Example sentences of "long a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They question just how long a freak cow , which so disproportionably produces huge quantities of milk , can be expected to live and how sickly it will be . |
| 2 | Remarkable how long a nasal drone and a cheap synth can sustain a man . |
| 3 | EC Finance Ministers also agreed on Oct. 19 on measures providing for a minimum of 14 weeks ' maternity leave to be paid at a rate at least as high as statutory sick pay regardless of how long a pregnant woman had worked for her employer . |
| 4 | The prospect of the break-up of China into a new form of warlordism , for so long a mere fantasy of the China lobby in the US , is now not an entirely implausible worst-case scenario . |
| 5 | The steam engine and boiler were sold for scrap shortly after the mill ceased working , and the tall brick chimney , so long a distinctive landmark of the area , demolished some time later . |
| 6 | WORSHIPPED by the Druids and used for generations to guarantee a Christmas kiss , mistletoe — long a traditional part of the festive season — is dying out . |
| 7 | Reports on June 12 quoted diplomats in Kinshasa as saying that Zaïre , long a covert trading partner of South Africa , was establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa and that an ambassador had been appointed . |
| 8 | Before long a good deal of the poetry that women had written would seem decidedly out of date . |
| 9 | So little irritations get filed away instead of being openly expressed and before long a boiling cauldron of repressed anger has extinguished their sexual fire . |
| 10 | But before long a firm decision was made to change the " front " team in Bristol . |
| 11 | A closer look at this challenge will be afforded in Chapter 5 but suffice it here to say that the military 's vested interest in the established planning system , long a fixed point on the compass , may be changing . |
| 12 | Les Verts member Marie-Christine Blandin was subsequently elected president of the regional council in Nord-Pas-de-Calais ( long a socialist stronghold ) after the party Les Verts ( which controlled only eight of the 113 seats in the regional council ) refused to support the Socialist candidate . |
| 13 | First , we can use hoards to define the time individual coin types remained in circulation , since we can tell from them how long a particular coin continued to be available for hoarders . |
| 14 | Second , only rarely would a coin have been lost at or near the same time when it was made ; we must bear in mind how long a particular type of coin is likely to have stayed in circulation . |
| 15 | men who have accepted a system of values by which to live , can not without courting in-efficiency and chaos keep for long a fenced-off portion of their lives where they think and behave according to a contrary set of values . |
| 16 | How long a physical abuse referral takes to deal with , for example , will depend on factors such as the quality of the referral information , whether the case was currently open to another agency already and the circumstances found on investigation . |
| 17 | He saw no prospect of avoiding for long a head-on collision . |
| 18 | They do not know how long a season will last ( in the holidays industry the weather plays an important part ) , how long a permanent member of staff on long-term sick leave will be away , or how long an exceptional surge in demand will last . |
| 19 | The docks were experiencing a boom in trade and all day long a steady stream of customers came and went . |