Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The approach of classroom testing against the hearing norms has a long tradition among educators and researchers . |
| 2 | No Hiding Place Sitting containers on pallets or bricks goes a long way toward preventing them from harbouring all kinds of pests under their bottoms . |
| 3 | They 're added to marzipan to improve its flavour and keeping qualities , and a little oil of bitter almonds goes a long way in much confectionery . |
| 4 | Ascending its professional hierarchies takes a long time . |
| 5 | Such a use of sub-committees goes a long way towards achieving an ‘ open ’ management process . |
| 6 | C. nevillii takes a longer time to root than most other species . |
| 7 | As everywhere else in the world , changing these attitudes requires a long campaign of education . |
| 8 | People do n't usually hit out unless they are upset or angry , so showing you understand their feelings goes a long way to preventing them from expressing that anger towards you . |
| 9 | It seems to me that this difference in the structure of the schedules goes a long way towards explaining in industrial terms the relative stasis of British television subgenres like sitcom , crime series and soap opera , and the drive towards innovation found in the corresponding genres on US television . |
| 10 | The veneration of saints has a long history dating back to the early martyrs ( meaning witnesses ) . |
| 11 | In the never-never land of unreal prices , widespread subsidies and easy bank loans , using resources efficiently to make profits comes a long way down the list of priorities . |
| 12 | Across the fronts of the tired houses drapes a long banner : ‘ LDC And The Council : The Blighters Of This Terrace ’ . |
| 13 | This concern about the calibre of councillors has a long history . |
| 14 | Indeed , the notion that the behaviour of financial institutions needs to be taken into account when examining the efficacy of monetary controls has a long , although perhaps not popular , pedigree . |
| 15 | But the ruler who likes to be driven around in a sinister black Range Rover with dark tinted windows casts a long shadow of fear . |
| 16 | One or more of these processes forms a long conducting fibre or axon ( Narahashi , 1963 ) ending in a group of fine , branching fibrils ; the number of axons enables the neuron to be classified as uni- , bi- or multipolar . |
| 17 | Research on natural hazards has a long tradition in geography going back more than half a century . |
| 18 | THE death penalty for heretics has a long history . |
| 19 | However , it is necessary to emphasise that exploration of materials such as sand , clay , soil and wood for sheer delight , without the intervention of an adult , is extremely important and for some children lasts a long time . |
| 20 | The idea of New Towns has a long pedigree , but it received its twentieth-century fillip through the garden city movement ( Osborn and Whittick , 1963 ) . |
| 21 | But the full integration of special needs students has a long way to go , and requires much more commitment to the adaptation and modification of plans and a further shift of resources to those whose need is greatest . |
| 22 | The change in hours compounds a long term upward trend in the number of night visits . |