Example sentences of "of a long [noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1911 Churchill , by then Home Secretary , introduced a Shops Act , the subject of a long campaign led by Sir Charles Dilke and female trade unionists , which established a half-day closing each week , thus reducing the very long hours worked by shop assistants but without increasing job opportunities . |
| 2 | A popular choice for use on heavier wooden gates is the tee-hinge , consisting of a long strip attached to the gate and hinged to a cross piece which is screwed to the post . |
| 3 | The Bishop lived in a fine red-brick house at the end of a long drive bordered with lime trees . |
| 4 | Stok 's temporary office was at the end of a long corridor lined with dusty panes of glass that almost permitted you to see beyond them into the honeycomb of bureaucracy . |
| 5 | Brahms 's extraordinary modulations require more precision than was possible at the end of a long programme played without a break . |
| 6 | This consists of a long line tied to one perch , which the bird is sitting on , stretching across the field to another perch , up to 120 feet away . |
| 7 | Most of the fields are still part of a long rotation based on grass , cereals and a conservation ley with Italian red clover . |