Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 31 | If a young woman is feeling fit and healthy , it is very tempting to skip the effort of going to the clinic , having to make an appointment long in advance and then waiting in long queues but it is extremely important to have regular checkups for the sake of both your health and that of your baby . |
| 32 | Daines Barrington , FRS [ q.v. ] , sought his advice regarding conditions for reaching the North Pole and , owing to long delays in any national effort being mounted , Standidge himself equipped a craft for the task in 1775 . |
| 33 | ‘ His best attempt at negotiating the distance between admiration of the poetry and dislike for the individual who created it is this metaphor , in his introduction : ‘ When he found his authentic voice in the late 1940s , the beautiful flowers of his poetry were already growing on long stalks out of pretty dismal ground ’ — a botanical conceit designed to leave Larkin soiled , but the poetry ready for picking . |
| 34 | A stronger ( long ) serotonin stimulus causes the release of amino acids which activate the NMDA receptors , leading to long term memory . |
| 35 | ‘ I get a lot of laughs from everyone who sees me , especially when I 'm going across long grass and all they can see is an airline captain coming towards them at great speed with exhaust smoke coming from my rear end . |
| 36 | And still she did not go , but hovered , touching with long fingers along his shelves of vessels , reaching up to rustle the hanging bunches of herbs overhead , keeping only her profile towards him . |
| 37 | Providing for Long Term Care |
| 38 | Of course a spindle moulder can be set up to produce this type of moulding for long runs , but in the restoration of old furniture there is little call for such a machine . |
| 39 | An annual briefing on cable break procedures and other emergencies would be very valuable for everyone who flies gliders , and particularly those who stop flying for long periods over the winter months and so get badly out of practice . |
| 40 | For the time being , however , the weaknesses resulting from long supply lines and independent parts producers are being outweighed by other strengths , compared with American and European rivals . |
| 41 | The primary objective of our study was to compare the changes in microalbuminuria resulting from long term sodium depletion induced by hydrochlorotiazide with those resulting from inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system . |
| 42 | Factors at work that cause stress include the physical demands of some jobs , such as poor working conditions , dangerous elements to the work , shift work and travel demands , as well as work overload , both in terms of having too much work to do , resulting in long hours , and of having work that is too difficult for the individual , causing anxiety . |
| 43 | Taped to the mirror behind the bottles was a poster of the Lapierre of Dijon cycling team squinting into the sun , arms crossed , immense thighs bulging from long black shorts . |
| 44 | We filmed Harrison 's actual canvassing , and then polling in Long Lama . |
| 45 | Windy conditions did n't stop the fish feeding at Long Load drainage channel at Martock in Somerset , as Matthew Lee discovered when he tempted a 5 lb 4 oz bream from the venue . |
| 46 | Horses competing in long distance events should not use a brand which contains bicarbonate . |
| 47 | P.O. ( A ) Jopling and his TAG , L/A Glen , were in the Skua ( L3007 ) , they and the Fulmar firing from long range but only achieving a single hit on the dorsal turret , but both then closed in and after further firing the much-damaged floatplane came down on the sea , the engineer breaking an arm during the crash-landing . |
| 48 | She presents us with a glistening floor bordered by a number of bells hanging from long ropes , each lit from above to produce its own pool of light . |
| 49 | Now Maura 's hair was hanging in long waves , unaccustomed to being out of plaits , her eyes sad and shining with unshed tears . |
| 50 | After about four hours , I heard the familiar squeaks a bit further downstream , and in a while , they appeared , travelling through long grass , the female carrying one kit while another three followed closely . |
| 51 | W we have looked into er the question of car parking in Southwell and the possibility of charging for long term parking . |
| 52 | Hull continually capitalised on this failing with long , relieving kicks and , in addition , he kicked four penalty goals from six attempts . |
| 53 | Rumours also abound about a herd of wild boars on the less frequented side of Ben Wyvis , that run snorting out of the mist without warning , charging with long vicious tusks at walkers unfortunate enough to step into their territory . |
| 54 | There should be a chair at one of our universities researching solely into coping with long marriages . |
| 55 | But blundering with long strides , long reachings , reelings |
| 56 | Since the Great War , 1914–18 , it has been practiced by wage-earners , suffering from long periods of unemployment and underemployment , so drastic that it seemed abject folly to produce children who could neither be adequately nourished nor sufficiently educated to secure a satisfactory livelihood . |
| 57 | This is largely because of its habit of skulking among long vegetation like common snipe . |
| 58 | Britain 's systems are good at coping with specific emergencies — not so good at dealing with long developing crisis , but no less explosive for its slow fuse . |
| 59 | This ensures that customers fully understand what they are saying ‘ Yes ’ to , before taking on long term commitments like life insurance , investments and pensions . ’ |
| 60 | Rory straightened his tie , and with his whisky still burning in his throat , and now his stomach too , he moved along to the gap in the curtains and slid through , back into the ballroom , where people sat drinking at long wooden tables and groups of dancers went whirling round in complicated , ever-changing patterns , all flowing dresses and clasping hands and big red sweaty faces and white shirts and ties and narrow trousers or — even worse — kilts . |