Example sentences of "a long [noun sg] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | A long struggle by writers to establish first domestic and then international copyright resulted not only in a new concept of literary property but new , or at least amended , social relationships of writers . |
| 2 | In 1954 it was a long journey by rail from Glasgow to Paris , and it must have seemed longer to me . |
| 3 | The wheel was in active service from 1960 , after a long journey by train from Argyll to Dorset . |
| 4 | A boom was now built across the River Foyle which connected it , via Lough Foyle , with the open sea , and the 30,000 citizens began a long ordeal by privation and disease , in which many thousands died , while enemy bombs plunged down upon the town . |
| 5 | After a long campaign by " dry " organizations like the Anti-Saloon League ( founded 1895 ) and after wartime pressures for sobriety and wartime hostility to the brewers , who were mostly of German descent , three-quarters of the states had supported the Amendment . |
| 6 | For until very recently the police made no concession to black street culture , but instead rigidly interpreted and ruthlessly enforced statutory norms of public order , first through the notorious ‘ Sus ’ law ( abolished after a long campaign by black and civil liberties groups ) and then through routine powers of search and arrest . |
| 7 | Bayazid Jacques , Bourequat Midhat René Bourequat and Ali Auguste Bourequat , who disappeared without explanation after their arrest on July 8 , 1973 , had been the focus of a long campaign by human rights groups . |
| 8 | Nick Brown was cleared of drugs charges in Goa , but has only just been allowed home after a long campaign by his mother . |
| 9 | In a long feature by its news editor , it gave all the facts about the neutron bomb and the conclusions to be drawn from them . |
| 10 | After a long deliberation by the jury , Mr Dodd was cleared of wilfully avoiding tax on the considerable sums of money he had hidden , but had to pay large amounts of tax considered owing , as well as legal costs . |
| 11 | A long kick-out by Lukic was mistimed by the England defender and Davis seized on the ball to score from 20 yards without breaking stride . |
| 12 | A long kick-out by Lukic was mistimed by the England defender and Davis seized on the ball to score from 20 yards without breaking stride . |
| 13 | Sub David Cork was brought down by Wes Saunders after Cusack headed down a long punt by Prudhoe , but Cook , taking the responsibility instead of the absent Lee Ellison , blasted his spot kick too close to Gareth Howells and the keeper pushed the ball away . |
| 14 | British primary legislation , on the other hand , seldom contains anything more than a long title by way of a preamble , and does not refer to any preparatory works . |
| 15 | The film is based on a long novel by Pat Conroy which deals with the excavation of the past , a current favourite theme . |
| 16 | A long clearance by keeper Freestone was headed on by West and Cullen set up the chance for PASCOE who , in plenty of space on edge of the area , rifled home a shot . |
| 17 | On the last day of the siege , February 28 , 1972 , 300 police stormed the hotel held by five Red Army guerrillas , including Sakaguchi and Bando , after a long barrage by water cannon and teargas . |
| 18 | A minute later a long ball by Hendry was flicked on by Shearer and Wegerle beat Dublin to stab the ball past James . |
| 19 | A long ball by Greyson , Chettle is underneath it . |
| 20 | In the Owain Glyndwr uprising , the castle withstood a long siege by the Welsh . |
| 21 | If the information increases the demand for long positions in the asset by some traders , and decreases the demand for a long position by others , the adjustment path will depend on the sequence in which optimists and pessimists receive the information . |
| 22 | British case at least , the problem of national or ethnic difference was masked for a long period by development occurring in the peripheries at the same rate and in similar ways to development in industrial England . |
| 23 | At each barge they ran down boarding planks for us , sat us on a long bench by the wheel and set about producing tea . |
| 24 | This is especially valuable where a job has been done for a long time by the same person . |
| 25 | The view that aggression is an integral part of human nature has been strongly argued for a long time by exceptionally articulate and persuasive individuals . |
| 26 | She sat a long time by herself , looking at the forsythia . |
| 27 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |
| 28 | The activity was sustained for quite a long time by pupils who , according to their label , have difficulty sustaining anything . |
| 29 | Held back for a long time by wild hitting , she has accepted in the last 12 months that there are occasions when she must suppress the urge to attack everything flat out . |
| 30 | A long time by any standards . |