Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No longer were our proposals for long term projects just reports on pieces of paper ; they were real — and not just for us , but for the children of Vietnam . |
| 2 | Proposals for longer pieces ( to 600 words ) are welcome — please contact . |
| 3 | As for the human rights record of Saudi Arabia , Amnesty reports the detention of political prisoners for long periods without trial — eleven have been incarcerated since 1979 . |
| 4 | As for the human rights record of Saudi Arabia , Amnesty reports the detention of political prisoners for long periods without trial — eleven have been incarcerated since 1979 . |
| 5 | Repeated daily injections of the somatostatin analogue , octreotide ( SMS201–995 , Sandostatin ) are an effective treatment for acromegaly , but lead to gall stone formation in about 50% of cases during long term treatment . |
| 6 | Experiments have shown that the shorter ( 14,769 item ) word list contains insufficient items for practical purposes ( i.e. the correct words were not found in the list ) , so search times for longer lists should be considered more important . |
| 7 | So it remains to be seen whether we may have such a network , or perhaps even assuming that nearly all the cheap oil runs out , whether we might in fact manufacture petrol artificially from wood , coal , or gas , simply to provide the excellent fuel with its wonderful storage characteristics for long distance transport . |
| 8 | Headless Periplaneta and Schistocerca can be trained to flex their legs for long periods in order to avoid an electric shock . |
| 9 | A project is a project , he wrote , and once it is begun it should be carried through to the end , regardless of doubts about meaning , doubts about long runs , or doubts about anything else , unless the body screams for you to stop , of course one can not go on for long against the screaming of the body , but then that merely means one has miscalculated , it merely means one has begun too soon or too late or perhaps that the entire project was a miscalculation . |
| 10 | Fibre-optic cable is pricey but can carry more simultaneous signals for longer distances . |
| 11 | The majority of the indigenous cattle of Scandinavia are naturally polled : it seems that the northern stockmen , who because of the demands of climate needed to house their animals for long periods , appreciated long ago that horns could be awkward at close quarters and it is clear that polled stock were deliberately bred in Scandinavia from early times . |
| 12 | Borrowers generally require guaranteed funds for longer periods of time at the lowest possible cost . |
| 13 | ‘ It is a drug used in medicine since 1935 and its serious side-effects are rare even when it is prescribed at high concentrations for long periods . |
| 14 | We pray for those who are confined to their homes for long periods . |
| 15 | They discovered sweatshops and people working in their homes for long hours trying to erm patch together a very very poor living . |
| 16 | All of the models described so far are targeted on people with most needs and engage these clients for long periods of time , sometimes indefinitely ( substituting for long-term institutional care for the most needy people ) . |
| 17 | This was particularly true for those small communities , small towns , or groups of peasants , who had won their privileges after long struggles against a higher authority . |
| 18 | Dr Freda Newcombe 's work setting up this unit has made all the difference to Mark and other head injured people , who can suffer all sorts of long term effects , including loss of memory and severe personality changes . |
| 19 | in the second half so we can expect to see Collimore racing on to all sorts of long balls now . |
| 20 | However , considerations of long term safety are also important as lifelong maintenance treatment is usually recommended . |
| 21 | One of the major strengths of Long Time Companion is its avoidance of the ‘ Government Health Warning ’ approach to AIDS . |
| 22 | Mr Hoffman or Miss Farrow or both were the subjects of long articles in the American press , of the cover story in Time , and then of another cover story in The Observer 's colour section . |
| 23 | It is generally assumed that both texts on British Library Additional MS 23986 are preserved there as fragments of longer originals , and this is certainly true of the Anglo-Norman ballad first written on the roll . |
| 24 | Germany and France led a protest fearing months of long negotiations could be undone . |
| 25 | ‘ During the months of long training sessions Higueras repeats , ‘ Be aware of what you do best . |
| 26 | The smaller had legs like long sticks , and where one of the eyes should have been there was nothing — smooth skin without even an indentation . |
| 27 | There are analogous risks with long positions ; those with net holdings of stock lose when bond prices fall . |
| 28 | READERS with longer memories will recall that Crystal Palace were dubbed The Team Of The Eighties by some people who should have known better and promptly began the decade with a 0-0 draw against Norwich . |
| 29 | Some animals are preserved better than others ; groups of animals with long life spans leave fewer fossils than those with short lives ; and seasonal migrations may upset the pattern . |
| 30 | Analogies played almost as important a part in the system as affinities did ; animals with long snouts should occupy a place similar to birds with long bills , for example . |