Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | His argument is that the density wave is of a different kind , the so called long wave mode , which propagates from the centre of the Galaxy outward , such a wave pattern rotates much more rapidly than the short wave mode and it just happens that , if this picture is correct , our Solar System is almost exactly at the place in our Galaxy where it orbits at the same speed as the wave ( Astrophysics and Space Science , vol 89 , p 61 ) . |
| 2 | Having just completed long negotiations with the various provider units in the area , the authority is now keen to ensure contracts are honoured and it gets the best value healthcare available . |
| 3 | Well I think I 've been rather more fortunate , the two branch managers I 've had er , before , I 'd not had long enough , er , both have given albeit not regular , but feedback both positive and negative , er , when you 're doing a good job and when you 're doing a bad job , and er , in all honesty , it 's probably the appraisal itself , that 's actually been unnecessary because of their feedback they 're given me during the year , because the appraisal is just a formal repetition of what 's already been said . |
| 4 | ‘ Thirty-five , he is , and he 's just been told he 's not got long to live . |
| 5 | Well aright I 'm k I 've just had long had long memories of the . |
| 6 | CARTER have not worn long trousers since March 1989 . |
| 7 | We had already negotiated long stretches of the Cherwell where we were completely hidden from view . |
| 8 | However , the government 's threat to withhold payment on contracts with European companies if sanctions were imposed was discounted by many firms which had already encountered long delays in payment . |
| 9 | The Cleveland Way and the Lyke Wake Walk are , of course , the best known long distance routes and they coincide for about 12 miles . |
| 10 | Despite the designedly conciliatory Anglo-Scottish marriage , James had not remained long at peace with his wife 's brother . |
| 11 | The whole matter was not so much solved as channelled in another direction by the sudden love match between Mary and her first cousin Henry , Lord Darnley , whom she described as the ‘ properest and best proportioned long man ’ she had ever seen . |
| 12 | … however worthy the original intention it is almost inevitable that one ends up with a pretty fair rag-bag and that a carefully drawn long title offers no real defence . |
| 13 | This inevitably demanded long hours and late nights . |
| 14 | He took the finest of lines round the trees at the 13th before hitting the green with a perfectly struck long iron for his four and then was in luck at the 14th . |
| 15 | One of N & P competitors says that with shares , which are typically held long term , it is rarely necessary . |
| 16 | More than ever is it apparent that Jack Brymer 's beautifully played long solo clarinet cadenza was recorded separately from the rest of the score and in a slightly different acoustic , but this is only a very slight distraction . |