Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the surgical specialties the problem of allocating time to research is particularly acute given the long apprenticeship necessary to learn technical skills . |
| 2 | Apart from the track itself the forest had been partially felled for about twenty feet on either side so that except where the road wound sharply it was possible to see a long way ahead . |
| 3 | More over , each has a long and informative preface . |
| 4 | He was prepared to wait a long time to gain the king 's good will , and meanwhile to support the king in his enterprises . |
| 5 | Like Lanfranc he had welcomed royal co-operation , and had been prepared to wait a long time for it . |
| 6 | In this way , the learner will gain confidence , and this goes a long way to promoting safe practice if at a later time adequate guidance and support are lacking . |
| 7 | This goes a long way towards explaining the awkwardness felt by the foreign learner in conversation an awkwardness which does not seem wholly attributable to faulty or slow processing of grammar and vocabulary . |
| 8 | There is a problem with pollution with visual intrusion and noise intrusion which needs to be solved and this goes a long way towards solving it . |
| 9 | The two noddies are fairly similar , but the lesser has a longer beak and the brown , as its name suggests , has a paler brown back . |
| 10 | This involved a long hike over Esk Hause to Gable , and to avoid the intense mid-day heat we agreed to leave the valley at dawn . |
| 11 | Excuse the paper … it 's easier to write a longer letter on foolscap paper ! |
| 12 | But perhaps he had been to a Harley Street specialist — it was easier to imagine the long holiday being recommended behind thick net curtains in one of those tall houses with several brass plates on the door . |
| 13 | This began a long association between the royal family and Wilson , who undertook several commissions . |
| 14 | The cots were disposed to form a long seat along one side of the coach , the remaining floor space being clear . |
| 15 | This takes a long time and is reflected in the price of the product . |
| 16 | Hyperactive children may ‘ grow out of it ’ in time , but this takes a long time and their behaviour tends to get worse before it gets better . |
| 17 | In order to gain reasonable competence by the simple approach , the robot has to record more than 1000 entries in the set R. This takes a long time . |
| 18 | But this takes a long time and a lot of convincing . |
| 19 | This seems a long time . |
| 20 | I thought does n't this take a long time just for a little tiny bit ? |
| 21 | Delegates could contribute valuable insight and comment based on their own experiences and expertise , and this went a long way towards creating LASMO 's HSE blueprint for 1993 and beyond . |
| 22 | The reason for this seems to have been that Victorian British industrialists looked for a quick return , while the Germans were more prepared to take a long view . |
| 23 | It expressed the view that opportunities should be provided for suitably qualified students to obtain a degree , although it was acknowledged that many would not be prepared to take the longer course this entailed and some would not be considered suitable for admission to degree studies . |
| 24 | This provides a long and very enjoyable drink that can accompany a meal , or just be drunk for pleasure socially . |
| 25 | ‘ The British have a long history of being inventive and in this current climate we are being inundated with new ideas , ’ says Richard Paine , marketing director of Inventalink , one of Britain 's biggest agencies which sells the ideas to commercial companies . |
| 26 | She has come to tell them about the opportunities which await them if they are prepared to make the long journey to Oregon . |
| 27 | In early 1978 the Firefly was prepared to make the long road journey to its new home in Cambridgeshire . |
| 28 | This ended a long history of credit controls in Britain since the war . |
| 29 | Marianne Farningham , religious journalist , learnt her faith from a papermaker Baptist grandfather , ‘ a preacher of great force ’ , who would sit ‘ in our kitchen , talking with some friend , each smoking a long clay pipe , and with a glass of home-brewed beer on the table ’ , debating ‘ on high themes , of Calvinistic doctrine and the heresies of Arminianism . ’ |
| 30 | It 's something you use to get you from A to B , I guess , and right now that seemed a long way to me . |