Example sentences of "a long queue of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not thinking primarily of the well-established learned journals , which have high editorial standards and a long queue of articles waiting to appear . |
| 2 | Mayor Houde made his business headquarters at the Mount Royal , and when I enquired the reason for a long queue of nondescript citizens waiting before a desk on the mezzanine floor , I was told that it was ‘ pay-off ’ day for contributors to the mayor 's ‘ charity fund ’ for their ‘ protection ’ . |
| 3 | The result is that shops use a work-in-process inventory to buffer themselves against problems and uncertainties , a situation where each station has a long queue of semifinished elements . |
| 4 | So with all this in mind , as I sat in a long queue of airmen for the preliminary examination , I was thankful . |
| 5 | A long queue of customers greeted the shop 's opening on 4 May 1970 . |
| 6 | A long queue of foot passengers waited to get on the overnight boat from Southampton , but the sailors helped the pretty young woman , travelling alone with her daughter , to the front , and up the swaying gangway . |
| 7 | In front of him stretched a long queue of women each clutching a copy of As the Crow Flies . |
| 8 | If they succeed in finding a cure not only will the spines be restored to the hedgehogs but there will almost certainly a long queue of humans eager to try it out . |