Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glancing over at the faint quiver in the hand holding her fork , and at the nervously fluttering long eyelashes , casting dark spiky shadows on her pale , trembling cheeks , he gave her a warm and reassuring smile . |
| 2 | Another cliché that persists is that chefs work in contract catering only to avoid long hours and the tough competition of hotel and restaurant kitchens . |
| 3 | His argument is that the density wave is of a different kind , the so called long wave mode , which propagates from the centre of the Galaxy outward , such a wave pattern rotates much more rapidly than the short wave mode and it just happens that , if this picture is correct , our Solar System is almost exactly at the place in our Galaxy where it orbits at the same speed as the wave ( Astrophysics and Space Science , vol 89 , p 61 ) . |
| 4 | He went on to say that if energy was then introduced into such a system , these shape-specific groups of water polymers could be stabilized and could join together to form long chains of water polymers which would retain the original solute imprint and shape specificity . |
| 5 | Word Perfect 's document management system is clever enough to allow long filenames ; they can be used up to 68 characters in length |
| 6 | Having just completed long negotiations with the various provider units in the area , the authority is now keen to ensure contracts are honoured and it gets the best value healthcare available . |
| 7 | Those who do not fancy long haul can share short flights between two or three budding pilots . |
| 8 | It extends in places up to a metre or so above the level of the reef flat due to the fact that Porolithon can survive in the splash and spray zone and does not need long periods of immersion . |
| 9 | West Germany provides another example , with provision overall being unimpressive to date , but with some exciting demonstration projects showing recently that cycling ‘ traditions ’ do not need long histories , but may be created overnight by political will and imaginative innovation . |
| 10 | Most are vulnerable to the cold , since they can not grow long hair and a thick insulating coat . |
| 11 | As a general guide , sensible limits for drinking which do not carry long term health risks for fit and healthy people are as follows : |
| 12 | Balderton Hospital in Newark , the old mental handicap hospital for the county , is set to close this year , and Bassetlaw 's small inpatient unit can not provide long term intensive care . |
| 13 | Although Valerie Eliot did not like long sea voyages since she suffered from seasickness , and Eliot complained to friends like Marion Dorn about the expense involved , they travelled to the West Indies regularly over the next five years . |
| 14 | That 's not to say that it can not create long documents , far from it , just that equal emphasis is given to each page by the program . |
| 15 | CARTER have not worn long trousers since March 1989 . |
| 16 | We had already negotiated long stretches of the Cherwell where we were completely hidden from view . |
| 17 | However , the government 's threat to withhold payment on contracts with European companies if sanctions were imposed was discounted by many firms which had already encountered long delays in payment . |
| 18 | The Cleveland Way and the Lyke Wake Walk are , of course , the best known long distance routes and they coincide for about 12 miles . |
| 19 | I mean we 've always associated Forest with playing their way into the penalty area now with Rozario er with Collimore they 've got the licence or the facility just to knock long balls through the air at them . |
| 20 | I tend not to read long interviews with top celebs , as much to avoid discovering that they are dickheads as anything else , so I look for the news , gossip and reviews . |
| 21 | If you can not tell long jokes without getting lost , stick to one-liners . |
| 22 | The whole matter was not so much solved as channelled in another direction by the sudden love match between Mary and her first cousin Henry , Lord Darnley , whom she described as the ‘ properest and best proportioned long man ’ she had ever seen . |
| 23 | DIP systems come into their own when you need rapid access to paperwork or you can not afford long lead times between the documents arriving and being available for reference . |
| 24 | OUP 's offer ( 50% off its new encyclopedic dictionary ) was designed to stimulate teacher recommendations and thus generate long term sales . |
| 25 | Citations to actual theses generally reflect long periods of current influence , with some theses continuing to be cited up to twenty years after their deposit . |
| 26 | In the Promodes/DIRSA case concerning a merger between two supermarket chains , the Commission took the view that the relevant geographic market was local , primarily because there was insufficient evidence of the substitutability of demands , in that consumers would not travel long distances to purchase their weekly shopping . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , the basic directions of economic reform are rather similar to Hungary , though the initial position is quite different , in that Yugoslavia already had long experience of worker-managed firms as well as a high degree of monetary mismanagement ( including a spell of hyperinflation ) resulting from inability of the country 's federal structure to impose monetary discipline . |
| 28 | Your aim should be to see that she does not suffer long periods of loneliness and that she feels so well cared for that she can manage to endure her period of sorrow without too many crutches , until life becomes worth living again . |
| 29 | The ability to borrow and lend stock is an important facility and enables market makers more easily to take long positions ( large holdings ) and short positions ( low or negative holdings ) of stocks . |
| 30 | This suggests that the mechanisms which constrain fetal growth to prevent maternal-fetal disproportion do not effect long term programming of cardiovascular disease . |