Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [prep] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Other reasons for returning after a long period away include :
2 As an Irish prime minister once said after listening to a long debate between his cabinet colleagues : ‘ I understand how it works in practice .
3 Middlesbrough deserved their win after leading for a long spell , though manager Lennie Lawrence 's heart must have sank when Tranmere snatched an 86th-minute equaliser .
4 José Napoleón Duarte , 64 , President of El Salvador in 1980-1982 and 1984-1989 , died on Feb. 23 after suffering for a long time from cancer .
5 It has been taken for granted for a long time that criticism and the academy go naturally together , and a large pedagogic and publishing industry has been built on that assumption .
6 Ann has n't done a lot of cooking for a long time though , have you really ?
7 The arduous task of legging through a long tunnel like that under Castle Hill at Dudley could take over 3 hours .
8 As to GATT , a trade war between America and Europe would be bad for people 's stand of living in the long run but it would n't have much direct effect on Courtaulds .
9 In conclusion , I ask is it sensible needlessly to destroy a system which provides the best standard of living for all its citizens on the African continent and replace it with a system which will bring misery in the short-term and has little proof that it will ever attain today 's standard of living in the long term ?
10 Swansea deserved to win because , hard though they tried to disguise it , they actually were the better side , and in Robert Jones and the accomplished Tony Clement , they had half-backs capable of rising above the long grass slicked by rain and the inevitable slippery ball .
11 When the picture is sharp enough on fast search ( machines vary ) , then you have a way of skipping through a long programme , perhaps selecting only some sections for normal viewing .
12 As the only bridesmaid , she had been following Liz up the aisle of the small country church , nervously clutching her bouquet of trailing greenery and praying that she would n't make the awful mistake of treading on the long train of Liz 's wedding dress .
13 She even hummed along with the radio as she rattled down the motorway , something she had n't felt like doing in a long time .
14 Daniel sliced the bird 's plump breast and pulled tendons out of the lopped legs , fished for stuffing with a long spoon .
15 Jean Dwyer , widely known in publishing as the long standing London syndication manager of News Ltd of Australia , died in Oxford on 9th March , aged 59 , after a long illness .
16 I knew players like the incomparable Joe Davis and I doubt if he did any more training than is entailed in going for a long walk .
17 Those and many other pressures may distract them from remaining for a long period in the Territorial Army .
18 ‘ She means , ’ the other twin chimed in , ‘ you are going to stay with us until Mummy and Daddy come out of the hos-hospital ? ’ she asked , finding difficulty in coping with the long word .
19 They refrained from responding to a long series of statements by senior Chinese officials which contradicted both the letter and the spirit of the Joint Declaration - including an assurance , for example , that the post-1997 Hong Kong press would be free for ‘ as long as it did not publish anything detrimental to China 's national interest ’ .
20 However , you will still need to get used to wearing them before embarking on a long trek .
21 Thus , the draftsman should be especially careful before embarking on a long list of matters that fall within a particular covenant .
22 I do n't like heroes , so I was pleased to find that on the way up to Gorffwysfa Norman fussed and worried as anyone might when faced with the return to climbing after a long break .
23 Without going through the long list of advantages that they possess , one or two are extremely appealing — a fast enough speed of about 60 miles an hour , low enough height for passengers to be able to enjoy the view and an ability to stop without falling .
24 The two silent watchers dropped to the ground and stayed there without moving for a long time .
25 At both Peter hit cracking drives , the first one giving me no trouble over agreeing with a long iron second shot .
26 Hambro Countrywide 's shares soared 7p to 36p on Hill 's bullish comments , boosting its market value by nearly 25% , as the stock market savoured the first piece of good news about housing for a long time .
27 A garden patio will give you an attractive area for entertaining during the long summer months ahead .
28 Scheme ‘ shows seriousness ’ NEWS of a £308,000 scheme to open a 20-bed ward , two operating theatres and a gastro-intestinal investigation suite at North Tees Hospital , Stockton ‘ shows that the Government is serious about investing in the long term future of the NHS ’ , claims Stockton South Tory candidate Tim Devlin .
29 That way , by walking between the long tables as if on a tour of inspection , they could view the prospects without embarrassment .
30 Gazelles , no less than cheetahs , are subject to cumulative selection , and they too will tend , as the generations go by , to improve their ability to run fast , to react swiftly , to become invisible by blending into the long grass .
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