas which had been brought together over a long period of time . |
| 6 | He does n't correspond to any of the multiple fictions produced over the last hundred years or so by a long line of social reformers and slum missionaries of what the working class should be . |
| 7 | He had sought and received asylum in the Senegalese embassy in Conakry only a month after his return home from a long period of exile [ see p. 38181 ] . |
| 8 | The flare had drifted slowly down behind the church on the village green and was followed quickly by a long burst of automatic fire . |
| 9 | For the concession of hereditary tenure , though made piecemeal over a long period of time , was universal by the end of the century . |
| 10 | Here the sales staff glided about with languid grace more reminiscent of Paris than New York , the house models managed to look like elegant advertisements for Varna even after a long session of standing stock still while a toile was pinned and draped and adjusted around them , and even when a rail of sample clothes had to be wheeled across the hallowed expanse of green , carefully hidden inside grey and black sample bags to make sure they were safe from the photographic eye of a fashion spy , it was managed with what Hugo referred to as ‘ panache ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ But poisons that would only kill if taken regularly over a long period of time , do they exist ? ’ |
| 12 | Much research and attention to artists ' requirements has led to a new breed of synthetic brushes which are highly appropriate for use with acrylics , among other uses , which hold their shape well over a long period of time , are delightfully responsive to use , are superbly controllable , allowing precision work , and are durable enough to resist occasional misuse . |
| 13 | I have known you well over a long period of time . |
| 14 | In clinical case management there is a recognition that the worker is an important resource , and an awareness that the process of assessment and reassessment is a crucial function , to be discharged by someone who knows the client really well over a long period of time . |
| 15 | If the child shows a habit of prolonged crying then instead of expecting him or her to sit there for a long period of time , the first break in crying after a few minutes should be taken by the parent as an opportunity to allow the child to get up . |
| 16 | So , instead of a long run of one opera followed by a long run of another , operas would only be performed perhaps twice in succession and then not again for two or three weeks , during which other works would be given . |
| 17 | Not only did it fail to achieve representation ( not surprising at under 1 per cent of the vote ) but it has since fallen apart in a long series of internecine conflicts ( which are too complex to describe here ) . |
| 18 | King Edward VII and his Consort , Alexandra , were able to influence international events , particularly in Europe , which continued to be the predominant continent and Britain looked forward to a long period of peaceful influence . |
| 19 | People would not welcome a move from their home and if closure went ahead over a long period of time staff would inevitably leave . |
| 20 | And subsequently after a long period of time , the opinions of our members generally was that we should change the , the procedure . |
| 21 | Superb it is too with a long list of discerning enthusiasts ordering it regularly . |
| 22 | It was certainly on a long lists of shortlists . |
| 23 | But alas , it was destroyed when I was there recently by a long line of caravans along the beach . |