Example sentences of "[adv] lengthy [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have included this somewhat lengthy account of the inception of the AEP since it does a good deal to explain some of the subsequent strengths and weaknesses of these highly influential programmes . |
| 2 | At the end of this necessarily lengthy examination of the decided cases I have found nothing which causes me to depart from the view I expressed before embarking on that examination as to the appropriate procedure to be followed under section 7(3) and section 8(2) considered simply on the basis of the statutory language . |
| 3 | labour turnover is reduced , especially by keeping managers in their job for a reasonably lengthy period of time . |
| 4 | Where a fairly lengthy list of ingredients is involved , and a little more time , and where the recipe will free , e , we have given recipes for four portions . |
| 5 | This has been a relatively lengthy chapter of necessity and it has placed sales settings in their respective contexts . |
| 6 | The otherwise lengthy job of constructing models and using them ( frequently not even attempted because of the time involved ) is made quick and simple . |
| 7 | And if proof were needed that an alternative supply of fuel to coal was vital , it came during the historically lengthy strike of 1984–5 . |
| 8 | I have gone into this rather lengthy description for two reasons : one , because it leads back into the folklore of the November Owl Pie , and two , because I ca n't stand the blighters at any price . |
| 9 | The third and most lengthy phase of the operation to save the tower will involve pumping water into the land at strategic points ‘ to make it give way to the north ’ . |
| 10 | So shots of the family 's arrival help to start things off while the picnic marks the middle of the day , and serves to break up what might otherwise be a too lengthy sequence of beach games . |
| 11 | The ‘ winter of discontent ’ and the subsequent return of the Conservatives for what proved to be a very lengthy period of rule seemed to most observers to mark a profound watershed . |
| 12 | Korea is an ancient country with a very lengthy period of having been governed as a unified area ( from AD 668 to 1945 ) . |
| 13 | Today , with the pressure of business on the Court , there is usually a very lengthy period of at least nine months between allowance of Proof and the Proof itself . |
| 14 | I know not , it may be that Mr is saying this is something that that never it 's never I 've never understood it to be er part of my practice or part of any solicitors practice to offer such a and if we have a solicitor er who has constantly practised in his skills for a very lengthy period of time , that is saying oh yes it is because this , as far as I 'm concerned , standard advice which solicitors should give to clients transactions . |
| 15 | That will be followed by er , a very lengthy debate on the public services . |