Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The persistence of the white chalk facies outside the new mountain belts must clearly indicate a long period when the Eurasian and American plates were not being affected by any major continental collisions . |
| 2 | You should never increase a long run , tempo run , speed session or total weekly mileage by more than 10 per cent over the previous week . |
| 3 | Since the catalytic cleavage of DNA by bleomycin occurs by a free radical mechanism it may not require a long residence time on its binding site . |
| 4 | erm I do n't personally like motorways , I would I 'm terrified of the M twenty five , I 'd rather go the long way round I 'm afraid , but |
| 5 | But he was elusive , and she could only fill the long minutes with a pretence of animation as she was absorbed into a group of Heather 's relations , something inside her dying by the second as time passed and Luke kept his distance . |
| 6 | Perhaps it will make dealing with such a situation a little easier if we realise that there really is a reason for it and that the way in which we handle it may well go a long way towards aiding our spiritual development . |
| 7 | If those resources had been given three or four years ago , we would not have the long delays that lead to so much misery , and the small number of non-genuine asylum seekers would not be here for longer than we would all want . |
| 8 | We shall not watch the long delay |
| 9 | If we were to decriminalize drug taking we would probably go a long way down the road to solving the problem . |
| 10 | This last reform , which would simultaneously go a long way towards solving the unemployment problem and the housing problem , would also transform the social scene . |
| 11 | No , it 's your so-called devotion I 'm doubting and , if you 're honest , I think you 'll agree with me that it would n't weather a long separation . ’ |
| 12 | Because you ca n't have a long float on the back . |
| 13 | ‘ I would fain write a long letter to each one of you but have no strength … |
| 14 | Invariably a financial institution will not risk the long term profits bound up in honest work and good reputation for the short term gains to be had from abusing conflict of interest situations such as dealing on the basis of inside information obtained from a client . |
| 15 | So perhaps Fashanu and Earle will soon join the long list of those who have gone . |
| 16 | But Whitehill town councillor John Bennett is pointing out that , even when this happens , local people will still face a long drive to the nearest casualty unit . |
| 17 | This will also go a long way towards preventing your neighbour complaining about the noise you make . |
| 18 | But this week , the members of John Major 's new administration , whether reappointees or freshmen , will simply emit a long sigh of relief and satisfaction , and think of England ( or in a few cases , Scotland , Wales or Northern Ireland ) . |
| 19 | Will he tell the House what support he has had for his additional measure , the Aggravated Vehicle-Taking Bill , which will surely go a long way towards stopping the theft of motor vehicles ? |
| 20 | So your under-funding next year , and your use of the rollovers , will actually have a long term effect on the funding of the Wiltshire police force , and I suggest that there 'll be problems er , ahead on that basis . |
| 21 | Wo n't go the long way round , a short circuit . |
| 22 | Richardson wo n't manage a longer chat . |
| 23 | A similar effect of , on the one hand , challenging the reader to take up an alert and interpretative role , and , on the other , gratuitously creating an amorphous but strong atmosphere peculiar to the fabliau through the text , is achieved by extensive use of the homonyms vit and con , and com-/con- as a common suffix in the Romance languages : ( I can not make a long tale : in this castle there was a count and with him the countess , his wife , who was a very beautiful and worthy woman ; and there were [ or she had ] more than thirty knights . |
| 24 | Not only do books often tend to be rather broad in their approach to a subject , but they can also take a long time to be published after they are written and the information may thus be out of date . |
| 25 | Then there is the travelling back and forth to shows , which can often entail a long drive . |