Example sentences of "[vb -s] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The journey today parallels the Long Island Sound and continues on through Hartford . |
| 2 | The teaching session ends in late June once the degree examinations are over ; and , for the undergraduate , the remainder of the year constitutes the long vacation . |
| 3 | Albert Funnel , a child in Brighton in the 1900s , evokes the long shadow of the workhouse over the lives of the elderly in the decades before Old Age Pensions : |
| 4 | As well as the Old Library which contains the Long Room , there are seven other library buildings . |
| 5 | Equally , Lyell has the long succession of faunas and floras brought about by a continual , one-by-one extinction of species and their replacement by new ones . |
| 6 | The difference from RP can be appreciated quite easily by reference to the pair can , ca n't : can has the long back vowel predicted by the single nasal environment , whereas can ‘ t has the short front vowel predicted by the nasal + voiceless obstruent environment ( compare also dance , ranch , etc. , which are short , front ) . |
| 7 | Avenches illustrates the long history of settlement characteristic of Mittelland . |
| 8 | Any investigation which covers a long span of time is bound to encounter certain special problems . |
| 9 | Who wants a long Grace Before Meals ? |
| 10 | The basic rule is that if the second syllable of the verb contains a long vowel or diphthong , or if it ends with more than one consonant , that second syllable is stressed . |
| 11 | If the final syllable contains a long vowel or diphthong , or ends with more than one consonant , that final syllable will be stressed . |
| 12 | Here , if the final syllable contains a short vowel or , it is unstressed ; if the syllable preceding this final syllable contains a long vowel or diphthong , or if it ends with more than one consonant , that middle syllable will be stressed . |
| 13 | If the final syllable of the stem contains a long vowel or diphthong , or if it ends with more than one consonant , that syllable receives the stress . |
| 14 | Because of the weather Robyn decides not to use the motorway , and , finding the residential backstreets treacherous and strewn with abandoned vehicles , she joins a long , slow-moving convoy of traffic on the outer ring — not a purpose-built road , this , but a motley string of suburban shopping streets and main roads , where the snow has already been churned into filthy curds and whey . |
| 15 | Rejoicing in the subtle name of Got ta Bite , the substance joins a long list of similar ‘ Snake Oil ’ fishing aids from the USA . |
| 16 | The Queen heads a long list of lenders of the more than 700 objects in the exhibition . |
| 17 | Nicetius of Trier threatened to excommunicate Theudebert I for adultery , and he frequently excommunicated Chlothar I. He heads a long line of saints who dared to challenge the Merovingians on their sexual profligacy . |
| 18 | Fortunately his wife , whom some of the family have never met , nevertheless writes a long newsy letter every Christmas . |
| 19 | Latin — Much to learn : starts a long way behind the rest : — works well . |
| 20 | Resuming the journey from Stone House Bridge , the road now starts a long climb to its summit , rising gently at first and with the Dee an inseparable companion alongside . |
| 21 | finished starts a long way back , do n't it ? |
| 22 | Add this to the illness of Hun Sen , the only member of the Cambodian regime who appears willing to risk his future to give peace a chance , and Cambodian peace looks a long way off . |
| 23 | ‘ Geographically it looks a long way but in travel time it is n't very far at all . ’ |
| 24 | Though in this form the list looks a long one , it must be remembered that only a limited number of schools have introduced more than a few changes . |
| 25 | Superior still looks a long way off . |
| 26 | The position with the County Council is that while has no long term debt , it has never satisfied the tests of central government , for the capital control regime . |
| 27 | A dislike by Irish clerics for such an explicit and direct church — state relationship has a long tradition and comes out best in De Tocqueville 's ( 1957 ) conversations with Irish clergy on his visit to Ireland in 1834 . |
| 28 | ‘ China has a long history of cuisine , a vast territory and abundant natural resources , many nationalities and a large population that has many regions and local diets and customs , ’ he explains , adding that Chinese chefs tended to create new dishes daily , as each cooking method , each style and the range of ingredients could be used to make up different combinations — traditional menus contained a minimum of 100 dishes named after methods . |
| 29 | We recall that the confessional idea has a long history . |
| 30 | There is a clear value in reducing the amount of chemical waste which has to be got rid of — and that thinking has a long way to go . |