Example sentences of "[pers pn] has a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her skin is blue-black , she has a long red tongue , and snakes twine about her body . |
| 2 | She has a long coachroof of medium height and a short-ended hull on which no attempt has been made to distort the lines . |
| 3 | The second must be that he or she has a long life . |
| 4 | She has a long association with the scouting movement and is president of the East Middlesbrough scout executive . |
| 5 | He has a long way to go before equalling last year 's prize money of £42,399 , but the wonder horse proved that he is again in irresistible form when opening Whitaker 's account with a first prize of £3,700 . |
| 6 | But he has a long way to go to close down Sir Teddy 's 15,000 majority . |
| 7 | He has a long and distinguished career in public health medicine : he was the first doctor to give a patient penicillin in 1941 and then moved to the post of director of the Medical Research Council 's Pneumoconiosis Research Unit , investigating diseases of the lung . |
| 8 | He has a long involvement with the Institute stretching back over four decades and until recently was Chairman of the Membership Board as well as being Senior Vice President . |
| 9 | He might have added : But he has a long memory for those that let him down . |
| 10 | I believe that 's something that needs to be looked at and if the government were prepared to embark on a review of auditing er generally then that is something that I think there is some useful point in pursuing further er it 's interesting that er er erm when Bingham examined this point at paragraph three er point three nine in his report er he has a long paragraph er discussing these matters and er he says that er he at the end of the day he does n't come to a concluded view er although he does er acknowledge the fact that there are many people er depositors or example , share holders and employees who might have an interest in a particular company . |
| 11 | Obviously he has a long way to mature physically , but he 's surpassed our hopes . |
| 12 | He has a long way to go but will keep playing as an amateur and then try to qualify for the Britsh open … |
| 13 | He has a long way to go but will keep playing as an amateur and then try to qualify for the Britsh open … |
| 14 | He has a long way to go but he has the right attitude . ’ |
| 15 | He has a long list of Parliamentary posts , including chairing the Parliamentary panel on charity law , acting as deputy chairman of the foreign affairs forum and secretary of both the back bench arts committee and smaller businesses committee . |
| 16 | He has a long nose and a long face . |
| 17 | And she said er Angela said to her oh poor Neil has to stays in bed until one o'clock every Saturday and then on Sunday he has a he gets up late and then he has a long rest in the afternoon and Pam said to me he 's copping out . |
| 18 | It has a long , narrow plan , the northern end of which may have been used for stabling horses or housing the cattle . |
| 19 | It has a long body with overlapping scales , with a concentration of fins at the hind end . |
| 20 | The building is an exciting example of 1909 — lo Art Deco , using a wide range of materials including brick , and it has a long glass gallery at roof level . |
| 21 | The body is long and slender , with a pointed head and it has a long pointed snout that forms a ‘ bill ’ . |
| 22 | It has a long history and in 1843 twelve Bronze Age artefacts and two portions of a sword were found whilst digging a drain . |
| 23 | Thankfully , ‘ Dirty ’ , the Sonics ' recent Geffen album , entered the UK Top Ten during the first week of release and , even if it has a long way to go to equal the sales of ‘ Nevermind ’ , things could be taking a turn for the better . |
| 24 | Although this matting is new in the UK , it has a long record or success in countries where ceramic floor tiles are more widely used . |
| 25 | Although it has a long history , the paradox of the Prisoners ' Dilemma has recently been much studied for the light it may shed on the evolution of altruistic or cooperative behaviour . |
| 26 | The nation-state is inevitably becoming weaker as power goes both up to Europe and down to regions and districts , but it has a long life yet , and the British people have many uses for it . |
| 27 | This season , designers have preserved the comfort factor while making the suit neater — it has a long , narrow shape with a natural shoulder , reminiscent of tailored clothing prevalent around the turn of the century . |
| 28 | The blue-flowered garden species of this genus ( N. x faassenii ) , also called catmint , is highly decorative , with its grey leaves and long-lasting flower spikes , but N. cataria is the true herb , of little known but considerable medical use , for which it has a long history , back to Gerard 's day and earlier , though it is not so used nowadays . |
| 29 | Defined as ‘ the encouragement given to an individual by a patron who favours , protects , and gives influential support , ’ it has a long and generally inglorious history in the development of careers in medicine . |
| 30 | It has a long history of urban culture as a market centre for a pastoral and agricultural hinterland , as a garrison town and a centre of services and administration , and it is equally placed as the gateway to the Mittelland . |