Example sentences of "a slightly long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I think that ha has to be in on if you 're on a slightly longer course than that a day you
2 Skil also offers the same bodied model , but with a slightly longer cutting edge of 550mm , the 523H .
3 ‘ An announcement to the audience — there will be a slightly longer interval and Herr Gesner , due to an indisposition , will not be able to continue his performance .
4 Now it may well be that that is actually looking into a slightly longer term .
5 When he returned , after a slightly longer period than on the two previous occasions , Elisa had been persuaded to have a second cup of coffee .
6 If you know that a slightly longer sweater will make you look slimmer and you want to look that way , it is up to you to examine the diagram before you knit and work accordingly .
7 But the flow of immigrants went on , with very little space to receive the new settlers , so in 1628 some of them made the easy move from St. Kitts to Nevis , and a couple of years later made a slightly longer move and occupied the islands of Antigua and Monserrat , laying the foundations of English settlement in the Leeward Islands .
8 ‘ We may eventually have a slightly longer season — even accounting for a reduction in Premier League matches .
9 On the other hand , you will have gathered already that we are going to talk about Greater York , so I think there may be some distinct benefit and merit in you being he here to listen to that , er particular part of the topic , now the , I hope in fact that we can deal with the remainder of H One , because it it does lead quite logically into the next issue which we want to talk about , which is the new settlement in the Greater York area , er and I hope that we can get through this item by our morning break , that but whenever we do conclude on H One we will have to have a slightly longer break just to enable the seating arrangements to be sorted out properly for all participants who are involved in the discussion on the new settlement .
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