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

  Next page
No Sentence
1 This phenomenon leads to an endless chain of adaptive responses and in the long run means that fitness and rate of extinction remain constant .
2 But cases of die links between different places or over a long period of time are unusual .
3 Most undersold transfer We 've had loads but over the long term Seaman has to be the one 245
4 They argued that sinners were quite unable to attain salvation through their own merits or through the long process of confession , repentance , and partial purification , and that justification or redemption was obtainable only at a stroke through the gift of faith from God made possible by Christ 's sacrifice .
5 At 7 o'clock the office bearers , a number of the brethren and their lady friends sat down to a sumptuous repast in a granary tastefully decorated with evergreen and flags and after a long toast list the tables were removed for dancing .
6 These articles are addressed to practitioners and for a long while I have been urging practitioners towards a greater involvement in the education of the profession 's next generation .
7 The journey back was a bit dreary as the blacked-out vehicle bumped and rattled its way through the darkened villages and over the long stretches of anonymous countryside .
8 It directly threatens the poor in proper jobs and in the long term does not help the poor in underground jobs either .
  Next page