Example sentences of "[prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elsewhere , you could try for the Long Range Weather Forecasting Agency ( bring your own piece of seaweed ) or the World Bank in Washington , but the growth industries of tax-free living must be in Europe . |
| 2 | Soviet capabilities for the long range projection of power in the Third World were comparatively ineffectual . |
| 3 | They are responsible for the long range planning activities of the firm and they will set the overall goals . |
| 4 | If it had n't been for the long hair and the high heels , we 'd have thought we had a squaddie on our hands . |
| 5 | By 0930 they were all in their coaches for the long journey back to Brighton , for that evening they all became civilians again and had to be ready for their ordinary jobs on Monday . |
| 6 | Belle 's sister Lil went with her as a companion for the long journey . |
| 7 | Putting on weight as fat deposits — food and fuel for the long journey ahead — their entire bodies become covered with mucus in preparation for the miles of slithering travel . |
| 8 | For the long journey to the Pole , they needed a lot of food , and they could n't carry it all with them . |
| 9 | Where possible the ore , as has been mentioned , was hand dressed in preparation for the long journey to Keswick . |
| 10 | It was Tuesday morning , when year ten pupils boarded the coach , ready for the long journey which lay ahead of them . |
| 11 | There are references to such ‘ gonnes ’ in accounts of the siege of Berwick as early as 1333 , while it is likely that some form of artillery was brought across the sea by the English for the long siege of Calais of 1346–7 . |
| 12 | There are peel-off labels for the long holiday dates , something with which you can amuse yourself on the next bank holiday . |
| 13 | Their existence is thus the reason for the long memory and slow approach to self-preservation mentioned in Section 21.1 . |
| 14 | — FIT-AGAIN striker Andrew Fletcher is set to be recalled to Scarborough 's side for the long trip to Maidstone on Saturday . |
| 15 | Pont Royal is conveniently accessible for the long weekend away : the flight time from Heathrow to Marseilles is less than two hours , with the resort only half an hour from the airport . |
| 16 | Early departure for the long run south to Datcha . |
| 17 | The challenge , a 5km run , a 30km cycle ride and then back on 2 legs for the long run home . |
| 18 | If you tend to be inaccurate off the tee , remember that a tailwind usually reduces the effects of side spin on the ball so here 's your opportunity for the long drive . |
| 19 | THE FOLLOWING day is Saturday , and the Inspirals rise at some unearthly hour for the long drive to San Francisco . |
| 20 | Ben , whistling happily , serviced his car in preparation for the long drive North . |
| 21 | If she took a couple now , she 'd feel better for the long drive home . |
| 22 | No cliff-hanger ending for the long saga of the Guinness fraud trials . |
| 23 | For the long vacation we told institutions that they could anticipate up to 10 per cent . |
| 24 | We saw our chance , and hastily we packed up and prepared for the long trek back the way we had come , to the Youth Hostel . |
| 25 | Phone as much as possible , especially for the long distance calls , during the cheaper telephone period after 1 pm . |
| 26 | Of course , some sort of pattern can be teased out of the most disordered subject though it may take half a dozen attempts before a pictorial structure emerges ; such an unhurried approach is not always possible for the long distance traveller . |
| 27 | A variety of reasons were proffered for the long delay in setting the seal on a deal but drummer Gary Murdoch maintains that ‘ we 've had a string of managers who did n't really know their job ’ . |
| 28 | This afternoon , the trial was halted when the Judge , Mr. Justice Auld , called in the jury after several hours of legal argument and told them , ’ I apologise for the long delay . |
| 29 | His youngest daughter was almost ready for burial , her body emptied , dried out , repacked , decked out for the long night , bandaged in the finest linen with the scarab placed over her heart , and laid in her case of painted cedarwood . |
| 30 | But here 's Rozario Gemmell Black Pearce is up in support but he goes for the long ball in and Hill met it first . |