Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The winning of " possession " in 1985 after a long struggle in the courts will prove to have been a shallow victory if the protection attaches [ sic ] to this status is to be further undermined , leaving absolute control once again in the hands of the " greater possessors " , the owners . |
| 2 | The bridge across the gjøgv seemed very slender and a long way above the sea surging below , but we made our way safely across and walked out to the end of the hølmur to where we could overlook the gannet colony . |
| 3 | Delayed increases in rotation rate have not previously been observed in glitches in any pulsar , on either a short or a long timescale . |
| 4 | ‘ Put into the language of today , the general principle being there stated is simply that , unless the contrary is expressly enacted or so plainly implied that the courts must give effect to it , United Kingdom legislation is applicable only to British subjects or to foreigners who by coming to the United Kingdom , whether for a short or a long time , have made themselves subject to British jurisdiction . |
| 5 | This fuller appreciation may result from a short or a long article , even occasionally some unexpected insight or well-phrased judgement ; but it will not come from a brief comment off the cuff , an item of gossip , or a mere listing . |
| 6 | British primary legislation , on the other hand , seldom contains anything more than a long title by way of a preamble , and does not refer to any preparatory works . |
| 7 | This is more important than a long nose , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 8 | You remember the American astronauts , how they went to the moon and came back totally changed by looking at the earth and seeing it like just any old planet all small and a long way away ? |
| 9 | Erm the being nineteen fifty er preserving , this is a quote , preserving a rich peasant economy is of course not a temporary but a long term policy . |
| 10 | It was small , or perhaps it was very big but a long way off . |
| 11 | With that kind of price tag , it is not surprising that a long string of American entrepreneurs — including even Thomas Jefferson — have tried to find a way to cultivate various Morchella species . |
| 12 | Where there is a large demand for labour ( or land ) on one side , a population ignorant of conditions in the receiving country on the other and a long distance between , the agent or contractor will flourish . |
| 13 | The Centre for Human Ecology , with its origins in the late C.H. Waddington 's ‘ School of the Man-Made Future ’ of the 1960s and a long history of promoting environmental awareness within the University , today finds itself at the hub of current ideology . |
| 14 | Some of those classified as short-term unemployed may be intermittently unemployed and this may be just as demoralising as a long spell off work . |
| 15 | Richard Jones is back in the reckoning at last after a long injury lay off . |