Example sentences of "[Wh det] [be] [vb pp] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The earthquakes here , which are associated with a long and complex mountain belt , are generally shallow and generated primarily by compressive stresses . |
| 2 | Ethnographic research has special qualities suited to dealing with controversial topics in sensitive locations , for it entails a gradual and progressive contact with respondents , which is sustained over a long period , allowing a rapport to be established slowly with respondents over time , and for researchers to participate in the full range of experiences involved in the topic . |
| 3 | Mr Leslie 's train was to leave platform 3 on the far left-hand side of the station which is linked by a long subway . |
| 4 | There is a lot of space , which is needed on a long tour ! |
| 5 | Arguably he was known to Londoners less for his medical expertise than for his incredible eccentricity , which was exaggerated by a long beard , a predilection for extraordinary costume and his habit of riding about in the streets and Hyde Park on a white pony , which he sometimes painted all purple or , when the mood took him , purple with black spots . |
| 6 | The hammock , which was slung from a long pole carried on the shoulders of two men , was used for transporting the sick and infirm across rough country terrain and , in and around Funchal , for the rich and for the tourists who were carried through the dirty , and sometimes muddy , streets . |
| 7 | Torrijos seized power four years later , vowing to put an end to what was perceived as a long era of national humiliation . |