Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [vb pp] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the west side are the twin escarpments of Fell End Clouds and Stennerskeugh Clouds , and on the east a broad shelf is pitted by a long line of shakeholes and potholes , the Angerholme Pots . |
| 2 | But each individual foster-parent is descended from a long line of ancestors many of whom never encountered a cuckoo in their lives . |
| 3 | The performance of the housewife role in adulthood is prefaced by a long period of apprenticeship . |
| 4 | The film is based on a long novel by Pat Conroy which deals with the excavation of the past , a current favourite theme . |
| 5 | Each parcel of butter is tasted with a long scoop and then re-weighed before a buyer will accept it . |
| 6 | The dry , rather large brownish seed is enclosed in a long , blunt wing or ‘ samara ’ , which , when it falls , spins and aids dispersal . |
| 7 | The house is approached by a long drive through pastoral fields . |
| 8 | Sottomarina is linked by a long bridge , across the lagoon , to the town of Chioggia , ‘ Little Venice ’ , made up of narrow-straight canals and streets , hump-back bridges and colourful houses — it is one of the great wonders of Italy . |
| 9 | Good choices for bathroom lighting are enclosed ceiling-mounted lights or swivelling recessed eyeball spotlights ; pendant lighting should only be used if the lampholder is fitted with a long protective skirt . |