Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , it is sometimes of interest to know if price changes ( or returns ) have a symmetric or skewed distribution ( a skewed distribution , for example , would mean that the risk of margin calls differs between long and short positions ) . |
| 2 | And he says he enjoys walking ; he often goes for long walks by himself . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ He goes for long walks , ’ said Betty mundanely . |
| 4 | Obviously , if all security interests were possessory it would make secured borrowing virtually impossible as a debtor would be deprived of the ability to use the assets subject to the security in the course of business ( but English law has for long recognised non-possessory security interests ) . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , Motorola has at long last revealed its initial pricing for the 88110 : 50MHz versions are $495 and a 40MHz parts costs $360 — both in quantities of 1,000-up . |
| 6 | As chairman of the European Movement in Britain , I am gratified to observe that a treaty which I would describe as extensive and profound has at long last been signed . |
| 7 | Because we are realising what television can not admit ; that nothing much happens for long periods of time . |
| 8 | Most of the violence happens in long shot , just like you were looking out your window or down the street . ’ |
| 9 | Since it results in long operation code fields , full bit significance is not used for operation code assignment , except at the microprogram level discussed in 3.6 . |
| 10 | A dry sleeping bag at the end of a long night watch in foul weather is something to be dreamed about , but , alas , rarely happens on long voyages . |
| 11 | Oh be able to practise what she preaches at long last . |
| 12 | Provision for synthesis often leads to long notation , for two reasons . |
| 13 | That an ethos of this kind exists at Long Lartin has , since the time of its first Governor , Bill Perrie , been widely recognized , and it is one of only two top security prisons to avoid serious control problems . |
| 14 | In the traditional industry , this calls for long landscape backgrounds that the cameraman scrolls with the action — another task in an already exhaustive list . |
| 15 | The tradition stems from long familiarity of the conductor and singers with the opera in hand and with each other 's performance , so that a unified approach can be felt on all sides . |
| 16 | Laws swings it in flicked away Gemmell gets it back and now Pearce Black outside him and it goes in long towards Collimore . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 ) ) |
| 21 | The company specialises in long haul holidays with off-the-beaten-track itineraries . |
| 22 | Over the years Skarsnik has amassed a large collection of Dwarf beard scalps which he displays on long wooden stakes driven into the mountain side . |
| 23 | well February I suppose , by the time it goes to long |
| 24 | In contrast with [ 27 ] , a hearer who is presented with the repetition in [ 25 ] is encouraged to dwell on what he or she knows or imagines about long walks — the physical discomfort perhaps , or , alternatively , the exhilaration derived from the freedom . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The food industry knows from long experience that shoppers do n't act rationally . |
| 27 | The walk begins in Long Street in Cerne Abbas . |
| 28 | But we are actually running erm the the treatment works on Long Island in New York . |
| 29 | Derry 's big chance comes at long last |