Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] the long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular , we have shown examples where a tax on capital income may be shifted completely , and have demonstrated that in less extreme cases the effective redistribution may be very much reduced in the long run as a result of adjustments in the capital stock . |
| 2 | However , the press in the other European member states rightly concentrated on the long list of measures that were agreed and signed in the Maastricht treaty . |
| 3 | And this makes them better suited to the longer distances . ’ |
| 4 | I think that there is much to be said for statutes to be preceded by some statement of what Parliament is seeking to achieve in rather longer form than is normally provided by the long title , in the form of perhaps a return to the days of the preamble containing recitals — a form adopted in European Community legislation . |
| 5 | The unlikely deal was probably finally swung by the long friendship between Ferguson and Wilkinson , who work closely together in the League Managers ' Association . |
| 6 | It was still dominated by the long nose and wide mouth , also by eyes of an intense pale blue , which always seemed to focus sharply and penetratingly on whoever he was talking to . |
| 7 | Paolucci claims ( in Beccaria 1963 , p. ix ) that Dei Delitti e delle Pene has had ‘ more practical effect than any other treatise ever written in the long campaign against barbarism in criminal law and procedure ’ . |
| 8 | Louise Jermy 's health was permanently impaired by the long hours she spent helping her mother mangle clothes , and Kathleen Woodward recalled her mother 's bitter complaints about washing : ‘ Wash wash wash ; it 's like washing your guts away . |
| 9 | Beinn Damh , identified by a conspicuous horseshoe of scree high on its south side , is usually climbed by the long ridge coming up from Loch Torridon . |
| 10 | Dissociation from the isolated sites 1 and 5 is also very slow ; the DNase I footprints are only slightly reduced at the longest time point ( 30 minutes ) . |
| 11 | Goal attainment is also improved in the long run : leadership development among the clients is a goal by itself , and the strengthening of client independence will lead to the better preservation of any other outputs achieved . |
| 12 | The overall effect was that total spending and hence taxation tended to rise faster than the Cabinet really wanted in the long term . |
| 13 | Readers should be correctly informed about the long term prognosis of paediatric surgical conditions . |
| 14 | Interestingly , women 's wishes were more frequently considered with the longer section 3 than section 2 admissions ( 15 of 17 cases compared with 15 of 23 cases ) . |
| 15 | This one had not bloomed and its flat spread of leaves was almost hidden under the long grass . |
| 16 | They made sure that the two thousand six hundred and seventy pounds cost of Councillor was fully met by the long suffering tax payers of . |
| 17 | Halfway between here and Ales ( on the D981 ) is the tiny village of Seynes , not quite overlooked by the long limestone escarpment behind and left of the village . |
| 18 | Soon they become aware that the train is engaged on a steady climb , this section being popularly known as the Long Drag ; beyond Horton in Ribblesdale Station interest tends to flag a little as the outlook from the windows becomes more austere on the pull up to Ribblehead . |
| 19 | He knew he should turn right into Longside Lane , then left down the long hill that was Shearbridge Road , then left again and up to the very top of Thorpe Street . |
| 20 | After breakfast we continued working until eleven , then returned to the long hut . |
| 21 | Travis halted beside a fallen tree trunk almost completely buried in the long grass . |
| 22 | Elsewhere in his speech Gladstone specifically referred to the long runs of periodicals in the library as being of interest to him as he could not keep them in his own library . |