Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the future of this airline could be decided much sooner than that , and with it the levels of service and fares we can all expect on long haul flights . |
| 2 | They complained that they could not get loans from LEDU and if they did , the money only came after long delays . |
| 3 | In conservative working-class speech , low variants are maintained in ‘ short ’ environments , very much as in the nineteenth century : but low realizations have been almost entirely replaced in long environments by mid realizations of /Ε/.ions |
| 4 | This was especially marked for long chain n6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in ulcerative colitis and Crohn 's disease . |
| 5 | That is the distinction between the speech of those whose language is highly influenced by long and constant Immersion in written language forms , and the speech of those whose language is relatively uninfluenced by written forms of language . |
| 6 | They were not silent but only spoke after long intervals and what they said did not carry to the upstairs rooms . |
| 7 | A dry sleeping bag at the end of a long night watch in foul weather is something to be dreamed about , but , alas , rarely happens on long voyages . |
| 8 | The proposed remedy is more detailed : ‘ Statements of attainment are best regarded as long term objectives which provide the framework , allowing teachers and pupils freedom to choose short term objectives and related activities , materials instructions and criteria ’ ( Reason 1989 : 150 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ His best attempt at negotiating the distance between admiration of the poetry and dislike for the individual who created it is this metaphor , in his introduction : ‘ When he found his authentic voice in the late 1940s , the beautiful flowers of his poetry were already growing on long stalks out of pretty dismal ground ’ — a botanical conceit designed to leave Larkin soiled , but the poetry ready for picking . |
| 10 | Drake easily recognised by long crest and elongated wing feathers . |
| 11 | He suffered back and hip injuries , and can no longer walk for long distances . |
| 12 | and they 're just jailed for long periods of time , because he wants to assert , Saddam wants to assert , er his authority and show how erm , tough he is . |
| 13 | Late in the 1370s and early in the 1380s the world order , already upset by long war , seemed set to suffer yet further disruption . |
| 14 | Meanwhile working at Long Lartin remains a depressing business … |
| 15 | Today , mixed herbs , including chicory , yarrow , burnet , rib grass , and sheep 's parsley are becoming widely used in long ley mixtures . |
| 16 | It is not usually preceded by long and bitter quarrels between parents and need not affect the child 's eye view of dependability and reliability of parents in their relationship with the child . |
| 17 | The bright canary-yellow tail is deeply forked with long , fine points . |
| 18 | If you ever put on long knickers , the others used to call them your ‘ Jessie Wharton 's ’ . |
| 19 | They are usually dressed in long grey tunics and scarlet aprons that touch the ground , being extremely sensitive about showing their feet to anyone . |
| 20 | In the forests of the Mesozoic there were large numbers of trees and shrubby plants that looked at first glance like palm trees , with leafless stems crowned with bouquets of stiff , large leaves , deeply divided into long , unbranched leaflets . |
| 21 | In the 1970s Portugal and Spain both emerged from long periods of dictatorship and established parliamentary-electoral systems with remarkable smoothness . |
| 22 | His sonorous voice and deliberate utterance may to a great extent account for this but it should also be remarked that as Highbury Quadrant was the first church to introduce the Electrophone , perfection has been probably acquired by long practice in the details requisite to success . ’ |
| 23 | Union attitudes have been powerfully conditioned by long and bitter experience . |
| 24 | And he says he enjoys walking ; he often goes for long walks by himself . ’ |
| 25 | These low potencies were often given over long periods , and frequently mixtures of different remedies were used . |
| 26 | Such purchases are often made under long term Contracts , and may be enacted by computerised stock control programs when current stock levels reach a minimum " safety level " . |
| 27 | Movements often stop for long periods , but you may be asked to fill in a ‘ kick chart ’ if you are concerned about it . |
| 28 | Provision for synthesis often leads to long notation , for two reasons . |
| 29 | It is worth remembering that below AH3 Plus grade these are small family hotels converted from the old burghers houses with no more than 15 to 20 rooms which are often reached by long and unusually steep staircases so characteristic of the narrow canal houses . |
| 30 | Laura often went for long walks on her own into the hills behind Carno railway station . |