Example sentences of "[is] [verb] a long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The normal method of securing is to drive a long nail through the end of the sleeper at an angle into the one beneath . |
| 2 | What is more , much of government expenditure is committed a long time in advance and can not easily be cut . |
| 3 | The net effect of these transactions is to establish a long position of $180 000 in a synthetic index future which comprises the thousand smaller shares quoted on the NYSE which are not in the S&P500 index . |
| 4 | Here the solution is to set a long net around the thicket so that it is totally surrounded and enclosed , in the hope that the rabbits can be bolted out and entangled in the net . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's taken a long time for the guilt to surface . ’ |
| 6 | She is planning a long holiday in Egypt and America and there has been talk of her working on a new ITV soap called Routes . |