Example sentences of "very long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a very long tradition of collaboration between education and employers that stretches back to the foundation of the Mechanics Institutes in the nineteenth century — and to their even earlier precursors the Dissenting Academies — and developing through the technical colleges , colleges of advanced technology , technological universities and colleges of further and higher education . |
| 2 | Not only has British school librarianship no very long tradition of multimedia interest ( Shrewsbury School in 1578 notwithstanding ) , there is not even a very secure tradition of school librarianship at all until the post- I 945 era , despite the admirable work of many grammar school teachers in the 19305 . |
| 3 | In spite of the fact that there has been a very long tradition of work on rural land use , including the invaluable land use survey of the 1930s ( Stamp , 1962 ) , and its revival in the second survey of the 1960s and 1970s * ( Coleman et al , 1974 ) and much other detailed work from other sources ( Hart , 1980 ; Coppock , 1960a ; Best , 1981 ) as shown in Table 8. 1 , there is still a desperate need ( Hall , 1 974 , 414 ) for a ‘ national Domesday book for land use , preferably updated every 10 years at the time of the population census ’ . |
| 4 | For very long lengths use additional venting or a self-sealing trap |
| 5 | A glance at the map on p. xii will show that the enlarged Aquitaine which the English had to defend had very long frontiers , vulnerable to small mobile forces which the French now used to excellent effect . |
| 6 | I myself would seemingly represent the environmental lobby , but there have been others , many ex-members of Harwell , who have been campaigning for a long time now , many years , to get these reactors shut down , and it has just been a very long slog , and eventually the truth has had to come to light to shut these reactors down . |
| 7 | Then Nigel said , still balancing on one leg and facing the wall , ‘ Miss Honey taught us how to spell a new very long word yesterday . ’ |
| 8 | The proper word is , come from a very long word , a real mouthful , phenylketonuria , known as P K U for short P U , and Mr Guffbry developed this test specifically to diagnose this condition , but in nineteen ninety two there are other conditions which they diagnose at the same time with the same blood test , do you know what they are ? |
| 9 | Still , Germany has no very long history as a unitary state ( less than a century ) and has had three capitals since 1918 — Weimar , Berlin and Bonn . |
| 10 | Direct perception by psychics of energy manifestations in the landscape has a very long history . |
| 11 | Corporatism in various forms has a very long history : for example , professional groups such as doctors and lawyers have regulated themselves for centuries ; indeed , voluntary self-regulation is a defining characteristic of a profession and has long been used as a way of avoiding government control . |
| 12 | possibly churchwarden pipes ( clay pipes with very long stems ) tied in bundles like faggots . |
| 13 | It is a burden that Russia could do without , but at least it is far cheaper than maintaining an army of occupation in what Richard III might have called the very long winter of discontent . |
| 14 | She had , to hand , the lavatory brush , three toilet rolls and the hardback edition of a very long novel by a Peruvian author with an unpronounceable name . |
| 15 | It is a very long novel ; on the other hand it seems to be one of the best novels ever written , and I would strongly recommend somebody who has perhaps read a little George Eliot to go on to that . |
| 16 | It was a very long journey right across the Atlas mountains and down to the edge of the desert . |
| 17 | This is very unfortunate , but it is n't a very long journey . |
| 18 | It is a very long journey that we are beginning . |
| 19 | It 's not a very long journey it 's , it 's . |
| 20 | In the very long run , the actions of a Colombian warlord may reverberate in your family , but railing against him is a waste of time . |
| 21 | First , workers as the majority group in the electorate might rationally choose to maintain capitalism , not because they are duped by the dominant ideology but because their individual interests are better met under redistributive capitalism than through a painful transition to socialism , which could only conceivably deliver net benefits in the very long run . |
| 22 | They had been long debated , but it should be emphasized how few individuals at this time believed that poverty could actually be eliminated , except perhaps in the very long run . |
| 23 | Herbivores typically have very long guts containing various kinds of fermenting bacteria , since grass is a poor-quality food and needs a lot of digesting . |
| 24 | For looking ahead even a mere 10 years or so , it is possible and even probable , that a much smaller proportion of people 's lives will be spent in paid employment ( Gilg , 1983c ) , and that people will retire earlier , work far fewer hours and days per week , and will have very long holidays , so that work can be shared around . |
| 25 | When a telephone is installed , it is possible to have a very long flex put on for very little extra cost , and it can then be carried to any room , but you should consider the advantages and disadvantages of this carefully before coming to a decision to have it done , as it has been known to be the cause of accidents to some old people . |
| 26 | Yes I I remember we went down a very long cul-de-sac at one stage on self containment did n't we . |
| 27 | Gooch recalled playing against Waqar at Chelmsford : ‘ The first impression was that he seemed to have a very long run-up but he is obviously a very fine fast bowler with the ability to swing , particularly the old ball . ’ |
| 28 | The weather dictated that stock must remain indoors for very long periods . |
| 29 | Cotswold Wildlife Park aspires to show animals to people — so that they can come to understand and respect all forms of wildlife ; to understand what is special about each species , and how the various species have evolved and adapted over very long periods of time , adjusting and changing to survive in habitats from many parts of the earth . |
| 30 | It has been suggested that unless females are mated they remain in season for very long periods and lose condition and strength to the point where they die . |