Example sentences of "[conj] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I lived in Manchester , and I must admit I do n't miss the terminally grey days or the long winter nights . ’ |
| 2 | However the narrative of Henshall 's work appeals to sentiment , the flushed face of the child here denotes ill-health as does her inert pose over the knee of her grandfather , whose exhausted face and poverty-stricken surroundings indicate that there is no help in the short or the long term . |
| 3 | of course that is a point that we 've made all the way through , it 's not if nobody would bid , it 's if the franchising director was not satisfied with the quality or the long term viability of the bids he 'd received |
| 4 | Enjoy the first flowers of Spring or the last leaves of Autumn — on the longest night or the longest day ! |
| 5 | Gentle walks include those over on Panorama Way , or the longer stroll over to Pengelstein . |
| 6 | He preferred the shore , where the long vistas of rocks with their thick coverings of seaweed appeared to him as the heads of ‘ black phantoms emerging from the underworld , ’ and the grottos were full of strange brilliantly coloured rocks and polished white beds of gravel which seemed about ‘ to receive the water-nymph when she emerged from the waves ’ . |
| 7 | The cavalryman , who was called Lord John Rossendale , was staring at the sumptuous decorations in the supper room where the long tables were draped in white linen and thickly set with silver and fine china . |
| 8 | Rory looked away for a second , towards the beach , where the long Atlantic rollers crashed against the broad expanse of gold . |
| 9 | Thérèse and Léonie lay flat on their stomachs , heads well down , just where the long grass began , peeping through the stems itchy with insects . |
| 10 | It was in an adult education college where the long corridors were lined with notice-boards and lists that fluttered like dead leaves as he walked past . |
| 11 | ‘ The inconvenience arising from cold in the most carefully constructed railway carriage , where a long journey has to be performed in the winter season , suggested to the directors the necessity of fixing a warming apparatus in the bed of the carriage , and Mr. Perkins , the inventor of the steam gun , has accordingly fitted a very ingenious apparatus for the purpose of heating the carriage , which may be thus briefly described : — a coil of pipe placed near the hinder axletree , and supplied with water from a small cistern in the bed of the carriage , is kept heated by means of a lamp with four burners . |
| 12 | ‘ Sometimes , your actions are utterly thoughtless without any knowledge of consequences , ’ he muttered , turning her to the side of the room , where a long bench gave them a chance to sit . |
| 13 | And then you have to explain it to the person opposite you , or a long distance phone call , and say how you , , and this , because there was a colour done what I 've said , he said my colour 's completely different , and you 've propose all those colour bits , but |
| 14 | Delayed increases in rotation rate have not previously been observed in glitches in any pulsar , on either a short or a long timescale . |
| 15 | ‘ Put into the language of today , the general principle being there stated is simply that , unless the contrary is expressly enacted or so plainly implied that the courts must give effect to it , United Kingdom legislation is applicable only to British subjects or to foreigners who by coming to the United Kingdom , whether for a short or a long time , have made themselves subject to British jurisdiction . |
| 16 | Dysphagia or , occasionally , more atypical complaints related to the upper gastrointestinal tract developing in young patients with a history of lymphoma warrants suspicion , even in the absence of specific symptoms , enlarged lymph nodes , or a long disease free interval . |
| 17 | Law as integrity is also a non-skeptical theory of legal rights : it holds that people have as legal rights whatever rights are sponsored by the principles that provide the best justification of legal practice as a whole Pragmatism , on the contrary , denies that people ever have legal rights ; it takes the bracing view that they are never entitled to what would otherwise be worse for the community just because some legislature said so or a long string of judges decided other people were . |
| 18 | Approximately 3 per cent of those aged 65 and over live in some form of institution , either a residential home , nursing home or a long stay hospital bed . |
| 19 | This should preferably be a fairly recent period of relative stability : since the base period is acting as a point of reference , it would be inappropriate to choose a period in which the price level was affected by any abnormal events , such as a war or a long dock strike which created a serious shortage of imported goods . |
| 20 | This fuller appreciation may result from a short or a long article , even occasionally some unexpected insight or well-phrased judgement ; but it will not come from a brief comment off the cuff , an item of gossip , or a mere listing . |
| 21 | A favourite or a long shot ? |
| 22 | Interleukin-2 is a new treatment therapy which can offer many people suffering from solid tumours their main hope of improved health or a longer life . |
| 23 | Battle offers all the pleasures of a small country town — for a day out , a week-end or a longer holiday . |
| 24 | For example , a firm could offer better after-sales service for a microcomputer or a longer guarantee for a television ; it could waive delivery charges for a new table or throw in a set of free wine glasses with the purchase of petrol . |
| 25 | The author of the book had argued that evolution was a product of desire : a wingless animal , unconsciously , wants to fly — it wills a wing , a pair or wings , or a longer neck to reach the trees , or swifter legs to escape its predators . |
| 26 | In materials such as polyethylene , however , Keller finds that the long chains are arranged in quite a different sort of way . |
| 27 | But more immediately it reminds us that the imperial invaders played the role of the Persians ; that Barbarossa 's efforts systematically to reduce the cities of the north — and less systematically , those of Tuscany and Umbria — led to the formation of the First Lombard League ; and that the long struggle with the Hohenstaufen was one of the preludes to the formation of the civic empires which dominated late medieval Italy . |
| 28 | But fears that the long holiday would lead to a marked slump in production figures for December and January were expressed by City analysts who believe the mass closedown could result in a production loss worth £5bn . |
| 29 | American official policy was to promote self-government in south Korea as a prelude to unification but de la Mare observed that the long delay in accomplishing unification made this unlikely . |
| 30 | He loves opera , in that the long rehearsal span and run of performances allows him ‘ to get the psychology out of the way in the first few days ’ — clearly , he worries a great deal about the mental interchange with his workforce — but he intends to keep a balance with concert work . |