Example sentences of "[prep] long [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tabulation and presentation of long passages are again characteristic elements of this part , but detailed linguistic analysis seems to have yielded to a more abstract discussion in the style of traditional literary criticism . |
| 2 | The pleasure of long rivers is that no two trips along them are ever even similar . |
| 3 | The exact unexpired terms of long leases are not so critical , but details must be given of time remaining on shorter leases . |
| 4 | The second area in which Aldus have improved the handling of long documents is in the implementation of style sheets . |
| 5 | Spellings , titles , and the use of initials in place of long names are all very important . |
| 6 | A lesser effect ( 7/5 mm Hg ) of longer duration was seen with oral therapy . |
| 7 | But the secret he 's learnt through long experience is the nature of light — from the air it 's very different . |
| 8 | While other constitutional texts , where they existed at all , have for long periods been purely notional , national autonomy never ceased to have a certain operation reality . |
| 9 | Although evolution decrees that species of plant and animal which survive for long periods are shaped to the advantages determined by natural selection , progress over time to larger size might be a law of nature independent of environmental factors . |
| 10 | At 0.7kg , it is no heavier than most basic models , and holding the gun for long periods was not awkward . |
| 11 | Many of their colleagues are off work sick for long periods being treated for nervous disorders . |
| 12 | While the progress towards the reunion of separated churches has been much slower than many had hoped , the last sixty years have seen dialogue and joint action at many levels , from the local to the international , between Christian communities which had for long centuries been very largely isolated from each other . |
| 13 | Her work with long hair is excellent . |
| 14 | A scheme to spend £1 billion to replace existing short sewage outlets with long ones is under way . |
| 15 | In this way , when the number of allowable strings or phrases is high , a few most likely can be stored — it was found that if all allowable phrases with long sequences were stored , there was insufficient memory on the computer ! |
| 16 | Transitions between two levels with long life-times are the most informative . |
| 17 | We could not hear its lovely song for a vociferous skylark ( with long tails was trilling directly overhead . |
| 18 | Again , as for /Ε/,; patterns of lengthening and diphthongization are present , with long vowels being associated mainly with back realizations and with the higher front realizations before voiced velars ( see table 4.2 ) . |
| 19 | A few birds with long beaks were poking around by the water : how come they stay so clean when they 're always delving in the mud ? |
| 20 | The often awkward transition from playing covers to playing original material went without a hitch , and before long REM were providing backing on their first album . |
| 21 | The house in Long Island was referred to as Xanadu in the specialized trade that supplied her . |
| 22 | Grade differences in long absences were reduced by 11% for men and by 36% for women after adjustment . |
| 23 | Groups from Long Sela'an are still blockading Samling 's logging roads , declaring that the company has scared away the game and polluted the rivers . |
| 24 | The headlong rush by the brewers to switch tenants to long leases is creating misery and hardship . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Signalling by diffusion can work well for small organisms , but it is limited ; diffusion of chemical signals over long distances is slow and inefficient , as it can not be specifically targeted to ensure that the signal arrives only at the cell it was intended for . |
| 27 | Its organization was similar in that it was controlled by persons of relatively high social status , that ransoming was a major source of profit , and that the transporting of animals over long distances was usual when a payment was not forthcoming . |
| 28 | Meath on long wave is 20pc owned by RTE ; it is now the most popular commercial radio station in Britain and has a big , youthful audience in Northern Ireland . |
| 29 | Two companies at Long Beach were hired to do the actual airframe modifications . |
| 30 | Fishing for carp at long range is , on some waters , essential for success . |