Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb -s] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little careful planning goes a long way . |
| 2 | What is of particular interest is that direct investment overseas by such enterprises has become increasingly important over the post war years ( as opposed to portfolio investment , of which British capital has a long tradition ) , and that this phenomenon is especially important for the British economy . |
| 3 | Perhaps a landscape is too remote or unsettled weather makes a long painting session impossible . |
| 4 | A long-stroke engine has a long con-rod , which acts as a longer lever on the crank . |
| 5 | The assertion that law is unsuitable or unable to deal with family and personal behaviour has a long history . |
| 6 | In Tanzania , for example , the Dodoma section of the semi-arid central region has a long history of both accelerated soil erosion and attempts at conservation . |
| 7 | A little amiability goes a long way , it would seem , and many of those present felt that Reebok was the unluckiest loser of the night in this category . |
| 8 | There seems to be a lot of blood , but , you know , a little blood goes a long way . |
| 9 | Then the leading comrade makes a long speech ( with pauses for interpretation ) full of statistics about how before liberation the commune used to only produce so many jin per mu ( jin being a measure of weight/capacity , and mu being a measure of land ) and how the commune now produces about 15 times that amount . |
| 10 | But an historic compromise remains a long way off . |
| 11 | More generally the idea of the inseparability of cultural and political revolution has a long history within the libertarian tradition with its roots in revolutionary Romanticism . |
| 12 | The technique of biomass gasification by partial combustion has a long history . |
| 13 | Whether it 's a long-term or short-term problem you will find gentle exercise and relaxation through yoga will be beneficial to you mentally and physically , and we always find that a good massage goes a long way to easing tension and making you feel better . |
| 14 | The legal process takes a long time and the task of getting new Regulations approved remained incomplete when I retired . |
| 15 | Nor does it show how the international sphere affects the long cycle ; no consideration is given to how the international structure of industry affects innovation and the propagation of long waves or how innovation affects industry 's internationalization . |
| 16 | Bourgeois individualism has a long history of subversive bohemian variants ; and the struggle for control of the elements of counter cultural musical style was a struggle between different aspects of the same principle . |
| 17 | It may seem obvious to suggest that the level of understanding about purchasing among general practitioners and primary health care teams is extremely varied , but primary care has a long history of suffering from being physically distanced from other parts of the service and the discussions taking place there . |
| 18 | Outside those sectors where temporary working has a long tradition , they have usually vigorously condemned it . |
| 19 | ‘ Winning a first Ulster senior cap next weekend will be a nice stepping stone , although the Inter Continental Cup seems a long way off , ’ says Lutton . |
| 20 | Most importantly the use of syntactic information has a long history in computational linguistics . |
| 21 | This central role for private property has a long history in European thought and goes back to the eighteenth-century notion of the social contract . |
| 22 | One consequence is that mainstream political science has a long history of insensitivity to issues of gender . |
| 23 | Add this to the illness of Hun Sen , the only member of the Cambodian regime who appears willing to risk his future to give peace a chance , and Cambodian peace looks a long way off . |
| 24 | The housing co-operative movement has a long pedigree in Scotland . |
| 25 | Western philosophy has a long tradition so it is not surprising that it has changed over the centuries both in content and in method . |
| 26 | Sustainable development implies a long term perspective . |
| 27 | This young man has a long way to go if he 's to earn a PhD in Biology like his mum . |
| 28 | If the final syllable contains a long vowel or diphthong , or ends with more than one consonant , that final syllable will be stressed . |
| 29 | Here , if the final syllable contains a short vowel or , it is unstressed ; if the syllable preceding this final syllable contains a long vowel or diphthong , or if it ends with more than one consonant , that middle syllable will be stressed . |
| 30 | Behind the truant husband Marmeladov , perhaps the greatest feat of instant creation in all Dostoevsky as he buttonholes Raskolnikov in the pub with hay sticking to his clothes and vodka at hand — behind that immortal Russian drunkard stretches a long line of urban dropouts and psychological cripples , of paupers and other victims of the ravages of early capitalism ( think of Petersburg as several decades behind Manchester ) , of the ‘ insulted and injured ’ in the novel of that title and elsewhere , back to the beginning , back to Mr Devushkin with his teapot and pipe and his ‘ fearful lapses ’ over the bottle . |