Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] be [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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1 | Brown Owl was gone a long time , but at last she came back , and leaning on her arm and limping was the pilot of the plane . |
2 | Iain Christie , chairman of the processing group , said : ‘ This promotion was arranged a long time ago , before this import situation surfaced . |
3 | The Japanese boy was playing the long hole with quite masterful wisdom . |
4 | ‘ The entire community was resettled a long time ago . |
5 | A second method is to note the longest search required to find a free storage position when synonyms are stored , and to limit searches to this length during retrieval . |
6 | This is because such schemes are taking a long time to get off the ground and because employers generally recruit from non-local networks ( see also Ladbury and Mira-Smith in this volume ) . |
7 | The net effect of these transactions is to establish a long position of $180 000 in a synthetic index future which comprises the thousand smaller shares quoted on the NYSE which are not in the S&P500 index . |
8 | The comments above by Sisam ( 1915 ) and Hall ( 1920 ) arise directly from Skeats 's views , and , although these comments were made a long time ago , it would be a mistake to think that the Anglo-Norman argument has now been abandoned . |
9 | These points were made a long time ago by Kahn-Freund in ( 1940–1 ) 4 MLR 221 , but have never been satisfactorily answered . |
10 | The best way to fully appreciate this magnificent landscape is to climb the long grey shoulder of Canisp ( 2,700 feet ) , south of Loch Assynt , an easy three-and-a-half hour walk to the summit and back . |
11 | 2.25:GOLD CUP hero Cool Ground was beaten a long way behind Tipping Tim at Wetherby three weeks ago , and is best watched for the time being . |
12 | Finding this rare breed was to prove a long , uphill struggle . |
13 | The switched-off siren was taking a long time to die . |
14 | The next stage is to take a long , hard look at yourself . |