Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] by [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that there is much to be said for statutes to be preceded by some statement of what Parliament is seeking to achieve in rather longer form than is normally provided by the long title , in the form of perhaps a return to the days of the preamble containing recitals — a form adopted in European Community legislation . |
| 2 | The unlikely deal was probably finally swung by the long friendship between Ferguson and Wilkinson , who work closely together in the League Managers ' Association . |
| 3 | It was still dominated by the long nose and wide mouth , also by eyes of an intense pale blue , which always seemed to focus sharply and penetratingly on whoever he was talking to . |
| 4 | Louise Jermy 's health was permanently impaired by the long hours she spent helping her mother mangle clothes , and Kathleen Woodward recalled her mother 's bitter complaints about washing : ‘ Wash wash wash ; it 's like washing your guts away . |
| 5 | Beinn Damh , identified by a conspicuous horseshoe of scree high on its south side , is usually climbed by the long ridge coming up from Loch Torridon . |
| 6 | Probably inspired by a long term association with UFO 's Phil Mogg , the subsequent ‘ Back On The Streets Again ’ album was a turgid affair . |
| 7 | Probably inspired by a long term association with UFO 's Phil Mogg , the subsequent ‘ Back On The Streets Again ’ album was a turgid affair . |
| 8 | Sometimes they were reduced to shirt-like softness ; often replaced by a long coat . |
| 9 | Those two there that look like twins half an inch apart : they may in fact be nauseatingly sundered by a long light-time of depth , united only by the angle of our point of view . |
| 10 | They made sure that the two thousand six hundred and seventy pounds cost of Councillor was fully met by the long suffering tax payers of . |
| 11 | Halfway between here and Ales ( on the D981 ) is the tiny village of Seynes , not quite overlooked by the long limestone escarpment behind and left of the village . |
| 12 | Your otherwise excellent cover version album was sadly marred by a long speech detailing how annoying it is that the price of eggs has gone up in Narodny-Karabakh . |