Example sentences of "long [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the procedure is long or the dressing is painful analgesia may need to be given by injection ½ — 1 hour before the dressing . |
| 2 | If this is not possible because the drain is too long or the land falls the wrong way , the pipe used for the drain will have to be larger and laid with a gentler slope . |
| 3 | In 1798 , General Humbert of France came over and won a battle near there , but he took so long that the nearby towns had time to refortify . |
| 4 | The management became worried that if the calls for encores were to continue the opera , with its three ballets , lasting six hours , would be so long that the nobility would not be home in time for supper . |
| 5 | The applause that greeted them was like a thunder clap and went on for so long that the Girls could not hear the music and had to count under their breath to synchronize their kicks . |
| 6 | Another time he passed a copse of exposed trees that had been battered by the prevailing wind for so long that the trees were permanently bent over . |
| 7 | Talks incessantly to the point of forgetting what the original question was , using long , rambling sentences which go on for so long that the interviewee ca n't remember where they started . |
| 8 | Straps on harnesses should be long enough to give good adjustment , but not so long that the ends dangle ! |
| 9 | I have even managed to persist so long that the final work on an article was dealt with by the third editor , but that owed something to my delays as well . |
| 10 | worn so long that the smell |
| 11 | The women who do , I suspect , may never see those first grey hairs at all ; they 've been highlighting for so long that the colour of their hair has always been a matter of choice . |
| 12 | When he had finished , the king was motionless and silent for so long that the messenger held his breath , in dread of the repercussions that commonly attend the bearer of bad news . |
| 13 | SIR Edward du Cann has been walking a financial tightrope for so long that the only surprise is that it has taken him so long finally to fall off . |
| 14 | My garden is all the more attractive because the gardens on either side are so rampant and untended : places where moss covers the paths , the grass is yellow and long and the stalks of sycamore seedlings have red , fungoid lumps . |
| 15 | The days are long and the nights worse . |
| 16 | While there was a chancel and a holy table the chancel was not long and the table was not put against the east wall ; the pulpit was to the side , an unusual feature in Baptist Gothic buildings . |
| 17 | It was eight feet and two inches long and the sword measured two feet and five inches . |
| 18 | The pubic louse is broader than it is long and the four hind legs are equipped with claws with which it hangs on to the pubic hairs . |
| 19 | The long and the short of it is that he came in to replace Andy … |
| 20 | The time is so long and the miles too . |
| 21 | The long and the short of it is , her father owns the two shops — I suppose they 're joined at the back — and she was standing in for her father . |
| 22 | You may have experienced something similar with shampoo : use the same one for too long and the remarkable results you may have seen at first begin to diminish after a few washes . |
| 23 | The viaduct is over 1,000 feet long and the crossing stands more than 100 feet above the river , with 12 arches of 60-foot span . |
| 24 | The long and the short and the tall … |
| 25 | At other times they lack the skills of assertion ( see Assertiveness on page 8 ) and sometimes the gestation period is too long and the moment has passed . |
| 26 | It is long and the bottom slopes downwards . |
| 27 | The long and the short is that the Linn is a player that will shake , but which may not , ultimately , stir . |
| 28 | The long and the short of my experience is that roots are what matter , and country roots at that . |
| 29 | A few snicks have evaded the proof-reader 's gloves ; it is Arnold not Arthur Long and the Gunn who figured in Nottinghamshire 's glory years towards the end of last century was not George but uncle William . |
| 30 | The rabbit 's breeding chamber is some 4 or 5 feet ( 1.25 – 1.5 metres ) long and the young are born in a nest of hair where they stay for a month . |