Example sentences of "[art] much long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Only a small part of this difference between the two planets is due to the much longer night on Venus : the main reason is unknown .
2 These ambiguities were not merely the result of unfortunate political alliances but of the much longer history of middle-class women 's involvement in the field of social regulation .
3 The much longer route along the river , which we chose to follow , has neither a railway nor any proper roads .
4 It was timeless : other contests set a date and trust to luck that nature will co-operate — the Triple Crown was already distinct in having a much longer window of opportunity than fixtures elsewhere on the Tour .
5 In fact , according to the physics of 1864 , he was correct : it was only the discovery of then unknown sources of nuclear energy which allowed physicists to suppose a much longer life-span for the sun and consequently the earth .
6 These new strains have been bred to combine the varied colours , forms and scents of old roses with a much longer season of flowers .
7 It may turn out to be one or two meetings only or a much longer period of time .
8 The net effect of these changes is , of course , that women are relatively free of child-rearing for a much longer period of their active lives and are , therefore , more likely to seek paid employment .
9 This of course was not the main part of the work , but a pilot study used to test and refine some hypotheses about the wider sociolinguistic situation , which was then investigated more fully over a much longer period of time .
10 But you know we have to look beyond the first year or two , we have to look at what 's going to happen to that school over a much longer period of time , and quite frankly erm I would feel safer with erm what was called the big brother of the Local Authority .
11 The idea of entitlement probably represents an attempt , during a much longer debate about the need for a ‘ national ’ curriculum , to bring into focus the child 's individual needs and rights : it is needed to counterbalance any propensity towards the state 's collective needs — totalitarianism if you will — which a move towards a nationally prescribed curriculum might bring with it .
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