Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is one important difference : the Prime Minister and his Cabinet can embark boldly upon their way forward , with electoral considerations banished for a long time to come . |
| 2 | She unfastened her own belt , and as her arms wound about his neck their lips met in a long kiss . |
| 3 | The words arrived on a long feather of smoke . |
| 4 | The sea still echoed the storm , foot-high waves breaking with a long hush against the shingle , but the sky was blue and clear . |
| 5 | Euparkeria , with more pronounced legs balanced by a long tail , was probably a more direct forerunner of dinosaurs than Ornithosuchus , but it was smaller and more agile . |
| 6 | Such factors may include , for instance , a previous experience of loss which was dealt with badly , unresolved grief , past experience of failure , a lack of a sense of self-efficacy , a low self-esteem , a previous history of psychiatric disorder , and an absence of close relationships established over a long period of time . |
| 7 | Their eyes held for a long time and then he rested back on his elbows and looked at the treetops , his face suddenly serious . |
| 8 | His preliminary architectural sketches hung in a long glass frame on the passage wall inside the cottage . |
| 9 | The water cascaded down the face of the spillway again , the noise like a million stamping feet heard from a long way off . |
| 10 | Yeah , I 'm rather concerned that this kind of thing seems to be happening rather a lot , I mean this is so reminiscent of what happened in the , the four maisonette in in Fern Hill where we had empty blocks left for a long time erm becoming a magnet for vandalism and all kinds of everything ! |
| 11 | The small size of the private-rented sector and the difficulties which council house tenants face in moving between local authority areas have for a long time constituted major barriers to long distance migration by lower-income workers ( Robertson , 1979 ; Hughes and McCormick , 1981 ; OPCS , 1983 ; Hamnett , 1984 ) . |
| 12 | High acidity of the duodenal contents has for a long time been found to be associated with gastric metaplasia , both in humans and in laboratory animals . |
| 13 | Pipe cutters consist of a long pair of handles , with a very heavy bicycle-chain-type construction with cutting wheels in the centre . |
| 14 | In this tale , two weeds grew on a river bank ; one of them conserved its energy , and grew low and small and brown , with its sights set on a long life , while the other put forth all its strength into growing tall and into colouring itself a beautiful green . |
| 15 | One hundred years seems like a long time to us , because it is longer than our lifetime . |
| 16 | The reason for all this is because carp are very hard fish to catch and carp fishermen fish for a long period of time often a few nights and days . |
| 17 | However , governments have for a long time been divided over how large a merger must be before it passes out of national hands to Brussels . |
| 18 | Sunday winter evenings by the dining-room fire were very special — crumpets toasted on a long toasting fork by the fire ; watching the changing colours of the flames , and the sparks which shot into the chimney . |
| 19 | At the 1890 Convention of Local Phonograph Companies in Chicago , delegates asked for a longer cylinder with a section specifically set aside for an announcement , but this did not come about . |
| 20 | Institutions , customs , political and cultural traditions stemming from a long pagan past , were still very much alive in it . |
| 21 | It was the result of a carefully planned experiment based on numerous other experiments performed over a long period . |
| 22 | Does he understand that planning permission was initially gained , with difficulty , for the building of motorways through areas of outstanding natural beauty and great environmental sensitivity , so many people would not be keen to see developers spending hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of pounds fighting in a long succession of inquiries so that they can build not just motorway service areas — possibly excluding the disabled and lorries — but hotels and other facilities that would never have received permission when the original planning consent was granted ? |
| 23 | The Institute of Economic Affairs had for a long time been polemicising against the extension of state activity on the grounds that it restricted choice , led to dependency and reduced the motivation to work , and fostered economic inefficiency in comparison with ‘ private enterprise ’ . |
| 24 | DON KING last night put a black cloud over the hopes of Lennox Lewis and other heavyweights hoping for a long reign as world champion , by claiming that Mike Tyson will be out of jail early next year . |
| 25 | Defence experts indicated that the incident , which occurred during naval exercises some 80 miles west of Izmir , might have been caused by excessive stress among junior officers prompted by a long spell at sea . |
| 26 | They bridge the gap between the desire of lenders to be able to get their money back quickly , and the desire of borrowers to borrow for a long period . |
| 27 | Taxis waited in a long queue to ferry them away , while others struggled up the stairs with cases or bags , determined to make their way by other means . |
| 28 | Folk myths and wisdoms survived for a long time . |
| 29 | The road leading through the row of cottages extended into a long stretch of open country with lanes leading off it . |
| 30 | By the time they arrive at Maidstone , there fore , most have settled into the routines imposed by a long sentence of imprisonment and most do at least feel that some progress through the system is being achieved . |