Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is simpler to make the note " Jones p. 253 " than to write down a long dissertation which is already in print . |
| 2 | There are two broad categories : ( 1 ) where the object is to generate more work by some system of cross-referral in particular fields , though such arrangements are difficult to sustain over a long period if member firms wish to retain their independence and separate profitability . |
| 3 | The rod , in order to pick up a long length of sunken line , should be a minimum of 11ft long , and a maximum of 12ft or it becomes unwieldy . |
| 4 | His experiments on the nature of lightning were truly pioneering , starting at Marly in France where a dragoon was persuaded to pick up a long brass wire inside a glass bottle which acted as an insulator . |
| 5 | It has been placed in receivership after failing to ride out a long economic recession which has hit the building industry very hard . |
| 6 | You 've got to start back a long way before you get to the final decisions on costs and budgets . |
| 7 | Using artificial light to break up a long night into two short ones promotes the flowering of long-day plants and hinders the flowering of short-day ones . |
| 8 | If this explained Mason 's reluctance to pressure Biggs in the middle rounds , thereby allowing the American to pepper him with jabs , it can not obscure the possibility that the British heavyweight will always experience difficulty if required to take on a long contest . |
| 9 | A teacher is needed to take over a long standing recreational class at in September . |
| 10 | The experimental method is basically to lay out a long row of test-tubes each containing a solution of RNA-replicase , and also of raw materials , small molecules that can be used for RNA synthesis . |
| 11 | Another modification of the model assumes that uniform extension occurs but takes account of the fact that stretching of the lithosphere is likely to occur over a long period of time , probably several million years . |