Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of these were transferred to an internment camp at Long Kesh near Lisburn . |
| 2 | the printing term for long metal trays used to hold type after it had been set and before the press run . |
| 3 | Cocktail parties on long , hot summer nights or breakfast in the Winter sun . |
| 4 | It pointed out that a prolonged period of profits growth at ISC had ended because of insistence by the auditors that ISC adopt more conservative accounting policies on long term contracts . |
| 5 | Gall bladder contraction during long term treatment was still greatly suppressed ( 19% ) at 45 minutes after injection . |
| 6 | While the actual canals , together with their locks , bridges and wharfs , have their own intrinsic interest , far more significant is the fact that they allowed the easy and cheap movement of bulk cargoes over long distances . |
| 7 | Larger than Glossy Ibis , from which it differs especially in its bald red head , red bill and legs , and neck ruff of long pointed feathers , which wave in the wind and give the bird a somewhat shaggy appearance at rest . |
| 8 | The travellers were trying to get into a rock festival at Long Marston airfield near Stratford on Avon planned for this weekend.Roads around the site were blocked by the travellers as they confronted the police for most of the night . |
| 9 | The producers , Grosbard and Herb Gardner , should have known that as a general rule films with long titles have short runs . |
| 10 | They may prefer short term bid speculation to long term recovery but if Mr Louis-Dreyfus has his way , they will have to settle for the latter . |
| 11 | Pokymerase chain reaction detection of mycobacterium paratuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium subsp silvaticum in long term cultures from Crohn 's disease and control tissues |
| 12 | In this paper we report the use of IS900-and IS902-based polymerase chain reaction for the specific detecton of M paratuberculosis and M avium subsp silvaticum in long term cultures from Crohn 's disease , ulcerative colitis , and non-inflammatory bowel disease tissues . |
| 13 | The remnant strands of long white hair lay clumped and matted about the skull , and a stalk-like neck vanished into the white folds of her nightgown . |
| 14 | Canary set out to purchase the base airframes for the planned conversions and marginally flyable Texans and Vibrators were collected from across North America and ferried to the modification headquarters at Long Beach , California . |
| 15 | From there on , the journey offered a scenic rest , broken only by the occasional derelict engine houses of long abandoned tin and copper mines , until St Michael 's Mount comes into view . |
| 16 | This is a well balanced rucksack , with good carrying capacity for long trips , at an affordable price . |
| 17 | Many of their colleagues are off work sick for long periods being treated for nervous disorders . |
| 18 | As still the expected attack did not materialise — despite constant intelligence warnings of long columns of troop transports , of construction of the now familiar Stollen on the Left Bank — Petain was heard to remark , ‘ They do n't know their business . ’ |
| 19 | The crucial experiments with standardised diets , each time excluding or adding wheat or rye flour over long periods in these children with coeliac disease , were performed on four children in the Wilhelmina Children 's Hospital in Utrecht and in one child in the Juliana Children 's Hospital in The Hague . |
| 20 | But , though it may have perfected the art of crisis management through long necessity , it will have to face some additional strains in the next few years . |
| 21 | Within a plain exterior there was a large booking hall with long slender windows rising to an arched roof and decorated with Italian mosaics depicting aspects of Malayan life . |
| 22 | They can also use them to accommodate overseas staff home on leave , or to entertain business associates , or even as retirement gifts for long service staff . |
| 23 | No , this was a new healthy way of eating that was going to change previous diet failures into long term success stories . |
| 24 | She has a spacious interior with full headroom throughout , room for ancillary cruising equipment and ample stowage space , while her deep bilges allow generous fuel and water tankage for long distance cruising . |
| 25 | Only those situations which are really knotted , with personality or relationship difficulties of long standing , tend to come the way of a qualified or specialist social worker for elderly people . |
| 26 | This act brought to a head problems of long standing whose roots were to be found in two factors . |
| 27 | High resolution polyacrylamide gels for long range reading were prepared according to ( 30 ) . |
| 28 | In rats that have been sent into space , the breaking strength of long bones decreased by between 30 and 50 per cent , says Richard Grindeland of Ames . |
| 29 | A scheme to spend £1 billion to replace existing short sewage outlets with long ones is under way . |
| 30 | Metal collars with long steel spikes were undoubtedly the favourite form of protection against throttling , although Punch ( 13 December 1862 ) also dreamt up ‘ great coats made a-la-porcupine … with spring daggers at the elbows and sharp spikes all up the back ’ in order to discourage attack from the rear . |