Example sentences of "[vb -s] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any investigation which covers a long span of time is bound to encounter certain special problems . |
| 2 | Who wants a long Grace Before Meals ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If the final syllable contains a long vowel or diphthong , or ends with more than one consonant , that final syllable will be stressed . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Rejoicing in the subtle name of Got ta Bite , the substance joins a long list of similar ‘ Snake Oil ’ fishing aids from the USA . |
| 9 | The Queen heads a long list of lenders of the more than 700 objects in the exhibition . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Fortunately his wife , whom some of the family have never met , nevertheless writes a long newsy letter every Christmas . |
| 12 | Latin — Much to learn : starts a long way behind the rest : — works well . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | finished starts a long way back , do n't it ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ Geographically it looks a long way but in travel time it is n't very far at all . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Superior still looks a long way off . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | We recall that the confessional idea has a long history . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He has a long way to go before equalling last year 's prize money of £42,399 , but the wonder horse proved that he is again in irresistible form when opening Whitaker 's account with a first prize of £3,700 . |
| 24 | Westbury Homes , the Cheltenham-based group , also has a long land bank , but its main market , the West country , is relatively weak . |
| 25 | Like other key notions in psychoanalysis , the sense of desire as a quest for an always impossible self-completion in or through the other has a long though oft en unrecognized history . |
| 26 | Talk of a realignment on the centre-left of the spectrum has a long history . |
| 27 | He believes it still has a long way to go . |
| 28 | This central role for private property has a long history in European thought and goes back to the eighteenth-century notion of the social contract . |
| 29 | Idealism has a long history in philosophy , going back at least to the Irish philosopher Berkeley , and it is sometimes attributed , as it was by Marx , to Plato . |
| 30 | More generally the idea of the inseparability of cultural and political revolution has a long history within the libertarian tradition with its roots in revolutionary Romanticism . |