Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [prep] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The other half wants to hang dependent clauses ; like ‘ Americans will tell anything to an Englishman with a camera poking over his right shoulder when they are trapped on a long distance train . ’
2 Extensive entries for each of the artist 's works are preceded by a long chronology with numbered and itemised sections discussing in detail the major developments in Magritte 's career .
3 Finally , the most convincing evidence for residual function in animals comes from studies using very coarse stimuli that are presented for a long time .
4 In this type of study , trend values of consumption and income are collected over a long period of time so that most cyclical fluctuations are smoothed out .
5 As the ice slowly melts the plants are watered over a long period .
6 It points out , however , that decommissioning costs are spread over a long period , while those of reprocessing spent fuel are more immediate .
7 Only a small minority of the wines are kept for a long time as vintage wines .
8 Passenger manifests are kept for a long time .
9 This is seldom needed for analysis purposes but random access mode is often used where the records are held over a long period and have to be updated with the passage of time .
10 Three of these subjects are compulsory , two are chosen from a long list ( see below ) , while the dissertation is a free choice restricted only by practicality , ingenuity and application .
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