Example sentences of "have the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , Lyell has the long succession of faunas and floras brought about by a continual , one-by-one extinction of species and their replacement by new ones . |
| 2 | The difference from RP can be appreciated quite easily by reference to the pair can , ca n't : can has the long back vowel predicted by the single nasal environment , whereas can ‘ t has the short front vowel predicted by the nasal + voiceless obstruent environment ( compare also dance , ranch , etc. , which are short , front ) . |
| 3 | The church of San Celso , now standing somewhat forlornly beside the bigger , more illustrious church , has the longer history . |
| 4 | This region has the longer history of continuous occupation by tundra , for at no time during the post-glacial period was it invaded by forest . |
| 5 | Nothing about " what it is like " to see blue or red tells us which light has the longer wavelength . |
| 6 | Red has the longest wavelength of visible light , and violet the shortest . |
| 7 | The US has the longest tradition of natural gas use of any country in the world . |
| 8 | So while Glasgow can lay claim to having had the earliest adult deaf organisation , Edinburgh 's Deaf Society has the longest continuous existence . |
| 9 | SWELTERWEIGHT Fender Champ 25SE Fender 's new Champ 25SE has the longest reach , boasts the biggest biceps and packs the heftiest punch of any previous incarnation of the model . |
| 10 | The former has the longest and most consistent record of prosperity . |
| 11 | Each format has its own cassette design ( anticlockwise from top ) : VHS is the largest in size and has the longest runtime of up to four hours ( PAL ) ; VHS-C cassettes are more compact but the runtime is reduced to a maximum of 1 ½ hours ( Long Play ) ; Video 8 has the smallest cassettes but runs for up to four hours ( LP ) . |
| 12 | She , the ‘ bootlace ’ of Latin America , has the longest coastline of any country on the Pacific — 3,317 miles , longer by far than the entire Pacific coastline of Australia , which is a mere 2,450 miles from Cape York to Tasmania . |
| 13 | Red light has the longest wavelength and violet the shortest , with orange , yellow , green and blue in between . |
| 14 | Each city has its own specialities — Rome has the longest shopping street in Europe . |
| 15 | Despite my files tellin me this month has the longest list of genre titles , it is the one with least to offer . |
| 16 | Hillend Ski Centre has the longest artificial ski run in Europe , so is by no means ‘ small ’ . |
| 17 | I am delighted that the recently privatised Harland and Wolff now has the longest order book in its history , with £565 million worth of orders , that it is competing successfully with the Koreans and the Japanese , that the future of 2,500 of its people is assured and that it is the premier shipyard in the United Kingdom . |
| 18 | Cardiac surgery has the longest waiting list in Northern Ireland , but every effort is being made to reduce it , including the purchase of operations in Britain . |
| 19 | The first mode p = 1 represents translation of the molecule as a whole and has the longest relaxation time τ 1 because the maximum number of co-ordinated segmental movements are involved . |
| 20 | Dimensions — The Clio feels like a larger car to drive because it has the longest wheelbase and widest track in its class . |
| 21 | The School maintains its own meteorological station — the Radcliffe Meteorological Station — which has the longest continuous record in the UK . |
| 22 | These are not , furthermore , isolated examples ; in scene four , Anderson has the longest turn ( 86 words compared with the next longest , McKendrick 's 47 ) as he does in the final scene ( 53 words against McKendrick 's 14 ) . |
| 23 | As always , it 's something very small that has the longest discussion property , and it was at personnel . |
| 24 | WHO has the longest continuous connection with a North-East football club , asks one of our regularly anonymous correspondents ? |
| 25 | 13 1775 & that Body is vastly improv 'd the longer it is kept & the little remains of fat shine a little more thro' & it is now very much the colour of Indian Copper , i.e. it is very near the colour of finished work 'd mahogany & is really a beautiful mass , the Legs are now perfectly dry and from the Beginning to the end there is nothing of putrefaction . |
| 26 | down and worked out how many days he 's had the long wheelbase this week . |
| 27 | Nights when ops were on were not so hectic now that the boys did not have the long runs to Berlin and Nuremburg , just specific targets in France and western Germany . |
| 28 | Aherne may not have the long , quick pass of Saunders , but his all-action as Ireland were overwhelmed at Twickenham proved that the Silver Fox makes up for in tenacity what he lacks in technique . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | These appear to be a stylised cornice pattern , i.e. a partial or simplified representation of the pattern which encloses the central square in mosaic B. There are no hooked leaves in the former — as there are in that of mosaic B — and those which are " erect " do not have the long , thin stem of their more elaborate counterparts . |