Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A. vole premaxilla showing breakage of incisors ( ×15 ) ; B. sutural separation between premaxilla and maxilla ( ×15 ) ; C. occlusal cracking of vole molars ( ×15 ) ; D. enlargement of cracking , which appears to start in the dentine and then causes separation of the inner enamel surface ( ×75 ) ; E. slight chipping of enamel edge ( ×225 ) ; F. longitudinal splitting of incisor enamel ( ×15 ) ; G. slight modification of enamel surface of the incisor enamel ( same specimen as F. ) ( ×75 ) ; H. enlargement of enamel modification , showing it to be caused by splitting and flaking rather than etching ( ×375 ) ; I. femur head showing slight cracking ( ×26 ) ; J. enlargement of cracking ( ×75 ) ; K. splitting and cracking of tibia shaft ( ×38 ) ; L. enlargement of tibia ( ×75 ) ; M. splitting and depression of immature long bone shaft ( 15 ) ; N. enlargement of same ( ×60 ) . |
| 2 | A walled enclosure on the left , with trees , soon appears , concealing the large and impressive opening of Jackdaw Hole , 130 feet deep , and across the moor northeast from this point is the even deeper shaft of Penyghent Long Churn , admitting a stream : both holes can be inspected from safe stances on the surface but should not be approached too closely . |
| 3 | The ‘ double vowel ’ interpretation of English long vowels was put forward by MacCarthy ( 1952 ) and is used by Kreidler ( 1989 ) . |
| 4 | Intor is presently conceived as a 600 MW ( thermal ) reactor that would run for 10 years , researching and , we hope , demonstrating the practicability of repeated long pulses burning thermonuclear fuel in a tokamak . |
| 5 | For long processing times this will be too low a figure , but it will then be part of run times markedly higher as a result of overall long processing times and it is probable that overflow records will not cause much extra delay . |
| 6 | Next to the skeleton ( accompanied by the skeletons of two young women and two children ) were six gold crowns , four gold headbands , four gold rattles , six pairs of gold ear decorations and a pair of three-foot long gold alloy gloves . |
| 7 | Over the next five years San Jose will present a series of eighteen-month long exhibitions of works from the Whitney 's permanent collection , in exchange for a fee of $3 million — a high price for an art rental , but a fraction of what acquiring significant works costs these days . |
| 8 | From er re repeated stress repeated strain of of continuous long periods of sleep deprivation . |
| 9 | A few yards from the exit of Upper Long Churn Cave and at a lower level is the entrance to Lower Long Churn Cave ; this may also be safely explored , the gloom being diffused by daylight entering a fissure in the roof , to the point where the stream sinking in Upper Long Churn Cave enters in a waterfall after a short journey underground . |
| 10 | There is another reason for taking archers in large numbers — the Elves do n't have the same profusion of potent long range war engines that , for example , an Empire army or an Orc and Goblin army has . |
| 11 | Yablokov also warned of potential long term disasters caused by ruptures of oil and water pipelines . |
| 12 | They were so pleased with these that they ordered a further six vessels in 1860 of novel long design , with a narrow beam and flat bottom , which earned them the nickname of Bibby 's coffins . |
| 13 | I would argue that it is the mastery of processes which determine , shape and qualify context ( in every academic area ) which will be of significant long term value to the child . |
| 14 | La Stet SpA , Italy 's state-owned telecommunications holding company , favours liberalisation , but opposes a system in which new telecommunications operators could take over just the most lucrative business , such as national long distance , which subsidises local calls , said Umberto Silvestri , STET 's chief executive . |
| 15 | I have found this quite revealing — £28 000 a year for geriatric NHS long stay and over £30 000 a year for psychogeriatric long stay . |
| 16 | But the carriages will be able to operate in trains , giving a theoretical maximum capacity of up to 30 000 passengers per hour , with 120-metre long trains . |
| 17 | EADs have been documented from the endocardium in a patient with quinidine-induced long QT interval and torsades de pointes . |
| 18 | The Third Earl of Egremont , like Lord Ashburnham , took an almost daily part in the detailed management of his estates , building model dairies , attracting his tenants with favourable long leases and using , by 1810 , one of the first threshing machines in Sussex , although this was to cause trouble later . |
| 19 | In 1653 Shirley 's Cupid and Death , with music by Christopher Gibbons ( 1616–76 ) , Orlando 's son , and Matthew Locke ( c. 1630–1677 ) , was presented before the Portuguese Ambassador and revived in 1659 with additional long recitatives by Locke . |
| 20 | He buttoned his coat and with firm long strides began to walk . |
| 21 | Cable & Wireless Plc says it does not accept those claims made against it by its local partners in Digitel Telecommunications Philippines Inc ( CI No 2,171 ) and will defend against the allegations : ‘ We have received no official notification of this claim and we do not accept the validity of the allegations as we understand them from the press , and would expect to defend our position robustly , ’ it said ; Reuter reports from Manila that the local Cable & Wireless office says that it advised the company last September that it could not invest further in the country until a court case involving another local affiliate , Eastern Telecommunications Philippines Inc , was resolved — Eastern is locked in a legal battle with Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co and appealing a Supreme Court order denying it the right to operate an international gateway ; an industry source said Digitel is tapping another major local partner and British Telecommunications Plc as new shareholders in the company . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , its introduction must be accompanied by improved organisation of clinical services in the community , including better deployment of community psychiatric nurses to care for patients with severe long term psychiatric illness and the provision of essential resources . |
| 23 | Up until the day before the wedding , she was planning to wear the Jasper Conran jacket , teamed with matching long skirt . |
| 24 | Striding through Africa dressed in bonnet , high-necked blouse and long wool skirt , in search of beetles and fish to study , the ground beneath her gave way and she fell fifteen feet into an animal trap with twelve-inch long ebony spikes . |
| 25 | Nearly all the females prefer males with ridiculous long tails : therefore there is an advantage in fitting one 's sons to the fashion . |
| 26 | On the higher slopes of Park Fell overlooking Alum Pot , water bubbles from the peat and takes shape as a stream known as Long Churn Spring , coursing down the hillside through a morass to reach a limestone scar on the 1200-ft contour , where it disappears into Upper Long Churn Cave . |
| 27 | Above and below : Silk dupion jacket with red rose appliqué and embroidery with co-ordinating long ivory full skirt and short red skirt by Anna Belinda ( Eva , £1,295 complete ) , pearl drop earrings from Harvey Nichols ( £14.95 ) , red embroidered mules by Diane Hassall ( £175 ) . |
| 28 | But it was the eyes that drew her attention , dark and smouldering with lovely long lashes . |
| 29 | He said the driver may not even have realised that he had struck the schoolboy , who was walking from his home in Scarisbrick Drive , Norris Green , to Queen Mary Comprehensive , in nearby Long Lane , when the accident happened at the corner of Parthenon Drive and Walton Hall Avenue . |
| 30 | This lead time allowed LIFFE 's contract to exploit the process generating endogenous economies of scale and become sufficiently liquid to attract substantial hedging demand in German long term interest rates . |