Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Another cliché that persists is that chefs work in contract catering only to avoid long hours and the tough competition of hotel and restaurant kitchens .
2 He went on to say that if energy was then introduced into such a system , these shape-specific groups of water polymers could be stabilized and could join together to form long chains of water polymers which would retain the original solute imprint and shape specificity .
3 Word Perfect 's document management system is clever enough to allow long filenames ; they can be used up to 68 characters in length
4 Other states now plan , despite federal disapproval , to introduce SW transmission and so to broadcast longer distances .
5 The Germans have long made a national sport of running long words together to make longer ones ; as have the Irish , eg in place names like Newtonabbey , Maguiresbridge and Patrickswell .
6 I mean we 've always associated Forest with playing their way into the penalty area now with Rozario er with Collimore they 've got the licence or the facility just to knock long balls through the air at them .
7 The ability to borrow and lend stock is an important facility and enables market makers more easily to take long positions ( large holdings ) and short positions ( low or negative holdings ) of stocks .
8 Their riders had then to cover long distances on foot , leading their mounts .
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