Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [art] long [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The recently published book Collecting Lustreware goes a long way to correct such assumptions , for it gives a comprehensive account of all British pottery and porcelain manufacturers who are known to have made and/or decorated lustreware — and there was no shortage of them . |
| 2 | Pros fear the long bunker shot as much as amateurs do . |
| 3 | Romania has a long way to go before it can even begin to climb out of its paralysis . |
| 4 | Such difficult transition demands time and balance and Romania has a long way to go before it is comfortable with its new identity . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Hyacinth took a long time to respond . |
| 7 | Single gas instantaneous water heaters have their place alongside a storage system ; the main problem with relying on a gas multi-point heater to provide all the house 's hot water is the low flow rate which means baths take a long time to fill . |
| 8 | Some thought it was an attempt to make the long hitters go for the green across the water so they made it twenty-five paces shorter . |
| 9 | The Welsh lads have a long way to go before they match that sort of consistency , but it only needs one to become a permanent fixture for everything to change . |
| 10 | But Scotland has a long way to go before the symbiosis of locals and visitors becomes a reality . |
| 11 | If the WC cistern takes a long time to fill , it is possible that a high-pressure type of ballvalve has been fitted instead of a low-pressure type ( page 38 ) or that there is dirt in the valve orifice . |
| 12 | The girl spent a long time wondering whether she could pluck up courage to mention she 'd thought of going to the Swimming Gala if her mother really felt there was nothing she could do . |
| 13 | The 1988–89 Committee spent a long time agonising over the problem of how to keep the broadcasters at arms length , so that their editors would not be able to provide the signal in ways that might be journalistically attractive but would be repugnant to Members . |
| 14 | Although the academic study of Roman law took a long time to have practical effect , by the 1170s and 1180s it was occasionally cited authoritatively in some at least of the courts of the south . |
| 15 | The work of the pre-electric era was the work of preservation : drying and smoking meat , making cheese and hard bread to survive a long winter huddled in a chalet above the animals . |
| 16 | Also the carbs on the SD1 V8 engine take a long time to return to idle when you take your foot off the throttle . |
| 17 | Mister Grant has a long way to go before he will fully recover from his injuries . |
| 18 | At the scene of the two-year-old 's death , a telegraph pole bears a long poem pleading with the killers to give themselves up and release the family from their pain . |
| 19 | The difference is that your body takes a long time to react to the tetanus antitoxin Sorry , to the tetanus vaccine , to make antibodies against it . |
| 20 | Cardiff was , of course , built on mud flats , and nature takes a long time to change . |
| 21 | On the morning of the day when Therese Aschmann was due to arrive in Hochhauser , Willi spent a long time getting ready before he went to meet her at the station . |
| 22 | One group spent a long time comparing the different notes or tones produced when tubes of different width and length were blown or spoken down . |
| 23 | Sims took a long time to think about answering that . |
| 24 | It was September , when the days take a long time to wake up and the green of the trees is brushed with gold . |
| 25 | These ideas have a long history going back to sources such as Aristotle , Archimedes , Galen , and Boethius . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , the driver spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 27 | Unfortunately , the retired admiral spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 28 | ‘ But I rather think my modest , high-minded , fastidious , idealistic wife has a long way to go before she qualifies for that description . ’ |
| 29 | Nevertheless , Mr Lamont has a long way to go before he can recover the confidence of Scottish business leaders . |
| 30 | The Oxenhope Straw Race has a long way to go before it reaches its centenary , but the aims of the people who organise it and take part are the same as those who in the nineteenth century began the hospital sings at Holmfirth and Mapplewell . |