Example sentences of "[that] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But more immediately it reminds us that the imperial invaders played the role of the Persians ; that Barbarossa 's efforts systematically to reduce the cities of the north — and less systematically , those of Tuscany and Umbria — led to the formation of the First Lombard League ; and that the long struggle with the Hohenstaufen was one of the preludes to the formation of the civic empires which dominated late medieval Italy .
2 But fears that the long holiday would lead to a marked slump in production figures for December and January were expressed by City analysts who believe the mass closedown could result in a production loss worth £5bn .
3 American official policy was to promote self-government in south Korea as a prelude to unification but de la Mare observed that the long delay in accomplishing unification made this unlikely .
4 He loves opera , in that the long rehearsal span and run of performances allows him ‘ to get the psychology out of the way in the first few days ’ — clearly , he worries a great deal about the mental interchange with his workforce — but he intends to keep a balance with concert work .
5 Even so , the campaign was not entirely counter-productive , as it compelled senior management to recognize that the long history of conflictual , low-trust industrial relations necessitated a gradual , processual approach to modifying company culture rather than structural reorganization alone .
6 It is within this excluded volume that the long range interactions originate which are discussed more fully in chapter 10 .
7 It will be the show 's British premiere , but critics have expressed fears that the long run may set a precedent , making the National like any other West End theatre .
8 The reason for this is that the long run incentive to exploit a conflict of interest may not exist .
9 Small members of the crew will find that the long run of handholds down each side make it easy to use .
10 One night the Mersey tunnel was closed to all traffic , approach roads sealed off so that the long column of Fulmars and Hurricanes could be towed to Gladstone Dock where ‘ Furious ’ was berthed .
11 erm And also , I 've managed to find some relationships between wind direction and and that shows that the long distance sources of pollution affect the City of Oxford as well .
12 There is some evidence that the long recession is ending early in Britain , while the Confederation of British Industry says that companies have begun spending more on innovation even when funds have been squeezed .
13 He brushed up my biochemistry , informing me that the long chain fences of fat molecules are antipodean in scale set beside the dry stone walls of mere proteins , and that he himself had it as an ambition to contrive that his entire body should be sheathed in one enormous fat molecule .
14 Je t'aime : a different procedure , with the subject and object being got out of the way first , so that the long vowel of adoration can be savoured to the full .
15 In order to simplify the task of explaining how that understanding can be achieved , it will be expedient to consider that the long aeon in which the development of the Created God has taken place can be divided into three periods .
16 In the late 1960s most economic commentators believed that the long boom was permanent .
17 I believe that the long training that doctors undergo enables psychiatrists to diagnose and prescribe better than those without this training .
18 It seemed to her that the long war had been a form of imprisonment for the spirit as well as the body .
19 To pursue the question put by the hon. and learned Member for Fife , North-East ( Mr. Campbell ) , the Secretary of State will be aware that the long lead orders for the four Trident submarines were placed some time ago and that construction is quite well advanced .
20 Over at Ibrox , the news for their fans is that the long injury list is continuing to shorten .
21 When I investigated , I found that the long microphone lines across the stage were picking up BBC Radio 2 .
22 Richard Hazleton , president of Dow Corning Europe , said in a statement that the decision ‘ reflects Dow Corning 's optimism that the long term growth and expansion of the markets and applications for silicones is undiminished ’ .
23 The argument outlined in Chapter 3 is that the long term interests of society are best served by a set of regulatory arrangements designed to deter at all levels the misuse of inside information .
24 A business must be kept profitable into the long-term future , but at the same time short-term profitability must be maintained to avoid the danger that the long term will never be reached , and the business liquidated or taken over .
25 There is , however , a strictly positive probability that the long term player 's type lies in an arbitrarily small interval around the dominant strategy type .
26 The first is that the long term survival after oesophageal transection and gastric devascularisation and endoscopic sclerotherapy are identical and the second is that the surgical procedure is significantly more expensive than repeated sclerotherapy .
27 I appreciate that the long term we gain as far as that property , yeah ?
28 Other planets attract Mercury and perturb its orbit so that the long axis of the ellipse slowly rotates in its plane with respect to the frame of the distant galaxies .
29 It liked the fact that the chef there , Jean-Yves Gueho , was actually French — as opposed to Swiss , German or Chinese ; and that the long dining room , decorated with glass cupolas , achieved an ecclesiastical dignity .
30 There was nothing at all , except Roland 's own need and concern , to suggest that the long letter might be his own letter .
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