Example sentences of "long [noun] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was Britain — the country with which Iran had the longest association and with which many Iranians had an almost neurotic relationship . |
| 2 | You might see brightly coloured clothes or long hair but at least you do n't see the same shoes , the same jeans or the same jackets by the same designer . |
| 3 | And Bella sank back on her pillows , exhausted by pain , by her long story and by the growing suspicion , nagging away obsessively in her head , that , once they had her in here , they would see that her condition was worsening and they would never , ever let her go home again . |
| 4 | Technology is changing our world so much that small groups of people through computers and elsewhere are able to determine vast patterns of human behaviour and so it 's gon na be a long struggle but through our struggle in Africa and your struggle here where we all want democracy but democracy 's only a process what we have to contend with is also power because ultimately it 's only when you 're able to exercise that power that you can deliver for the majority of the people . |
| 5 | I reckon they 'll come with 9 or 10 behind the ball at all times and hope to catch Leeds out with a long punt or from a set piece . |
| 6 | This could occur where a mistake is made by a junior doctor who has been required to work long hours because of his contract of employment and made the mistake through exhaustion . |
| 7 | The day can be one long confrontation and by the evening both parent and child feel distressed and disturbed by the battles and arguments that have taken place . |
| 8 | We tested this by measuring museum skins to compare tail dimorphism ( male:female tail length , standardized to body length ) in pairs of closely related , long-tailed species , which differed in the shape of their long tails but in few other potentially confounding variables . |
| 9 | The whole incident made the short cut longer than the long cut but in time we reached the approach to the camp , much to the relief of Hassan who seemed to have less and less faith in the Second Son 's navigation . |
| 10 | Lower than a thousand units er there 's no immediate affect and one 's tempted to think that erm the er er it 's , that radiation 's therefore safe below that level and that 's not strictly true because there is the possibility of a long term affect it can actually cause cancer in the long term but with very low er ra- er levels of risk cos you can see down at the levels where people actually get radiation doses er like erm members of the public or erm from the actual background of people who work in nuclear power stations , you 're talking about very low levels but the levels , those sort of levels I mean one in three hundred thousand , one in three million , that sort of thing you ca n't actually measure in real er populations because there er any effects that there are can be swamped by other ways of getting er of getting cancer . |
| 11 | Tricon defines short term as being implemented this summer , medium term as within six months and long term as within one year . |
| 12 | It will also look at what the implications of this are for UK competitiveness long term and for UK involvement in European based defence technology initiatives . |
| 13 | He is entirely right about the British contribution to Europe , both in the long term and in the past few years when much of the present shape of the Community has arisen from initiatives by this country . |
| 14 | As mortgages tend to be for a long term and in view of the fact that 75% of the amount originally borrowed is still outstanding it is reasonable to classify this as a long-term liability . |
| 15 | The afternoons he spent out on long walks or in South London attending classes on meditation . |
| 16 | He dealt with it either by going off on long trips or by challenging it and then an argument might erupt , ’ Jane explained . |
| 17 | Despite all the sound and fury , the balls either fell short or were so feeble at long range as to strike only dust from the town walling . |
| 18 | At twenty he had not quite grown out of the gangling stage either in the control of his long limbs or in the expression of his most deeply felt thoughts and emotions . |
| 19 | That was not unusual on the Monday after a tournament , so I decided to drive to his house in Clapham in the hope that I might intercept him either on the way in from a long lunch or on the way out for a pre-prandial drink . |
| 20 | Perhaps a erm perhaps a lesser impact than on the economy of Great Britain in the long run as to , as to whether those resources are developed effectively . |
| 21 | We are rather at the point of arguing that the state , and in particular its bureaucracy , may be free from subordination and manipulation by the ruling class in order to preserve its interests in the long run and as a whole . |
| 22 | Greater attention will be given to the nature of the long- run solution of the models , and the degree to which inter-model differences in the long run and in dynamic adjustment can be explained by empirical differences in economic approach . |
| 23 | They have waited in an unattractive waiting room for long periods and by the time they reach a counter are at breaking-point . |
| 24 | Seven days treatment with a cumulative dose of dexamethasone equivalent to 0.75 g prednisolone has been followed by osteonecrosis with the appearance of symptoms two years later , whereas most patients receiving steroids , do so for long periods and in higher doses without developing articular symptoms . |
| 25 | All Israeli newspapers , which produce weekend editions on a Friday , yesterday carried long articles and in some cases special supplements marking the start of the uprising 's third year . |
| 26 | AFTER a year long lay-off because of injury , sprinter Ruth Girvin is back in action — and back among the medals . |
| 27 | ‘ We are disappointed that after an encouraging run up to Christmas we have slipped back , due in no small measure to the month long lay-off because of the wintry weather . |
| 28 | Where production extends over a long period as in construction industries and shipbuilding , measurement of work in progress has to be achieved by other means . |
| 29 | The study contributes towards a comprehensive view of the working of the labour market over a long period and of the sources of shocks disturbing the economy . |
| 30 | However this is a long job and at the end of the day I just gave it up and decided not to travel . |