Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [noun] [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Social Work Department has a long tradition of working in collaboration with other service providers . |
| 2 | Between each excitation change the processor executes a WAIT instruction , in which the delay value is counted down to zero ; high delay values produce a long delay time and therefore a low stepping rate . |
| 3 | And sewed on the sewing machine and then painted them all with raw linseed oil but raw linseed oil took a long while to dry but they soft . |
| 4 | At a roadside cottage at the end of the village ( a former toll bar ) , a narrow lane turns off the main road to the left and continues beyond a crossroads and the old railway track to start a long climb on the side of Casterton Fell and ultimately come to an end at Bullpot Farm . |
| 5 | Public expenditure control has a long history dating back to the early eighteenth century . |
| 6 | Opposition to a fixed European exchange rate has a long history within the Labour movement . |
| 7 | The typical pilgrimage church has a long , aisled and galleried nave , wide transepts and a large sanctuary . |
| 8 | Ideal dairy land has a long growing season , no summer drought period , a stable soil structure with good drainage to avoid excessive poaching , and an unfailing water supply . |
| 9 | Friedman 's statement of the natural rate hypothesis went a long way towards reconciling such evidence with basic classical theory . |
| 10 | National Assistance which followed on Poor Law Relief has a long history . |
| 11 | Penal reform groups have a long and honourable history and have played an important part in the development of criminal justice policy over the years . |
| 12 | The tocsin bell was balanced on an iron ring and from its great brass tongue hung a long piece of cord . |
| 13 | Films were cast for an international market in the Hollywood of the 1920s ; and international press syndication had a long history . |
| 14 | In the suspended moment Jess saw a long strand of cobweb stretching from window to floor , flecks of dust spinning in a shaft of sunlight , her petticoat in a ball against a pile of hay , the filthy shirt on the nail where she 'd hung it the night before . |
| 15 | The concept of an independent development agency has a long tradition in Britain . |
| 16 | The art of consistently successful spin bowling demands a long apprenticeship . |
| 17 | Most inner city councils have a long socialist tradition which makes them even less popular with the government , and despite some recent softening of the government 's attitude , local authorities are still largely excluded from inner city initiatives . |
| 18 | However , if that application process takes a long time , it is felt that one can not upset that person 's lifestyle — he may be married — and he is allowed to stay . |
| 19 | Northern coal miners observed a long Christmas break and from time to time proclaimed " gaudy days " on such occasions as hearing the first cuckoo . |
| 20 | Good selection procedures and thorough briefing sessions go a long way towards making an overseas assignment a success . |
| 21 | Fish-bone paste and heated animal glue made a long process of bonding work , whilst injection moulding and plastics did not exist . |
| 22 | The embalmers laid her flat on a long wooden table , and one of them , the master , took a sharp flint knife to make a long incision low down in her side . |
| 23 | Local government audit has a long history . |
| 24 | THE QUEEN 'S HEAD , said to be a 14th Century inn has a long gallery , now glassed in , facing east , but it is not an original structure . |