Example sentences of "[noun] on a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Isle of Wight cable does without because it transmits monomode signals on a long wavelength ( 1300 nm ) . |
| 2 | One way to reduce mobility is to offer promises of long-term employment , with the prospect of wage increases rising by promotion steps on a long ladder of continuous employment . |
| 3 | The opulent comfort of a limousine on a long motorway journey … |
| 4 | So , short of sending the recording tape on a long detour through the corridors of the Palace of Westminster before it goes on the air , the parliamentary censors will have to work faster than they think . |
| 5 | Some houses at the bottom of Killicomaine Road still pay ground rent on a long lease to the church , through the Trust Steward . |
| 6 | Graham had been working on his yacht , the Sea Eagle , during a break on a long sailing trip , when he suffered an electric shock . |
| 7 | The so-called Executioner 's Axe was really a woodman 's axe on a long handle . |
| 8 | CHARLES and Diana 's separation sets the seal on a long line of Windsor marital disasters . |
| 9 | The A.87 now crosses the loch on a long causeway with a warning of high winds , but even in calm weather the former road continuing up the valley to round the head of the loch , at the cost of two extra miles , is to be preferred . |
| 10 | From Calais Gaunt took his force on a long march southwards , pillaging some of the richest country in France . |
| 11 | I was not prepared to travel 140 miles to and from work each day , nor to live away from home on a long term basis , so I inquired about part time training . |
| 12 | A lot can be learned about a place on a long Sunday morning run . |
| 13 | At the end of the test I have to say that I would have been reasonably happy to work with any of the monitors on a long term basis . |
| 14 | With a microphone on a long lead plugged in , the on-board mike is automatically disconnected and the sound can then be picked up at much closer range . |
| 15 | I avoided the mob on the path by descending 200 feet sledging on my rucksack on a long snow bank . |
| 16 | Late in January , 1982 , as the season was ending and the weather deteriorating , a member of the American team accompanied a visiting geologist on a long snowmobile traverse to examine the regional configuration of the ice sheet . |
| 17 | Katharine and Benji had produced some nice work together and at this point Jennie told them to have a rest on a long rein for a few minutes . |
| 18 | It seemed as bright as day out on the newly-laid forecourt and it was as if she 'd been caught by the lights , trapped and dazed like a rabbit on a long country road . |
| 19 | Dynamite on a long fuse Myles Palmer talks to singer , Brenda Lee , returning to Scotland on tour , and celebrating 33 years in the music business ‘ I know what entertainers have gone through to get to that point on the stage , to put the performance on for you . |
| 20 | And the policeman wanted to check his facts before deciding to take a chance on a long shot . |
| 21 | Casabona then took the teenager on a long car drive . |
| 22 | The Man Catcher is an iron collar on a long pole . |
| 23 | It is worth noting that although the profit on a long share can be infinitely large , this is not so in the case of a ‘ short ’ investment . |
| 24 | Miss Jarman asked , taking up an ivory hand on a long stick and scratching under her wig , starting a snowstorm of powder . |
| 25 | General Mao-Tse-Tung was leading an army of 100,000 peasants on a long march south through Sianfu . |
| 26 | The house must be offered for sale on a long lease — which means 125 years — with its immediate gardens and shrubberies : the area , roughly speaking , within the ha-ha , together with the drive . |
| 27 | It was then that she read Angela Kunze 's manifesto , written in blue on a long ribbon of paper above her head where she rests against the wall : ‘ I am fasting to cleanse myself of fear and hopelessness , hate and violence , impatience and the lust for novelty . |
| 28 | Air travellers on a long flight provide another example of ‘ captive respondents ’ . |
| 29 | George nodded , picked up a net on a long pole , and went into the enclosure . |
| 30 | Erm the reason for this is that Luton er is not an attractive proposition on a long term basis but it anti er and that , that is largely for an environmental point of view of the fact that it will also not provide an awful lot of additional capacity but it is a highly economic airport from the point of view of the number of er the cost required to expand it er further er passenger and facilities they already have designs for the extension of the facilities in that airport and I am concerned that er delays in the planning process for terminal three er or for any other alternatives in the South East or for making alternative arrangements elsewhere in the country . |