Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] longest [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a new word is read from the ASCII file , the head list is searched for the longest string available from the start of the word . |
| 2 | It has turned into the longest slump since the 1930s because real interest rates have remained punitively high , squeezing millions of home-owners who over-reached themselves in the housing boom . |
| 3 | Official figures released today prove that Britain is locked into the longest recession since the Second World War . |
| 4 | Gripped by the longest recession since the war , Britain needs a government with a clear sense of direction and purpose . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | The ‘ activity ’ is the name given to the longest unit , it relates to the mode in which the teacher and children are working at a particular point in the lesson . |
| 7 | At higher drug/DNA ratios the proportion of the decay represented by the longest species decreased and a third intermediate component was evident . |
| 8 | The Communist Party was able to maintain its progress throughout 1939 , having passed through the longest period of continuous growth in its history . |
| 9 | Begin the list with the projects that have been waiting to be finished for the longest period of time . |
| 10 | ‘ The offer price of 240p is spread over the longest instalment period ever on any privatisation . |
| 11 | Have you planned for the longest holiday of your life — your retirement ? |
| 12 | It was hailed as the longest ride , but Duke was convinced a still longer ride was possible . |
| 13 | Four years ago , you may remember , Lipton signed what was heralded as the longest sponsorship deal in world sport , for the next 31 years , but there were ‘ get out ’ clauses . |
| 14 | Er now , on another topic , I will go back to the idea of regulation later , you 'll see that life expectancy is obviously important and er when you 're looking at retirement I mean it 's always been described as the longest holiday of your life and it certainly is that , and life expectancy is rising all the time , these figures have actually been superseded . |
| 15 | This he had learnt from Ann herself , who had forecast the sex of both babies by means of a golden ring suspended by the longest whisker of a white cat . |