Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [prep] the long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As my hon. Friend rightly said , the construction of the 08 , the fourth boat , is currently under way and authorities have been given for the long lead items . |
| 2 | The growth hormone locus has also been mapped on the long arm of chromosome 17 , at 17q 22–24 , close to the BRCA1 gene in breast and ovarian cancer families . |
| 3 | He saw the indiscreet movement of the CI5 man across the road , and guessed that the man 's attention had been distracted after the long night 's watch , and he had missed the car 's departure . |
| 4 | The cereals grown would have been taken down the long lane to the water mill to be ground for flour , whilst vegetables , poultry and perhaps pigs would have been raised in the crofts behind each farmstead in the village street . |
| 5 | In cases where a tumour suppressor gene is inactivated , repetitive cellular repair may lead to uncontrolled cell division and malignant transformation ; a putative tumour suppressor gene has been described on the long arm of chromosome 17 . |