Example sentences of "[vb base] a long and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Set amidst green and fertile hills its skyline is stunning and its landscapes inspire a long and dreamy gaze . |
| 2 | The MA(General) and MA ( General Honours ) degrees continue a long and honourable tradition in Scottish universities of encouraging breadth of study . |
| 3 | He knew that if pressed to give examples Polly could , and would , produce a long and depressing list , complete with times , places and personalities involved . |
| 4 | We wish a long and happy retirement and hope he will continue to pop in on a weekly basis to keep the Pools Syndicate going . |
| 5 | The fragments have a long and complex history since their discovery , dating back to at least the sixteenth century . |
| 6 | Any opening of oneself psychically , particularly at ancient sites which have a long and largely unknown history , can be hazardous , and it is best undertaken with caution and proper attunement . |
| 7 | The plates have a long and illustrious history , being passed from print dealer to dealer and were at various times published by Watelet , Basan and Jean . |
| 8 | Penal reform groups have a long and honourable history and have played an important part in the development of criminal justice policy over the years . |
| 9 | Other listening modes — for instance , those where music is associated with activities of various kinds , the sounds perhaps impinging on muscles , skin , nerves as much as conscious thought processes — have a long and continuous history , however ; and , still , as anthropologists have shown , a living ethnography . |
| 10 | We have a long and honourable tradition of public service and I know that this quality will prevail in the months ahead . ’ |
| 11 | These have a long and complex history of development , but no definitive book has yet been written on them — it is one of the great needs for students of the developing landscape . |
| 12 | After all we have a long and tiring afternoon ahead of us ? ’ |
| 13 | However , we have a long and enduring experience of wider responsibility in the world . |
| 14 | Some , like the eponymous stout , have a long and distinguished heritage . |
| 15 | For as a girl , she herself had been taken through the world , as through a series of doors , by her young husband , each door opening on to fresh joys and colours and perspectives , and she had exclaimed in delight , followed him , learned , and even afterwards , when the final door had shut , she could retrace her steps , spend a longer and longer time in each place , as in a series of gardens , and gratefully . |