Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [verb] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " That would be the seneschal paused , watching one of the apprentice chefs dipping a long ladle into the cauldron the unfortunate attendant had just vacated . |
| 2 | The art of consistently successful spin bowling demands a long apprenticeship . |
| 3 | Good selection procedures and thorough briefing sessions go a long way towards making an overseas assignment a success . |
| 4 | Similarly , in England football hooliganism has a long history . |
| 5 | Sitting alone in the back seat Chris broke a long silence . |
| 6 | I duly knitted two backs , marked the shape of the front neck and also a slight ‘ dip ’ on the back section and stitched two lines with the sewing machine using a long stitch . |
| 7 | The Social Work Department has a long tradition of working in collaboration with other service providers . |
| 8 | A CAB interview with scant attention to emotional problems is generally lengthy because forms are complex ; because benefit calculations take a long time ; because contacting the Department of Social Security on the telephone takes even longer and calculating an equitable distribution of debt repayments longer still . |
| 9 | Opposition to a fixed European exchange rate has a long history within the Labour movement . |
| 10 | National Assistance which followed on Poor Law Relief has a long history . |
| 11 | But the intelligence fraternity has a long track record of trying to fool others and in the process usually ends up fooling itself . |
| 12 | A new song , ‘ Pussy Cat Meow ’ , celebrates them and a dream Kier had a long time ago . |
| 13 | The job losses reflect a longer term malaise in IBM 's position . |
| 14 | In the suspended moment Jess saw a long strand of cobweb stretching from window to floor , flecks of dust spinning in a shaft of sunlight , her petticoat in a ball against a pile of hay , the filthy shirt on the nail where she 'd hung it the night before . |
| 15 | Many mothers with parenting difficulties had a long history of emotional problems themselves , and seemed generally lacking in sensitivity to their children 's anxieties and needs rather than deficient in specific child management techniques . |
| 16 | Between each excitation change the processor executes a WAIT instruction , in which the delay value is counted down to zero ; high delay values produce a long delay time and therefore a low stepping rate . |
| 17 | If the WC cistern takes a long time to fill , it is possible that a high-pressure type of ballvalve has been fitted instead of a low-pressure type ( page 38 ) or that there is dirt in the valve orifice . |
| 18 | The immigration issue left a long legacy of US Japanese hostility which surfaced in the injustices suffered by many US citizens of Japanese descent during the war with Japan , 1941–5 . |
| 19 | The door closed , with yellow light from the kerosene lamp making a long crack on the floor . |
| 20 | The 17.5 per cent stake represents roughly a quarter of Anglia 's market capitalisation , but David McCall , chief executive , said he believed ‘ the share price has a long way to go yet ’ . |
| 21 | Those local authorities that are investing in the necessary shredders and mechanical mixers are finding that the savings of landfill charges go a long way towards paying for the environmental gain . |
| 22 | The ‘ need ’ theorists ' concept of self-actualization or self fulfilment has a long history ( Jung , Adler , Goldstein , Rogers ) yet remains one of the fuzziest and least developed in psychology . |
| 23 | The concept of an independent development agency has a long tradition in Britain . |
| 24 | We recall that the confessional idea has a long history . |
| 25 | Both he and his wife Margery had a long association with the Lake District . |
| 26 | Because in plasma cGMP has a longer half-life ( 15 min ) than ANP ( 1–2 min ) , cGMP can be regarded as a more sensitive marker for ANP release than ANP itself in many situations . |
| 27 | These services are still delivered through the traditional hierarchical structures with decisions being ‘ handed down ’ and information from the ground level taking a long time to reach and influence the making of decisions and policy . |
| 28 | Friedman 's statement of the natural rate hypothesis went a long way towards reconciling such evidence with basic classical theory . |
| 29 | The concepts of crystal settling and convection in magma chambers have a long history r2–6 . |
| 30 | Local government audit has a long history . |