Example sentences of "[noun pl] for the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were other reasons for the long use of the sickle . |
| 2 | By 0930 they were all in their coaches for the long journey back to Brighton , for that evening they all became civilians again and had to be ready for their ordinary jobs on Monday . |
| 3 | The challenge , a 5km run , a 30km cycle ride and then back on 2 legs for the long run home . |
| 4 | The old certainties that ruled computer industry analysis over the past 30 years are tumbling like autumn leaves , and commercial realities are now eating away at the traditional determination of Japanese companies to forget the bottom line and stick with major product sectors for the long term : Sony Corp says it is considering pulling out of Japan 's competitive word processor market to save the cost of developing and manufacturing new models , Reuter reports from Tokyo ; Sony began making word processors in 1985 and production reached a peak of 10,000 a month ; NEC Corp , Toshiba Corp , Fujitsu Ltd and Sharp Corp now dominate the market and Sony currently makes just 500 of the things a month , a drop in the 1992 market ocean of 2.6m machines . |
| 5 | There are peel-off labels for the long holiday dates , something with which you can amuse yourself on the next bank holiday . |
| 6 | Beyond these direct consequences such labs have implications for the long term development of the host-country 's scientific capacity and capability . |
| 7 | The proposals Department of the Environment are actually for sixty- six weeks , but including existing statutory requirements , which can be as much as thirty weeks for the long serving employee . |
| 8 | Far from trying to develop their targets for the long haul , the Milken minions broke them up for quick gain . |
| 9 | What really moved the men was the ignition of the class war , the excitement of climbing out of the trenches for the long march against the class enemy . |
| 10 | The challenge is to continue to conserve Trust properties for the long term while rapid changes re taking place in the wider environment . |
| 11 | Take the most effective actions for the long term [ Sammon ( 1984a ) , p 70 ] |
| 12 | The unit split up into three convoys for the long march to Kufra . |
| 13 | Pleasant to browse but unwise to buy as I could do without the extra weight of heavy tomes for the long haul after the town up past Hay Bluff to the Gospel Pass — a climb to more than 1,750 ft . |
| 14 | Next came Cooder 's first real involvement with film-work ; over the next two or three years he produced soundtracks for The Long Riders , Southern Comfort and The Border . |
| 15 | The drays and bullocks Stephen had sent from Yarrundi eventually arrived on 27 September , the ‘ tent was struck ’ where Gould 's men had encamped outside town with all the provisions , and was loaded up on the carts for the long , slow haul back to the reaches of the Upper Hunter . |
| 16 | Soviet capabilities for the long range projection of power in the Third World were comparatively ineffectual . |