Example sentences of "[verb] of long " in BNC.
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| 1 | CORTEX Consisting of long , thin cells , the Cortex provides elasticity to the hair . |
| 2 | The forest Tungus wore deerskin clothing consisting of long , supple leggings , a loin-cloth , and an edge-to-edge coat with a separate bodice to fill in its open front . |
| 3 | The arm combs are well developed ; consisting of long pointed spinelets . |
| 4 | And consequently , given his own sense of the flowing , indivisible nature of duration , it 's appropriate and inevitable on his own principle , that his prose should consist of long , flowing sentences , within often enormous paragraphs , and without division into chapters . |
| 5 | All plants in this category consist of long , cylindrical or roundish stems which bear leaves . |
| 6 | Judgments frequently consist of long paragraphs and convoluted sentences replete with subordinate clauses . |
| 7 | Spontaneous as they always seem , these watercolours speak of long contemplation and of profound love and understanding of the Yorkshire fells . |
| 8 | Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners ' legs , |
| 9 | For example , ‘ polythene ’ is made of long chains of the small molecule called ethylene — polymerized ethylene . |
| 10 | Dusting his hands , Peter stood with one foot on the parapet of the wall , which was about ten inches wide , made of long flat slabs of stone . |
| 11 | Then he went back to the cutlery drawer and , with a skill born of long practice , lobbed knives and forks over to Maisie , who set them down in her customary eccentric manner . |
| 12 | A rhythmic , riding , gliding mutual movement born of long practice and an unspoken understanding . |
| 13 | The notion of the overriding importance of applicability of learning is born of long immersion in community education . |
| 14 | For a moment it hovered over her thoughts then , with an ease born of long practice , she pushed it away and went into her dressing room . |
| 15 | Their staves rose and fell steadily , the men swinging them high above their heads with a measured and deliberate rhythm born of long practice . |
| 16 | Watching as he pulled on his oilskins with an ease born of long practice , Polly shivered violently . |
| 17 | These three Russian executante exiles from their native land , have a maturity born of long years together and a rapport so easeful and tangible that , from the first note in Rachmaninov 's Elegiac Trio , the audience was completely enthralled . |
| 18 | With skill borne of long practice he let the old man talk but guided his talk in the way he wanted it to go , then he started to ask questions . |
| 19 | These track systems are comprised of long plastic strips with ‘ jaws ’ to hide ragged edges and an adhesive strip to hold the fabric tight . |
| 20 | His jokeless act consists of long , arcanely-enunciated , pause-dotted ruminations on his mom 's new boyfriend ( ‘ … some guy that sits around my mom 's pool and sponges off her . |
| 21 | In other words , the history of any one part of the earth , like the life of a soldier , consists of long periods of boredom and short periods of terror . |
| 22 | It consists of long chains of sulphur atoms which , at room temperature , break up and reform to produce S8 molecules crystallising in the orthorhombic lattice . |
| 23 | Then the pattern actually adopted consists of long parallel rolls ; i.e. the single wavenumber pattern that it resembles may be taken as having ( cf. ( 22.7 ) ) |
| 24 | The team seeks a device that never tires of long and repetitious work , poised in awkward positions , that can cope automatically and speedily with any variation in a complex working environment , that can be kept , if anything , more sterile than any human , and that can operate with an accuracy and steadiness that are impossible for a living hand to attain . |
| 25 | Ted Pratt , 48 , from Boston , and Wolfgang Heinrich , from Berlin , were among those who complained of long delays and lack of information . |
| 26 | Complicated paraphernalia composed of long , delicate wooden struts and gossamer silk hung from the roof , as well as various instruments that seemed astronomical or alchemical in design . |
| 27 | This warns that one of the leads to the keyboard must be twisted , and the user should beware of long component leads from the Spectrum 's PCB shorting out on the metal base . |
| 28 | In my busy life there are times when I dream of long periods away from people . |
| 29 | Those memories kept him awake at night , often leaving him sweating and fearful after dreaming of long dark tunnels and falling through space . |