Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trial ground on through the long hot summer in Pretoria . |
| 2 | With a path to walk on through the long ‘ now ’ of summer . |
| 3 | Joseph had devoured the contents of the book avidly during the long Pacific crossing and had begun reading it again after they left Hong Kong . |
| 4 | Twenty metres or so from the grass-packed hill which looks over the Rabbit Grounds I switched to Silent Running , pacing stealthily through the long weeds and reeds , careful not to let anything I was carrying make a noise . |
| 5 | He watched them moving very slowly through the long , green grass . |
| 6 | The cows moved slowly through the long green grass . |
| 7 | Raskolnikov is one of the others , though it 's only through the long crime-and-punishment process that he comes to understand this : he had ‘ wanted something more ’ — more than our mere-existence rain . |
| 8 | All through the long , twisting lanes the route was marked by twigs — twigs from the witch 's broom — which led to Threlkeld and only ceased when they came to the church with a steeple crowned by a gilded weathercock . |
| 9 | I have said enough about the long run already , where there will be no more Reykjavik and no more big glass and not even any more lovers . |
| 10 | Beyond pouring oil on troubled waters , the Queen can do no more than dig in for the long wait , guided by her husband . |
| 11 | Phone as much as possible , especially for the long distance calls , during the cheaper telephone period after 1 pm . |
| 12 | Now in terms of the cr the need for development , I 'm sure the panel will have read all the evidence which has been put in about the long history of the varying impact studies o on development on around Greater York , and those date back of course to the February eighty nine report which I I think you 'll have seen copies of . |
| 13 | Thus investment in preschool provision and the improved quality of life it bestows may pay good dividends in the shape of calculable beneficial effects on the child 's educational attainments five years hence and perhaps into the longer future . |
| 14 | We show that position-independent , copy number-dependent expression of the Ea d gene occurs only with the Long construct ( 8/8 transgenic mouse lines , over a range of copy numbers , 1-30 copies ) ; in contrast , the Short constructs are subject to position-dependent effects . |
| 15 | We abandoned the last Munro , especially as it 's a top that can be combined with Meall Greigh to be bagged another day , and staggered down into the long glen that would take us back to our morning starting point . |
| 16 | She made it down into the long drawing-room with a sort of grim look on her face that Alain noted with a frown . |
| 17 | The par-five 13th , along with the long 15th , is probably the key , where scores can be made or broken . |
| 18 | On his feet he has also had considerable success running the 100 and 200 metres , together with the long jump , winning outright in all three . |
| 19 | fixations might do better in the long run by holding out until you 've got enough cash to buy the real thing . |
| 20 | The resale potential of other Anatolian items is less clear , but it seems probable that the finer quality Dobags and the more tribal items , whether village or nomadic , will fare better in the long term than " furnishing " or " decorative " rugs . |
| 21 | They argue , on pragmatic grounds , that judges must sometimes act as if people had legal rights , because acting that way will serve society better in the long run . |
| 22 | Is the community so anxious that its judges not behave as pragmatists that this " noble lie " will help him serve its true interests better in the long run ? |
| 23 | Our current performance is at around the Group average , and I have no doubt not only of our ability to keep this up , but of our potential for doing even better in the longer term on any standard of assessment . |
| 24 | Buying a soon-to-be-obsolete car can be a saving in the short term , but not necessarily in the long term . |
| 25 | His record as an MP , especially in the Long Parliament ( 1640–8 ) suggests someone extremely active , and useful to the House , but not of major political importance . |
| 26 | Each was temporarily leader of his respective peer-group and power-base , but each had less than unanimous backing , especially in the long term . |
| 27 | Brute farce , however effective in terrorizing people , is not by itself enough in the longer run . |
| 28 | In many cases these activities have promoted gender-neutral policies and perhaps in the long term will have a major impact on some aspects of gender bias in schools . |
| 29 | Her looks and her vibrant personality had always won the day for her — but perhaps in the long run that had n't been a good thing , because now those weapons had failed her she was floundering , rudderless . |
| 30 | So in the long run I think his objectivity may have helped a little bit . |