Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did he always want to go the long way round . |
| 2 | If we progress past the 2nd playing round in either — we tend to go a long way … otherwise we tendto get caught cold as it were … and in the FA cup draw the finalists/winners … |
| 3 | In a sense , then , survival into old age is a triumph , but a triumph that brings with it many problems , problems that tend to increase the longer one survives , the greater age one attains . |
| 4 | If banks or outside rescuers are to be involved then they will want to know the long term prospects and objectives so these can not be ignored . |
| 5 | I think that the genetic er , testing that was , that is now law , has to go a long way towards finding criminals , who once they 've been tested will find it very difficult to commit crime again , because they 're on record , and they 'll be on computer record . |
| 6 | It 's a million miles in style from our usual sweeping lawns and landscaped vistas , but in the latest in our series Summer Gardens , we visit the little piece of England where a little really HAS to go a long way . |
| 7 | And their bride has to wear er , all in red and er the bridegroo er groom has to wear a long costume with a red big flowers in front i aha and then they get married and there 's erm band , the Chinese traditional band with drums and trumpets blowing all the time and er , all the guests have a very nice time . |
| 8 | The centre 's directors recognise that the price of a microcomputer still has to fall a long way before the machines can play an important role in Third World education . |
| 9 | Right , if we want to increase the long run output we may have to reduce short run output . |
| 10 | And , despite claims , particularly among the Germans , French , Italians and Spanish , that it is a bad thing , many American insurance companies reckon that people with low blood pressure in middle age , far from suffering a disease , are expected to lead the longest and healthiest lives . |
| 11 | But if I want to hear the long , late-night groove on side two , I have to play the album . |
| 12 | Darlington firm Bowater Containers will today hand over 1,000 custom-made cardboard boxes for the goods , designed to withstand the long journey . |
| 13 | In Washington , Morton Stannard had listened to the rage of Zack as the spools unwound on the conference-table in the Situation Room , to which the committee had repaired to avoid the Long Tom cameras constantly peering at the windows of the Cabinet Room . |
| 14 | If you live in the centre of a large town , they may need to fly a long way . |
| 15 | If you want to live a long , long time in sturdy health you ca n't go wrong in forming the habit of long vigorous walking every day … until it becomes a habit as important to you as eating and sleeping . |
| 16 | The Dales School at Morton on Swale near Northallerton wants to shorten the long summer holidays from six to five weeks , putting the extra week onto the summer halfterm . |
| 17 | If that means sterling has to have a long leave of absence , judicial separation or divorce from the ERM , so be it . |
| 18 | Why do so many people want to take a long journey into that rather strange place that is known as Adland . |
| 19 | ‘ If firms want to take it seriously , they 'll need to take a long hard look at what sort of performance objectives are being applied and whether they are actually appropriate . |
| 20 | Anywhere in between and you 'll need to take a long hard look or call in the professionals . |
| 21 | Someone needs to take a long hard look at what has happened to tennis in Ulster over the last 20 years . |
| 22 | Meanwhile tomorrow another British convoy again of about a hundred and eighty women and children is expected to make the long hot journey from Kuwait to Baghdad . |
| 23 | But in reality it was a compromise designed to bring the long factional struggle about Pilger 's role to an end . |
| 24 | She seemed to wait a long time before she heard footsteps within , and then a light sprang up beyond the frosted glass . |
| 25 | Kulaks who joined the Imperial Navy , even in the commissioned ranks , did not normally expect to enjoy a long life . |
| 26 | But he said : ’ You endeavoured to go a long way to cover your tracks by disposing of the apparatus . |
| 27 | When this is established ( it may be the empty string ) the tail list is searched to find the longest string available from the remaining part of the word ( i.e. the word minus the head string ) . |
| 28 | Soviet and American tests with animals also found a decline in the production of red blood cells that seemed to worsen the longer the animals were in orbit . |
| 29 | In I 'm naming one man among many , therefore , an initial attempt is made to match a long word to the sequence ( Fig 7.5.1 ) . |
| 30 | How far are you prepared to stretch the long arm of coincidence ? |