Example sentences of "are [verb] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Addition : Suppose you are given a long column of figures to add . |
| 2 | This is so necessary for port facilities and absolutely vital if we are to attract the long term users necessary for the prosperity and long term employment prospects of the port . |
| 3 | They will say that they do n't have the courage to stay emotionally alive , particularly if they are serving a long sentence . |
| 4 | These are excellent if you are considering a long stay of two or three months . |
| 5 | Th th that we er we , we are moving a long way away from this egalitarian position , we 've abandoned that and we 've said right we , we are |
| 6 | ‘ I think that we are getting a long way from the subject , ’ he said . |
| 7 | You would be wise to phone ahead , especially if you are coming a long way , to check opening times because they vary from time to time . |
| 8 | The Magistrates sitting at the new Court buildings in Liskeard , dealing mainly with motoring offences , together with drunkenness and minor public order offences , are continuing a long standing tradition of ‘ grass roots ’ justice . |
| 9 | Unless you are spending a long time somewhere I suggest you simply turn up at a crag and scrounge a look at someone else 's . |
| 10 | This is because such schemes are taking a long time to get off the ground and because employers generally recruit from non-local networks ( see also Ladbury and Mira-Smith in this volume ) . |
| 11 | So I think we are actually obliged , and it 's right that people should be consulted , but there is a point about it that it takes an awful long time and that is actually the reason why we 've got er a whole programme of urban safety management schemes that er are taking a long time to develop , it 's almost two years now , and the main reason for that is toing and froing with different designs with members of the public and the worst thing we could do is actually put in a package of schemes which people say , well that 's not what we wanted anyway . |
| 12 | Those hyacinths in the cauldron are taking a long time to come out are n't they ? |
| 13 | Those hyacinths in the corner are taking a long time to come out , are n't they ? |
| 14 | Well , here we are taking a longer view . |
| 15 | Grumman TBM-3E Avenger N6827C and Tora Tora film Zeke /Harvard IV N15798 have been sold to Tim Wallis/Alpine Fighter Collection in New Zealand , and are making the long journey ‘ down under ’ by sea . |
| 16 | Yes I I I would accept that as a general point yes that that that that that that the greater number of years , the more likely you are to get a long term trend . |