Example sentences of "a long [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I used to go out on Sundays in London , sometimes to a brasserie in Covent Garden or to an ‘ olde Englishe ’ pub , and I 'd forgotten just how pleasant a long lunch can be . ’ |
| 2 | Then several fixing screws would be driven through ready-prepared countersunk holes in the tyre to ensure that never throughout a long life would it be able to slip . |
| 3 | grant him every advantage which we can conceive a white to possess over the native ; concede that in the struggle for existence his chance of a long life will be much superior to that of the native chiefs ; yet from all these admissions , there does not follow the conclusion that , after a limited or unlimited number of generations , the inhabitants of the island will be white . |
| 4 | Immediate cord clamping may deprive the infant of placental blood , and previous reports suggest that a long delay may lead to adverse effects due to hypervolaemia . |
| 5 | A long reach will come in handy once on the arête , though it would n't exactly be a disadvantage right from the word go , where good protection serves to alleviate the situation somewhat . |
| 6 | For them the demand to draft or revise a long story would be wholly inappropriate . |
| 7 | It is worth noting that although the profit on a long share can be infinitely large , this is not so in the case of a ‘ short ’ investment . |
| 8 | I felt the jolt in his chest as I hugged it in rhythm against mine and for a long second could n't believe it , but then he heaved again in my arms and coughed in my face and a mouthful of dirty water shot out in a spout and he began coughing in earnest and choking and gasping for air … gasping , gulping air down , wheezing in his throat , whooping like whooping cough , struggling to fill his functioning lungs . |
| 9 | But a long holiday would revive him quickly : if he had the prospect of a month of freedom he would began to feel well after a week or so . |
| 10 | ‘ Aye , a heavy blow , or a deep blow — but a long knife can make them that little heavier , or deeper , and never be noticed . |
| 11 | If you are elderly or disabled and the rubbish has to be taken down to the end of a long driveway can you cope ? |
| 12 | Last night , Cockerill called for a long suspension should Wright be found guilty . |
| 13 | The Government has advised that women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not eat liver , as very large doses of vitamin A taken over a long period may be associated with foetal abnormalities . |
| 14 | Conversely , a long period may restrict the purchaser should he wish to make changes to the vendor management team ( either because they do not live up to first impressions or because he wishes to promote them within the enlarged group ) . |
| 15 | That is , whether spaced out advertising — the " drip " — over a long period would work better than heavy advertising , the " burst " , concentrated into a short space of time . |
| 16 | A case report and clinical-epidemiological studies in patients who have misused anthranoid laxatives over a long period should be considered in a final risk assessment for colorectal cancer in man . |
| 17 | Such horses that are locked up in stables without sensory stimulation for a long period will become permanently more anxious and fearful . |
| 18 | She could almost feel the internal battle raging within her , and for a long moment could do nothing but gaze at the stage , torn between seeing it as a hostile no-man's-land and home . |
| 19 | But to wrench Aunt Lou from the home which had been hers for such a long time would be to kill her . |
| 20 | The child who uses goed or comed is guilty of over-generalisation , while in sign the use of repetition to convey occurrence over a long time would be appropriate in WAIT-WAIT-WAIT , meaning ‘ wait for ages ’ but not in KEEP-KEEP-KEEP , where it would probably mean to ‘ keep three ’ things rather than to ‘ keep over time ’ . |
| 21 | done this job for a long time wo n't you ? |
| 22 | Therefore , a thin section remaining in the beam for a long time may show a decrease in luminescence intensity as ionic-bombardment and thermal diffusion take place . |
| 23 | Before 18 months , a child wo n't recognise herself in the mirror and for a long time will describe herself in terms of attributes ( like smallness ) and her possessions . |
| 24 | The ferret can drink and will live a long time should it escape . |
| 25 | A long time must be spent on suppling the horse by the use of circles , turns , changes of bend and transitions . |
| 26 | Dogs which have lived in kennels for a long time can be particularly difficult to house-train successfully , although this is helped by the fact that they will only defecate about twice a day . |
| 27 | People who have been married apparently happily , for a long time can make you fed an outsider with just one private glance . |
| 28 | Looking ahead from Bull Pot , a long plantation will be seen descending the hillside ahead . |
| 29 | A long bath can dehydrate , leaving your skin feeling taut and looking wrinkled . |
| 30 | In many cases this list already numbers over 100 , so correction techniques applied to such a long list would probably take too long to be worthwhile implementing , and the results from such techniques would produce many more candidates which would all have to be processed through the remaining stages of the recognition system . |