Example sentences of "be [adj] [to-vb] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has come to tell them about the opportunities which await them if they are prepared to make the long journey to Oregon . |
| 2 | Like Lanfranc he had welcomed royal co-operation , and had been prepared to wait a long time for it . |
| 3 | It expressed the view that opportunities should be provided for suitably qualified students to obtain a degree , although it was acknowledged that many would not be prepared to take the longer course this entailed and some would not be considered suitable for admission to degree studies . |
| 4 | One particular family in Cotherstone must be able to claim the longest aggregate of service to the Fields , amounting to some hundreds of years . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ You might be wise to take a long weekend vacation — starting from before she arrives , ’ he advised . |
| 7 | The cots were disposed to form a long seat along one side of the coach , the remaining floor space being clear . |
| 8 | You were supposed to do a long build-up . |
| 9 | They were happy to wait a long time for their meals because they could look at her . |
| 10 | At our next meeting we were able to have a long chat , I found very frank and easy to talk to and felt very much that a two way supportive relationship developed quite quickly , as opposed to supporter-supportee ( does this word exist ? ) . is now 14 months old and we have contrived to get together on a regular basis . |
| 11 | Even so , it is possible to get a long way with well-designed experiments . |
| 12 | At the beginning of the chapter I list four commonly cited functions ; it is possible to construct a longer list : Lee ( 1958 ) , for example , proposes ten . |
| 13 | Excuse the paper … it 's easier to write a longer letter on foolscap paper ! |
| 14 | So for a little over £100 it is easy to spend a long weekend in Paris in the spring , summer or whenever . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Learning about the cultural , marketing and distribution characteristics of such a diverse market as the EC is likely to involve considerable use of the resources and effort of companies , consequently this process is likely to take a long time . |
| 17 | The report concludes that London is likely to experience a longer hangover from the late 1980s boom than the rest of the country ; economists ' forecasts that new jobs in the capital during the 1990s will only grow by 48,000 ( 4.9% ) means that there will still be a lot of space available , and office tenants should be the beneficiaries . |
| 18 | With new exams approaching , it is timely to take a longer view of what the pass standard entails and of how students might be helped to attain it . |
| 19 | When thinking about the future of the European Community , it is essential to take a long term view . |
| 20 | It is difficult to assess the long term benefit of such a campaign as individual cases now coming to light clearly heard some of the publicity which was beneficial to them at the time but did not result in them making a call at that particular time . |
| 21 | Apart from the track itself the forest had been partially felled for about twenty feet on either side so that except where the road wound sharply it was possible to see a long way ahead . |
| 22 | But perhaps he had been to a Harley Street specialist — it was easier to imagine the long holiday being recommended behind thick net curtains in one of those tall houses with several brass plates on the door . |
| 23 | He was prepared to wait a long time to gain the king 's good will , and meanwhile to support the king in his enterprises . |
| 24 | In early 1978 the Firefly was prepared to make the long road journey to its new home in Cambridgeshire . |
| 25 | Her mother handed her a glass of white wine , so generously filled that Kate was obliged to take a long sip before it was safe to put it down on the small table by the side of the chair . |
| 26 | She was unsurprised to find a long silk bathrobe neither masculine nor feminine hanging on the back of the door . |
| 27 | Thus a miner who slipped from the worn and greasy rungs was liable to fall a long way and a dropped tool could clatter its way down to cause death or injury to some fellow below . |