Example sentences of "of long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Tibetan freedom and for thousands of years of long life for His Holiness the Dalai Lama — and because the Chinese should leave Tibet . |
| 2 | Radio signalling made more than a debut , helping toward the achievement of one of the decade 's miracles , not only the survival but with greater expectation of long life of much of the Highland lines and many more . |
| 3 | The off-licence was empty except for two drop-outs buying canned beer : the proprietor contrived to address Scarlet and Constance without once taking his eyes off his other customers , not even as he wrapped a bottle of Smirnoff and extracted six cans of Long Life from under the glass counter . |
| 4 | The Conductor , in his grey suit with gold bars of long service on his left sleeve , was sitting at the first table past the kitchen , finishing his lunch . |
| 5 | This was put by an MP of long experience to the House of Commons Environment Committee : ‘ If you want to save these buildings , you will only save them by stealth . ’ |
| 6 | He waited , out of long experience with dominant characters , until a natural break occurred and used it to ask for some background , starting with how long the Minister had known Miss Morgan . |
| 7 | Under these arrangements most students take special mature matriculation examinations , although a few are admitted on the basis of long experience in their field or professional qualifications . |
| 8 | There is unfortunately a theory around which is of long standing to that effect . |
| 9 | One of the two clients of lawyer A classified as doubtful was a personal friend of long standing in the throes of a divorce . |
| 10 | Both families were of long standing in Norfolk . |
| 11 | A clause that is otherwise unreasonable will not necessarily be saved because it is a clause of long standing in a widely-used standard form . |
| 12 | It began as fashion — signified by the growth of long hair for men — and ended up as politics . |
| 13 | She had not expected to be such a kind of girl ; she had watched this kind of girl for years ( the lips discreetly reddened , the loud laughter on the school bus , the tossing of long hair beneath rakish berets , the swinging of hips , the whispering in the garden ) but she had never expected to become one . |
| 14 | The dangers of long exposure to fluorescent lighting and video screens are only now beginning to be appreciated , and the 50 Hz frequency of domestic electric-ring circuits may not be good news either . |
| 15 | Summer gales were rarely of long duration in our experience , and if it blew really hard we used to snug down in the lee of one of the many anchorages and take to the hills for a change . |
| 16 | The notion of the overriding importance of applicability of learning is born of long immersion in community education . |
| 17 | The cat was creeping stealthily through a patch of long grass towards the foot of the largest tree . |
| 18 | Like many so-called archaic methods it was the result of long adaption of means to ends ; like many supposed pockets of peasant routine the Basque system could adapt itself to new demands . |
| 19 | The conference of 1923 was the culmination of long planning on the part of Lord Darlington ; indeed , in retrospect , one can see clearly how his lordship had been moving towards this point from some three years or so before . |
| 20 | Once I felt comfortable in them I wore them on a couple of long section of the Cotswold Way and they fared well . |
| 21 | You know , on er , sort of long process over a number of years . |