Example sentences of "[conj] in a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can therefore be said that in a long series of estimates under the same conditions the population mean would lie within one standard error of the mean 68 per cent of the time , or within two standard errors 95·4 per cent of the time . |
| 2 | It can therefore be said that in a long series of estimates under the same conditions the population mean would lie within one standard error of the mean 68 per cent of the time , or within two standard errors 95.4 per cent of the time . |
| 3 | In 1964 he was voted European Footballer of the Year and in a long career with Scotland he won 55 caps and earned the interchangeable nicknames ‘ Denis The Menace ’ or simply ‘ The King ’ . |
| 4 | Needles were stored in a two-pound Robertson 's jam jar ; and in a long glass-topped case was a selection of knives , scalpels , forceps , scissors and syringes . |
| 5 | By the time their neighbour had turned back , her cigarette lit and in a long ebony holder , both the children 's mouths were full of her home-made produce . |
| 6 | Delaunay , for example , violently repudiated any analogy between his own art and that of the Futurists both in an open letter to the press and in a long essay written immediately after attending a lecture given by Marinetti at the time of the first Futurist exhibition in Paris . |
| 7 | The body itself was late medieval , not wrapped in cerecloth but in a long linen shift with a narrow hem of lace ; the features were discernible , though bald , whilst the ‘ inside of the body seemed to be filled with some substance which rendered it very hard . ’ |
| 8 | Style is important , but in a long document it can be very time consuming to check that the headings , subheadings and body text all conform to the same pattern . |
| 9 | In the period immediately before a race it is worth eating something sweet to provide glucose and drink plenty of fluids since in a long race you can become dehydrated and can lose up to 5lb . |