Example sentences of "[noun] of long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Freda Newcombe 's work setting up this unit has made all the difference to Mark and other head injured people , who can suffer all sorts of long term effects , including loss of memory and severe personality changes . |
| 2 | That was when they had sent for Captain Freddie , and after what he described as a long , sometimes ‘ vair ackermonious diskussion ’ , and after a good deal of long distance telephoning , fax instructions had finally come through that allowed the Chileans to accept his decision as to what was required . |
| 3 | The greater absolute numbers of elderly people have been absorbed by the growing private sector despite a simultaneous collapse of long term provision in the NHS , and this has been widely attributed to the impact of the central government funding system for private residential care . |
| 4 | [ But ] the general picture of community care presented by this evidence on the fate of short stay patients following the closure of long stay hospitals is much more disquieting than the evidence on the planned discharge of long stay patients . |
| 5 | It is quite clear that community care developments in Scotland have failed to keep pace with discharge of patients and the closure of long stay beds , although the range of facilities has improved together with the liaison between the statutory and voluntary sectors . |
| 6 | Cynical health authorities would find the closure of long stay beds a less enticing option . |
| 7 | A. human bone from Turkey buried in alkaline soil with scrub oak vegetation , showing extensive root marks that have coalesced to give an appearance of surface corrosion ; B. sheep bone from stream ( pH 5.4 ) in Wales showing the result of long term immersion in water , with breakdown of the surface structure of the bone and formation of large scale pitting ; C. bovid bone from Tanzania which was buried in the floor of a hyaena den and subjected to trampling and decay from urine and organic acids , destructuring the surface leaving large scale pits and occasional islands of unaltered surface bone ; D. horse bone from Sphagnum bog in Dartmoor ( pH 3.5 ) showing acid etching of the bone producing pitting following and enlarging original structures in the bone . |
| 8 | Like many so-called archaic methods it was the result of long adaption of means to ends ; like many supposed pockets of peasant routine the Basque system could adapt itself to new demands . |
| 9 | These changing levels allowed many offshore islands to become populated with mainland forms , many of which evolved , as a result of long isolation , into separate subspecies and even distinct species . |
| 10 | The medium contains a high concentration of long chain polyunsaturated fats , similar to those found in some natural vegetable products . |
| 11 | However , considerations of long term safety are also important as lifelong maintenance treatment is usually recommended . |
| 12 | It is really , it 's a philosophy , is n't it , over the last how many years , you do n't have this philosophy , about being in fear of long term debt in in this authority . |
| 13 | One of the major strengths of Long Time Companion is its avoidance of the ‘ Government Health Warning ’ approach to AIDS . |
| 14 | Mark in 3cm from each side of long base edge , and mark 1cm from each side of top edge . |
| 15 | High resolution n.m.r. has proved to be a particularly useful tool in the study of the microstructure of polymers in solution , where the extensive molecular motion reduces the effect of long range interactions and allows the short range effects to dominate . |
| 16 | Windows have to be cleaned often if they are to be kept clean , and literary clarity , too , is always likely to be an effect of long labour . |
| 17 | Effect of long term tamoxifen treatment on bone turnover in women with breast cancer |
| 18 | ‘ A previous engagement of long standing . |
| 19 | ‘ During the months of long training sessions Higueras repeats , ‘ Be aware of what you do best . |
| 20 | A full understanding of current unemployment and the role it plays in the working of the labour market requires an explanation of the persistence of long duration unemployment . |
| 21 | Social institutions of long standing sustain their own value systems . |
| 22 | Quality build is an integral part of long life and has always been the source of Nautor 's success . |
| 23 | These advantages can not , however , be considered to be worth while unless they can be shown to lead to better glycaemic control or a reduction of long term complications of diabetes , or both . |
| 24 | The aim was to report back with bold proposals for the more efficient and effective trial of long fraud cases . |
| 25 | The interaction of long chain molecules with liquids is of considerable interest from both a practical and theoretical viewpoint . |
| 26 | So under the surface of the thick glass lay a mass of long gold threads , filling in the whole cavity of the box with their turns and tumbles , so that at first the little tailor thought he had come upon a box full of spun gold , to make cloth of gold . |
| 27 | In cases of long standing suppression this potency works marvellously ; this is because where one or two doses of the centesimal potency may fail to revive the suppressed symptoms , the repeated application of potencies of this scale can , and cure is begun . |
| 28 | In cases of long standing chronic disease I expect the patient to start feeling better within a day or two and certainly would n't continue with a remedy if there was no improvement after a week . |
| 29 | In May he took his protest to the rooftop of Long Lartin prison in Worcesterhsire . |
| 30 | But meanwhile , the hospital workers had been dug in for another kind of long war which ca n't be won the miners ' way . |