Example sentences of "[adj] a long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or perhaps it had been clear a long time before that . |
| 2 | No other industry has such a long history of coming up with environment-friendly selling points that are profit-friendly too . |
| 3 | Such a long passage without any breathing spaces would be trying for a single player , who would have to fit in an intake of breath where the phrasing breaks . |
| 4 | I was certainly the ideal subject for his little tricks of ringing the door bell and running away , because I dared not ignore the summons in case it might be a client , and also the consulting and operating rooms were such a long way from the front of the house . |
| 5 | And since it was such a long way from goal there was no no advantage in going down was there ? |
| 6 | Other species may not have such a long store of seed in the soil but would soon come back if left uncontrolled for a few years . |
| 7 | One of the frustrations of being in opposition for so long to what is , in effect , a minority Government is having to watch this country go on for such a long time without any energy policy . |
| 8 | Once again , the intensity of contact spread over such a long time in the field makes this form of self-monitoring difficult to maintain , and there was also a general resistance from below to the management 's instruction . |
| 9 | This " touched Booth more deeply than any lavish endowment " but lie was loathe for his officer to deny himself for such a long stretch of time . |
| 10 | Norman must have been desperate to win after such a long absence from the winner 's circle , but that does n't account for his alarming collapse over the closing stretch in Canada . |
| 11 | Even after such a long absence from home , Leopold could not bear to waste any opportunity of showing off his brilliant children , so , instead of going straight back to Salzburg , they took a tortuous route through Dijon , Lyons , Switzerland , Donaueschingen and Augsburg to Munich , where Leopold even contemplated extending the trip to Italy . |
| 12 | But the broad package of interventions and centralization over such a long period of time surely outstrips that carried out by any previous government . |
| 13 | It is not clear why this species has such a long period of amplexus ; it is not an explosive breeder . |
| 14 | Others in the government were opposed to such a long period of withdrawal , favouring instead two to six years . |
| 15 | The absence of a member of staff for such a long period of time has , expectedly , resulted in some ‘ slippage ’ in the area of curriculum development . |
| 16 | No one could believe this had happened to us at Lyneham especially after such a long period of accident-free flying |
| 17 | If we relate this to the changes in the Labrador Sea we see ( Fig. 2 a ) that the only time there has been such a long period with little or no change in salinity , followed by a sudden marked freshening , was the period leading up to the renewal in 1972 . |
| 18 | For certain there will be changes , but it is doubtful if there will ever be such a long line of devoted , generous and hardworking people as those who served the Club so enthusiastically in immensely difficult times , and saved it from certain closure for the likes of ourselves to enjoy . |
| 19 | I beg my reader 's forbearance for beginning my own paper with such a long quotation from another . |
| 20 | For example , the extensive list of qualifications and caveats which Marshall appended to his exposition of the quantity theory of money had threatened to cast such a long shadow over its validity that Marshall appeared to take freight and retarait behind the ceteris paribus stipulation which so typified his approach to economics . |
| 21 | ‘ They 're all a long way below us . ’ |
| 22 | Nor did Egypt , which is after all a long way to the east of Cyrene ( Athens being nearer to Cyrene than is the Nile ) make much impact except in a few points of ritual . |
| 23 | All a long way from a pint of mild and a bag of chips after a night at the City Varieties … |
| 24 | It 's all a long way from those bit-parts and Lynda 's delighted to be making her mark — even if it did mean changing career . |
| 25 | Worse , he told her that naturally he never used the lifts because if one were faulty he could be stuck a long time with no one to free him . |
| 26 | In 1279 the ‘ people of the forest of Somerset , presented to Edward I a long list of abuses , including ‘ scotale ’ . |
| 27 | Many ailments , especially viral ones such as Fish Pox , can make themselves apparent a long time after purchase : in other words , unless you go the whole hog , like the very top Koi-keepers , quarantine is no guarantee that all will be well . |
| 28 | We are talking of them being competitive a long way down the road . ’ |