Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] a longer " in BNC.

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1 In October Swinderby appeared and handed in another defence of a longer set of opinions ; on these he was adjudged heretical , but he managed to escape from custody .
2 However , if it were possible to keep careful watch over a longer period , you would discover two interesting things .
3 Monomode cables carry light signals on a longer wavelength , and will give Mercury the chance to carry four times as much data as is possible on multimode , and over a greater distance .
4 The group left with tearful farewells for Plymouth where they 'll be spread amoung different families for a longer stay .
5 Video Plan 7 illustrates a different approach to a longer sequence ( about 15 minutes ) .
6 The very wide shoulders narrowing sharply to a slim hip on a longer jacket was the biggest influence on menswear at the time and he took the world by storm .
7 Variations include larger reservoirs of 1 litre or more and a heavier version with a longer range fitted with a separate pistol grip and a flexible feed tube that can be used to draw directly from a bulk container .
8 Moreover , since the use of thrombolytic agents and aspirin in patients with myocardial infarction improves short and long term survival we would expect to have to give any additional treatment for a longer period to a larger number of patients to show a further reduction in mortality .
9 ( A very similar series over a longer time span can be found in the dataset ECONOMY . )
10 Erm right the open show fifty nine ninety five for the hire of the hall , much the same as last year , it 's keeping pretty well down er , it 's , we paid fifty three eighty last year , but I think because little bit for a longer time this year .
11 Similar strategies have been pursued in most Western European and Australasian democracies for a longer period , notably in the UK , where limits on what parties can spend in local constituencies are remarkably stringent .
12 Light : Needs very good light over a longer period than is used for other water plants Water temperature : 68°–78°F .
13 Vulcanian eruptions sometimes form the first phases of a longer eruption , when the volcano is ‘ clearing its throat ’ for the real business , and as such , there may be no new magmatic material involved , and all the material that is showered up as ash to form the ‘ cauliflower cloud ’ may be merely old , cold , solid lava which was previously blocking up the throat ; if this is the case , the eruptions are sometimes called ultra-vulcanian .
14 The Government 's insistence that the Channel tunnel rail link be privately-financed is being seen as the first stage in a longer term plan to privatise the entire British Rail network .
15 He said the changes were only the first step in a longer plan for the building , a former cinema .
16 A timetable for an orderly sale with a longer period for developing relationships with purchasers than may be necessary in a rushed sale is included in Section 1102.5 .
17 Pre-emptive local anaesthetic field block for inguinal herniorrhaphy resulted in reduced pain scores and a delay in requests for analgesia during the six hours studied by Ejlersen et al , but similar work detected no pre-emptive effect over a longer period .
18 Spruce needles certainly take longer to decay than some other leaves , releasing humic acid over a longer period but at a slower rate , but being a long standing constituent of the northern latitudes coniferous belt , spruce ( Picea ) is quite compatible with lakes well stocked with fish .
19 Changing the law to place NationalPower and Power-Gen under a legal obligation to agree fixed contracts for specified tonnages over a longer period than the current year was hinted at by Michael Heseltine , the President of the Board of Trade , in evidence to the energy select committee last year .
20 As a result , radio advertising is still underdeveloped and , perhaps , inferior in quality to that in the USA and other countries with a longer , stronger tradition .
21 The teacher 's relation with a child is much more intense and long-lasting than for a teacher of a normal child , since they will be together in close contact during a longer period of growth .
22 But let us , for the moment , place these new theories within a longer historical timespan .
23 This temperature may be too low for comfort in a regularly used living room , so try and find a cooler spot for a longer display .
24 Staggered working hours would spread travelling times over a longer period of the day and in many cases allow more efficient use of factories , offices , schools and the equipment therein .
25 I should very much like the opportunity to discuss with the hon. Gentleman and his hon. Friends , and other colleagues from Northern Ireland , how we can introduce a strategy for promoting inward investment over a longer time scale than that hitherto adopted .
26 Light : Requires plenty of bright light over a longer period than is required by most other plants .
27 Light : Requires bright light over a longer period than is required for most aquarium plants .
28 The results are uneven and one wonders what the result would have been if Mr Smith had examined all the companies covered by the original report for a longer period .
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