Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Rail argued long and hard that it was not possible to open it . |
| 2 | But in the context of the mid-Sixties , when Britain 's chaotic labour relations were deemed to be among the world 's worst , such good-natured willingness to work long hours , doing all kinds of jobs , for sums of money that were not vast , are extraordinary . |
| 3 | But put aside the party point scoring and one indisputable fact emerges which will readily be agreed by all health service staff are a breed apart with their dedication to duty , willingness to work long hours and commitment to patient care . |
| 4 | The bats which use the Doppler effect emit long bursts of sound . |
| 5 | These regions come together in the precursor rRNA transcript to form long stem structures that serve as site for processing by RNase III ( 6 , 7 ) . |
| 6 | Her neck grew long and boneless , and was suddenly unable to hold up her heavy head . |
| 7 | Moreover , although the astrolabe enabled long calculations to be avoided , the computing of planetary positions , for example , for casting a horoscope , still involved a considerable amount of work . |
| 8 | Shortly three carloads of young women arrived , followed by the limousine carrying Long John Silver . |
| 9 | And when the network of 120,000 miles of footpaths is threatened — when paths are blocked by barbed wire or by crops like oilseed rape which you simply ca n't walk through — The Ramblers ' Association campaigns long and hard to keep the countryside open . |
| 10 | MORE than 100 years service will be recognised at a ceremony at South Moor Social Club on Wednesday April 8 when five members of the management committee receive long service awards from the CIU . |
| 11 | The final week of the election campaign saw long debates over the proposals into a traditional left-right confrontation . |
| 12 | Farm work means long hours and low pay but it 's a great improvement on last year for David Smith . |
| 13 | The girl with the cat had long hair , too , Louise remembered , but it was worn loose . |
| 14 | If the wing-tip touches long grass or rough ground , there will certainly be a bad swing and the launch will have to be abandoned . |
| 15 | From personal experience she knew and understood the problems of individual study , the difficulty of sustained reading and written work following long hours of manual labour . |
| 16 | For reasons which are obscure , such strenuous activities amid inspiring scenery appealed particularly to Anglo-Saxon intellectuals and professional men of liberal leanings ( perhaps the close company of tough and handsome native guides had something to do with it ) , so that mountaineering joined long country walks as a characteristic activity of Cambridge academics , higher civil servants , public-schoolmasters , philosophers and economists , to the amazement of Latin , though not entirely of Germanic , intellectuals . |
| 17 | In Britain most children have already undergone a long period of conservative management at the hands of their general practitioners , often with trials of non-operative intervention using long term antibiotics . |
| 18 | And unlike temporary social groups , the work group has long periods during which members can check the authenticity of the power bases . |
| 19 | They were also used to bursting into unexpected crescendos of sound when Ingrid 's voice cracked or Freddie lost his pitch , and infilling with fiddly bits when some backstage hitch caused long pauses . |
| 20 | The war cast long shadows across the Atlantic . |
| 21 | The men of the town carried long walking sticks of the sort one saw in the ancient temple reliefs . |
| 22 | The great majority of the group have long stalks , which are anchored to the bottom . |
| 23 | The American Quarter horses used in this type of riding have long tails and manes . |
| 24 | WINTER tours and a hectic summer schedule mean long absences for many cricketers . |
| 25 | Hay-making meant long days and tough work , all by hand . |
| 26 | The African version of the stegosaur had long spikes all the way down to its tail , with spikes even on its back legs . |
| 27 | The conservatory was still empty , the lamps burning low , the moon casting long silver shadows over the terrace beyond the wide patio doors . |
| 28 | It was a faint constellation lying between Leo and Gemini , and a twelfth of the world 's population born under its sign had long pincers and never let go . |
| 29 | The jaw appears long and narrow . |
| 30 | A screening programme for high blood pressure and related risks , begun in 1968 and sustained for 21 years in a defined community , gave us an opportunity to study long term management of high blood pressure in young adults in a social context , with data collected prospectively on originally unsuspected associations . |