Example sentences of "was a long [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly there was a long burst of machine gun fire . |
| 2 | He put up his hands and found it was a long strand of seaweed . |
| 3 | Their income from that capital was a proportionate share of her total net income ( and here there was a long schedule of allowable deductions ) … and so it went on , carefully balancing her interests and theirs . |
| 4 | It argued that there was a long history of use of such powers ; that , with the widening of the sphere of government , the use of delegated legislative powers was necessary for the efficient conduct of business in the modern state ; that the civil service was best placed to provide the expertise which was necessary to make effective use of these powers ; and that the way in which the powers were actually used in practice was such as to refute any claim of a ‘ new despotism ’ . |
| 5 | Where there was a long history of nationalist resistance , notably in Poland , Russification provoked bitter resentment . |
| 6 | In addition to the Erzerum and earlier treaties , there was a long history of tension in the region . |
| 7 | ‘ That was a long couple of minutes , Vincent , and what are you looking so pleased about ? ’ |
| 8 | Facing the front of the Post Office was a long row of seal-makers and scribes squatting in the dust with their customers . |
| 9 | There was a long tradition of regarding trusts as protected by actions in personam ; and it is not likely that jurists were early ( or even late ) prepared to abandon this and make available a real protection in all circumstances . |
| 10 | The most significant developments occurred in Scandinavia where there was a long tradition of limited cooperation , or at least of a belief in a common cultural area which made such cooperation valuable , if not almost inevitable . |
| 11 | Factory girls usually married in their early twenties ; it was unlikely to happen over the age of 25 , and only in textile areas , where there was a long tradition of employment , did women generally prolong their independence , though conditions varied in different industries and areas . |
| 12 | In cotton textile workers ' families , where there was a long tradition of married women 's work , one night a week was usually set aside by husbands and wives as ‘ Mary-Ann night ’ . |
| 13 | In parish churches , however , there was a long period of stagnation , although there were improvements in standards and taste , and until the time of Vatican II there had been few developments in the Liturgy and its music . |
| 14 | As it happened , the chops were beginning to drip , and there was a long line of people waiting behind Phyllis . |
| 15 | If there was a long line of people number of seven for the seven dwarfs and they were all standing there side by side and they had their hands over there face like so and the altogether , at the same time , in unison they parted the hand to reveal the facial expression that is more of a dramatic experience to people looking than just by standing here . |
| 16 | At the door of the Registrar 's office was a long line of people ending at the desk where the Officer 's clerk sat drinking tea and lording it over the supplicants . |
| 17 | To the left there was a long line of cubicles with coloured doors and large numeral on each . |
| 18 | There was a long series of public meetings in 1980 and one of these was set up as a sort of week-end rally to which the anti-nuclear people were invited from all over Ireland , and at a big indoor public meeting during that weekend where you would normally have expected about 400 people to turn up , only about two locals turned up and the rest were all outsiders . |
| 19 | There was a long list of school rules . |
| 20 | There was a long table of scrubbed pine with a tablecloth ( splashed with russet chrysanthemums , the sort of tablecloth you see through the windows of other people 's houses as you walk by at teatime ) folded back to cover crockery set out ready for breakfast , perhaps to keep mice from dirtying the cups . |
| 21 | There was a long moment of silence . |
| 22 | There was a long moment of silence . |
| 23 | It was a long report of the inquest on Melanie Gandell which had appeared in the Daily Telegraph . |
| 24 | I received an answer , but I am afraid that it was a long catalogue of half-measures and good intentions . |
| 25 | There was a long counter of polished reddish-brown wood and , behind it , shelves piled with cardboard box upon cardboard box and many coloured , oddly shaped parcels . |
| 26 | There was a long legacy of poor relationships between managers and clinicians , district and units , which hardly facilitated a corporate approach to the reforms . |
| 27 | It was a long tale of low-cost facelifts , make do and mend , and cover up the cracks in a coat of Network SouthEast red , white and blue paint . |
| 28 | Luke , even though his order of material is basically the same as Mark , tries to give the impression that it was a longer period of time ( see Luke 19:47 ; 20:1 ; 21:38 ; 22:1 , 7 ) . |
| 29 | There was a longer period of comparative calm in the townships of the East Rand during the second half of December than at any time in the previous five months , although during the first half of the month deaths had averaged 20 per day . |