Example sentences of "[noun sg] with a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A WHITE daffodil with a long cup , which is still awaiting a name and which was raised by Mr Clive Postle , has won the prize for best bloom at this week 's Westminster Flower Show of the Royal Horticultural Society . |
| 2 | Angling was controlled by a private club with a long waiting list . |
| 3 | When bonds came on the market after this time they were sold quietly by the Bondholders Committee to members of the Club with a long term , proven interest in its affairs , who had either enquired about bonds or were offered them being regarded as suitable individuals . |
| 4 | We had a group photograph with a long time-exposure and a friend of mine , a dear friend , ran from one end of the back line to the other and had his picture twice on the same photograph . |
| 5 | The objections to the use of the term case management has resulted in the abandonment of a term with a long history of service use , evaluation and exploration , and the substitution of one with few if any empirical referents at all . |
| 6 | A fabric with a long pile , often made of wool or synthetic yarns in the pile and with a cotton ground . |
| 7 | Just when the hero really needs the girl 's help , she stands revealed as a killer with a long history of leading enslaved men to destruction , a siren wrapped in furs and degeneracy , venom in her veins , murder in her mind … |
| 8 | Skelton is a village with a long history and an attractive character in the area of the church . |
| 9 | This comes in a pressurised can with a long nozzle , so the foam can be injected deep into the hole , where it expands to totally seal the gap . |
| 10 | Apparently it is not intended to decide that a bowler with a long run pays more than a dashing opening batsman , but rather to ensure that a highly-paid Test cricketer does not necessarily pay the same amount as a young uncapped player . |
| 11 | Hold it in place with a longer spirit level ( if you have one ) to check it for horizontal . |
| 12 | Despite taking the lead with a long range volley from Nick Pickering , Huddersfield scored three times to take the points back to Yorkshire . |
| 13 | It is a starting point with a long term view of significantly reducing emissions that could be harmful to the environment . |
| 14 | relevant partners , these are existing partners which includes county council and government departments to prepare a report detailing us what assistance can be given to the er , er redevelopment of the site with a long term opportun employment opportunities . |
| 15 | But if you do go , I would ask you not to spoil Uncle Willi 's evening with a long face . |
| 16 | In general , the mountain areas of the Auvergne experience a much colder winter climate with a long period of Permanent snow . |
| 17 | This provides precisely what is missing from the English scene : a body with a long term and wide-ranging view of the land situation complete with powers to act positively in order to solve land availability problems . |
| 18 | Increased manning of the slaughter line increased the labour cost but also resulted in a higher quality product with a longer shelf life . |
| 19 | This letter was only the beginning of a case with a long history , and by piecing together a number of disjointed fragments of information we can obtain an unusually clear picture of the sequence of events and of Anselm 's reactions to them . |
| 20 | BL Additional MS 10289 , which contains a copy of Jouglet , is more interesting in that it shows distinct traces of particularly Norman interest , beginning for instance with a long Roman du Mont St Michel , St Michael 's Mount being situated on the coast of Normandy . |
| 21 | Level with a long board resting on the strips |
| 22 | Actually , the experiment is not perfect because , strictly speaking , Andersson only showed that the number of nests on a male 's territory was related to tail length ; the eggs could have been fertilized by another male , and the female then attracted to the territory of a male with a longer tail . |
| 23 | The place in which he found himself was a tall grimy building with a long passageway and the whole place reeked of cheap perfume . |
| 24 | It is a brick building with a long nave which has simple , rectangular plan piers , without capitals , supporting a pointed arched arcade . |
| 25 | After years of immersing myself in a new culture , I went to my local GP with a long letter explaining my wish to see a psychiatrist . |
| 26 | Palenickova Cesta ( Palenickova Route ) , 300m ( E2 5b ) , a good mountain route with a long approach and descent . |
| 27 | ( c ) On a computer with a long word-length , it is wasteful to store small fixed-point binary numbers one to a word . |
| 28 | The boat was ready to leave now and two members of its small crew began casting off , one of them pushing the boat away from the quayside with a long boat-hook . |
| 29 | Most children would rather learn about Julius Caesar who was a real person with a long nose , killed by his own friends because he had become a dictator , than study the rise of Meroe or Axum which have little interest to an eleven-year-old . |
| 30 | Use the remaining marzipan to model a head with a long neck . |