Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , since only the continued path from naming can be matched to a long word , the path from name is discontinued ( without storing the short word he on the word graph ) . |
| 2 | If there are several competing paths , only those paths that can be matched to long words are continued , and a short word will only be retrieved from the buffer if none of the possible paths can be matched to a long word . |
| 3 | This explains how the disease can be misdiagnosed over a long period and stresses the need for biopsy specimens whatever the type of gastric lesion . |
| 4 | This is clearly not the case where some very frail old people are concerned but reciprocity can be viewed over a long time scale . |
| 5 | These can be kept for a long time and are likely to breed . |
| 6 | Russia 's history can be read as a long battle with geography and climate . |
| 7 | However , composers very frequently use a free ordering of the note-material at such points : This is an excellent method of serial usage , and because it can produce a varied horizontal flow of notes in each part , a single version of a series can be used for a long piece ( Luigi Nono 's choral-orchestral work Il canto sospeso , for example , is written entirely with one series , never transposed and always in its ‘ O ’ form ) . |
| 8 | We know that Eworth can be associated with a long series of signed pictures bearing his monogram HE . |