Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The organization 's market share had been relatively stable for a long time and even growing in concert with the growth in world economies . |
| 2 | Of course , some sort of pattern can be teased out of the most disordered subject though it may take half a dozen attempts before a pictorial structure emerges ; such an unhurried approach is not always possible for the long distance traveller . |
| 3 | It would not have been possible for the long progression towards the perfect physical being , to have ever occurred at all , if it were encumbered by the constraints of compassion , an emotion which , by the very nature of evolution was completely non-existent before the dawn of civilisation . |
| 4 | Nan had been so supportive during the long war waged with Brian . |
| 5 | Sorry for the long letter , but I 've been itching to write this for a long time . |
| 6 | You 've been asleep for a long time . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But I tried being polite for a long time , Aunt Ruth , and it got me nowhere . |
| 8 | Grown in impoverished conditions , the plant becomes stunted but remains alive for a long time while many small shoots develop to give the appearance of an irregularly worn shaving-brush . |
| 9 | A government committed to the disciplines of the market had had a salutary lesson : the market did not care a damn for the long term , or strategic thinking into the middle of the next century , or , quite possibly , sustainable development . |
| 10 | The EVA wedge at the heel gives good shock absorption , but I wish it travelled the whole length of the boot as I find the balls of my feet get sore after a long day on the hill . |
| 11 | We 're all called to understand ourselves , and to do this it 's necessary that we should understand one another , and this is only possible after a long while of living together . |
| 12 | JULIE-ANN , 18 , needs someone to keep her sane during the long winter months . |
| 13 | It has been clear for a long time that where land adjoining the highway is unintentionally entered , i.e. as a result of a car accident , that the plaintiff must prove negligence ( River Wear Commissioners v Adamson ( 1877 ) 2 App Cas 743 ) . |
| 14 | We have made it clear for a long period that we believe that devolution or independence would damage very severely the degree of inward investment into Scotland and the degree of self-generating investment within Scotland as well . |
| 15 | At the very least , the discipline of being involved in some form of training will help counteract the feeling of lethargy that creeps over many people who have been unemployed for a long while — a characteristic which is very counterproductive in an interview . |
| 16 | To summarize : if you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long period : |
| 17 | THERE is nothing more soul-destroying than being unemployed for a long period , as no doubt some SRN readers can readily confirm , writes EDDIE BELLASS . |
| 18 | THERE is nothing more soul-destroying than being unemployed for a long period , as no doubt some SRN readers can readily confirm . |
| 19 | If you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long time you have two additional problems to overcome . |
| 20 | It maybe faithful for a long time , perhaps you build up that trust , and it 's only once you 've got beyond that , that you can then begin to actually influence er , negotiate with them . |
| 21 | He suggested using watertight ox bladders as containers ; in them , tied to the saddle , plants could be kept fresh for a long time . |
| 22 | The rate of unemployment in Glasgow has been very high for a long time , and I accept that that is unfortunate . |
| 23 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |
| 24 | There was no question of demolition taking place and the site standing derelict for a long time , he said . |
| 25 | Specks of the blood spattered his face , then the Frenchman was falling away and his dying weight ripped his body clear of the long steel blade . |
| 26 | Britta shook her hair free of the long fingers and their slow stroking . |
| 27 | Would it be more sensible in the long run to buy a second-hand television rather than to keep renting one ? |
| 28 | He said that he had enjoyed working on his own behalf , but felt that staying out of the profession would not be sensible in the long run . |
| 29 | Regulation which might be more costly in the short term than the actual abuses it seeks to regulate , may be justifiable in the long run . |
| 30 | Do n't try to remove anything before it is ready as it will only go wrong in the long run , making all your work so far a complete waste of effort . |