Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long service awards for trio of Terriers THREE part-time soldiers with nearly 70 years in uniform between them have been honoured for long service . |
| 2 | Aero-engines are designed for long life , which is adversely affected by harsh throttle movements , rapid heating and rapid cooling . |
| 3 | Disappointing findings have recently been reported from long term follow up studies of school based interventions in North America . |
| 4 | In humid forest ( K conditions ) by contrast , plumage colour does not change seasonally , monogamy is the rule , and colonies are occupied for long breeding seasons with individual pairs breeding in successive relays . |
| 5 | The exhibitions in question , each receiving a challenge grant ranging from $30,000 to $50,000 , are located in Long Beach ( California ) , Atlanta , Houston , Columbus ( Ohio ) , New York , Chicago , Washington D.C. , Los Angeles and Boston . |
| 6 | He has now been transferred from Long Lartin prison to Bullingdon Prison at Bicester . |
| 7 | A number of people have already been sentenced to long prison terms in connection with the robbery . |
| 8 | All had been sentenced to long prison sentences for the " dirty war " against left-wing guerrillas and dissidents , during which an estimated 9,000 people " disappeared " and thousands more were abducted , tortured and murdered . |
| 9 | The human rights organization Amnesty International on Dec. 10 issued a report on Myanma listing some 200 people arrested in the country during the first seven months of 1991 , nearly 40 of whom had been sentenced to long prison terms after " blatantly unfair " trials . |
| 10 | A regional Communist Party leader before the 1989 revolution which overthrew his father , he had been sentenced to long prison sentences for murder ( later overturned ) and other crimes [ see pp. 37725 ; 38306 ] . |
| 11 | These track systems are comprised of long plastic strips with ‘ jaws ’ to hide ragged edges and an adhesive strip to hold the fabric tight . |
| 12 | A small amount of the resultant PCR product may be saved for long term storage . |
| 13 | There are also no bonuses to be had for long service to JS when you are non-management . |
| 14 | Alert 's flying tour of Britain brought home to us that the new GRP planing hulls could be used for long range patrols when required and that they were not just " hot rods " for use in sheltered waters . |
| 15 | A chemical sprout inhibitor should be used for long term storage . |
| 16 | These are techniques that may be used for longer term forecasting , perhaps for periods of two or more years ahead . |
| 17 | This should be reflected in longer reaction times ( RT ) to acoustically similar letters . |
| 18 | It was Field in 1977 who had suggested that the glucose/sugar component of oral rehydration solutions could be replaced by long chain polymers of glucose , ie. starch . |
| 19 | A significant element of remuneration will now be linked to long term performance measured as the growth in the value of the Company 's stock units through the period to 31 December 1996 . |
| 20 | This will be followed by longer term steps . |
| 21 | If arranged along a low wire or rail like a single espalier , they can be trained as long dwarf hedges around borders and vegetable beds . |
| 22 | It is possible that time-gap experiences represent driving at the tactical level which is conducted without controlled processes being involved , the assumption here is the common one that unless a stimulus event receives conscious attention it will not be stored in long term memory ( e.g. Bargh , 1984 ; Broadbent , 1958 ; Moray , 1959 ; Shiffrin & Schneider , 1977 ) . |
| 23 | He described the region as one of the few remaining pristine areas of the world , which must be retained for long term investigation . |
| 24 | Hope that our miners may not be faced with long term unemployment . |
| 25 | One related consequence of mutual support expectations among affiliated companies is to allow operations to be managed within longer term horizons . |
| 26 | Given that the end product is a pension some time in the future , then the majority of assets are viewed as long term . |
| 27 | But when the first baiter led his teams on to an unploughed field he did not have to trouble his head about the width of the stetches : that had been fixed by long usage and probably appeared to him then as unalterable an aspect of the landscape as the roads and the hedges . |
| 28 | Although carcinoid tumours have not been observed during long term omeprazole treatment , the possibility thatlong term pronounced hypergastrinaemia may increase the risk of tumour formation can not be excluded . |
| 29 | Consequently , you will slowly be able to eliminate many ailments that have been caused by long standing patterns of misuse . |
| 30 | A couple of times we were attacked by long range German ‘ planes but fortunately on these occasions , they missed us . |