Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not calling , either , for sporadic barracking or bricks through the Long Room windows . |
| 2 | On 4 August 1914 few expected the war to last long — a matter of weeks , perhaps , or months at the longest . |
| 3 | In South America , too , there were no true dogs or cats during the long period of isolation that we are discussing but , as in Australia , there were marsupial equivalents . |
| 4 | Telling potential sexual partners or partners in a long term relationship will be particularly difficult . |
| 5 | These evolving patterns of uneven development are not simply reflections or outcomes of the long waves in the national economy . |
| 6 | An obvious corollary is that coins with a long circulation life will have been lost in greater proportions than coins with shorter circulation lifetimes . |
| 7 | As the actual cash payout varies according to the firm 's performance rather than changes in the long run payout ratio , the information content of dividends says nothing about the significance of the size of the payout ratio in the valuation of securities . |
| 8 | May the Town Crier remain in the very capable hands of the college students and lecturers for a long time to come . |
| 9 | Because most of the oil was dispersed to below the surface , it would enter the marine food chain ; and because the oil was easily ingested , it could have damaging effects on birds and animals in the long term . |
| 10 | Their majority gave Unionist MPs a virtual veto over policies and appointments in the long run , but their junior position in government prevented any more positive control . |
| 11 | Relaxing after dinner with a cup of any of the new Kenco rich-tasting coffees is a great way of unwinding after the stresses and strains of a long day . |
| 12 | At Key Stage 2 pupils will go on to look at further examples , such as work or leisure , and changes over a longer timespan . |
| 13 | The expenses and toils of a long war are but too just an excuse that the thought of a new library were not part of the public cares . |
| 14 | Arising from this it is held that if we are to have forms of science and technology which will be human-enhancing and liberating , make products that are ecologically desirable , conserve energy and materials in the long term , and help human beings rather than maim them , then we will require forms of science and technology which differ radically from those which predominate at the moment . |
| 15 | Joseph had been the guardian of the women and children throughout the long march , and though he conferred constantly with the other headmen , the whites regarded him as the figurehead of the Nez Perce resistance . |
| 16 | Fur collar hunched round his shoulders , flat hat askew , he was surrounded by a background warm with a sense of movement , an atmosphere thronged with the memories and moments of a long life . |
| 17 | She , and her fellow patients , were then shown to Anstey Ward , which will accommodate 24 elderly men and women on a long term rehabilitation basis . |
| 18 | The internal mechanisms regulating relations between different enterprises and industries during the long post-war boom had less to do with price competition between enterprises and , in countries like the UK , more to do with state policies . |
| 19 | Following the pre-meiotic 5-phase interval , the cells proceed as spermatocytes through a long meiotic prophase and then through the two cell divisions leading to the production of haploid gametes . |
| 20 | In the case of the socially similar Japanese macaques such individuals may live as solitaries for a long time , growing in size and strength . |
| 21 | They ducked under spellbound apple boughs laden with fragile blossom ( like the arms of moonstruck washer women all chilly with the suds , thought Sam ) and emerged into the vegetable garden , running low as lapwings past the long rows of blue metallic lettuces and the cold wrought iron spirals of rigidly trained runner beans . |