Example sentences of "[conj] a long and " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is unsatisfactory that a long and established line of authority should be treated as overruled sub silentio . |
| 2 | So to sum up , if we want to help ourselves towards a healthy heart and a long and happy life we need to eat a low fat diet , take regular exercise and stop smoking . |
| 3 | It has received international recognition and a long and impressive list of visitors — including the Prime Minister — have lauded its achievements . |
| 4 | Presently Dada would go to the yard for his evening duties : a light inspection of the yearlings and a long and absorbing confabulation on their prospects with Fagan . |
| 5 | France had immense influence in Brussels and a long and happy record of setting the EEC 's agenda according to French needs . |
| 6 | The publishing process is not a single act , as is word processing , but a long and complex undertaking . |
| 7 | After a long and bitter divorce , 34-year-old Wendy Almon was looking forward to starting a new life . |
| 8 | ‘ A band to welcome us back and I should think so too … after a long and tiring march in pouring rain . |
| 9 | The structure of the skull , jaws , and gills of vertebrates has been interpreted , after a long and sophisticated study , as a filter-feeding device modified to take larger prey , fused to a bony box protecting the brain . |
| 10 | ‘ After a long and painful recession business needs to readdress the strategic issues to secure sustainable growth in the 90s , ’ said Harold Eatock , director of the CBI south-eastern region . |
| 11 | After a long and difficult series of negotiations Nicholas managed to save the greater part of the estate of his brother , who at one time seemed likely to be ruined . |
| 12 | The two armies met near the village of Osterwald , where , after a long and close fought battle the Orcs were driven from the field . |
| 13 | After a long and hard fought battle the two sides retreated leaving many dead on the field but no clear victor . |
| 14 | After a long and painful illness , the Reverend Hans Ott died in Berne , Switzerland , on 21 July . |
| 15 | Pompidou died in April 1974 : his death , after a long and painful illness , had been expected by politicians , but surprised a general public unprepared by ORTF news bulletins . |
| 16 | ‘ Child , ’ said Cadfael , after a long and thoughtful silence , ‘ do not deceive yourself that even that would still every tongue . |
| 17 | The neatness comes afterwards ; it gets imposed when a long and laborious and very untidy process is shortcircuited by the observation ( which Dostoevsky himself may never have made ) of a direct link between Stavrogin and the underground man . |