Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | For shareholders in Hard Rock Cafe , originally Harvard 's best OTC stock , a perk was permission to jump the long queue outside the Hard Rock Cafe off Piccadilly . |
| 2 | The overriding benefit , however , is its readiness to take the long view . |
| 3 | The glen was an obvious subject for a canal that would obviate the necessity for small vessels to make the long and hazardous voyage around Cape Wrath and the northern coast , and in 1803 Thomas Telford was commissioned to construct a waterway to link the three lochs and connect with Loch Linnhe and the Moray Firth , thus giving a continuous water surface from the Atlantic to the North Sea . |
| 4 | Some thought it was an attempt to make the long hitters go for the green across the water so they made it twenty-five paces shorter . |
| 5 | When the site became available , the University took the opportunity to purchase the long lease for development , both as a public amenity and as accommodation for the Departments of Art History and Music . |
| 6 | It is of no consequence once it is accepted that the God to serve humanity originated at the moment that life first became manifest , and combined with the material of the universe to start the long process of producing living creatures with the capacity to enjoy life and all that that involves . |
| 7 | The new " Ring " , however , still stages major races and a round the world sports car championship is held over the famous circuit to maintain the long association with one of motor racing 's most forbidding and famous circuits . |
| 8 | AI 's report confirmed that the human rights violations committed by government forces were brutal in the extreme , and underscored the need for the UN to ensure the long term protection of all those at risk in Iraq . |
| 9 | Although George had written to Tamar to tell her of Edward 's christening , he had not really expected her and Stephen to make the long journey from Thorsbury . |
| 10 | Not a night to attempt the long walk to Achnacarry . |
| 11 | In Cyprus , it is served on Easter morning to break the long Lent fast . |
| 12 | He conquered his tongue and — with excellent irony — was directed by Mr Pygmalion Philip Burton to play the long and taxing role of Professor Higgins — expert on English speech — in Pygmalion . |
| 13 | Clearly we are meant by the storyteller to understand the long trumpet blast on the seventh day of the siege of Jericho as heralding an appearance of God to his people rivalling the great theophany of Sinai . |
| 14 | A business approach to fashion The long and short of a day at the office |
| 15 | Inside the building Joshua stood in line with the multitude to endure the long wait and the thorough search , the emptying of pockets and the impudent fumblings of security . |
| 16 | Specific initiatives include a back pain clinic to start in the summer to clear the long list of patients waiting for treatment . |
| 17 | Tabitha wondered how long the woman had been scratching a living on the waterways , complaining to uncaring passengers , never quite summoning up the cash or the strength to take the long haul home . |
| 18 | For every year at midwinter the sun grows weak and pale , and he sinks down into the marshes to spend the long winter night there , and Mokosh , the old witch , his foster-mother , nurses him until he is strong again , with herbs and spells and incantations . |
| 19 | The Town Trail attempts to link the long history of Northampton and present you , the visitor , with a taste of the heritage which belongs to this handsome town . . |
| 20 | ‘ The best way to increase the long run growth rate in the economy is to make markets work better . |
| 21 | In the south west of Alaska , the volcanic chain picks up again strongly , and swings out to sea to form the long arcs of the Aleutian and Kurile Islands . |
| 22 | Another mechanism , producing movement in the vertical plane , is indicated by Hollick 's ( 1940 ) finding that in Muscina a reduction in the amplitude of the wing-beat causes the thrust vector to intersect the long axis of the insect 's body behind the centre of gravity , so altering the cephalo-caudal couple around this centre . |
| 23 | In order to maximise the long term impact this sports component has on participation in Scotland a Sports Information Point will be in operation throughout the Festival 's duration . |
| 24 | At a conference organized in June 1950 by the Liturgical Institute of Trier , a lecture by Romano Guardini led to a resolution calling upon the German bishops to request Rome to move the long Holy Saturday service from the early morning to the late evening , thus again making it the vigil service it once had been . |
| 25 | The Duke has agreed to become patron of an appeal to secure the long term future of the new theatre . |
| 26 | In those circumstances , it is not a realistic option to take the long view which is characteristic of other industries and to invest in benefits that are achievable only years ahead . |