Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] a long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rod , in order to pick up a long length of sunken line , should be a minimum of 11ft long , and a maximum of 12ft or it becomes unwieldy . |
| 2 | Allon , who only passed a fitness test an hour before the kick-off , was on hand to lob home a long clearance from defender Jamie Bates to record his fourth goal in five games since his record £275,000 signing from Chelsea last month . |
| 3 | Using artificial light to break up a long night into two short ones promotes the flowering of long-day plants and hinders the flowering of short-day ones . |
| 4 | If this trend continues , we can expect greater numbers of each successive cohort to reach pensionable age and to have both a longer expectation of life and fewer chronic illnesses and disabilities when it does than its predecessor . |
| 5 | The experimental method is basically to lay out a long row of test-tubes each containing a solution of RNA-replicase , and also of raw materials , small molecules that can be used for RNA synthesis . |
| 6 | Another modification of the model assumes that uniform extension occurs but takes account of the fact that stretching of the lithosphere is likely to occur over a long period of time , probably several million years . |