Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | At night , however , or during the long school holidays , she read detective stories , earning the contempt of her father who told her that his answer to the question ‘ Who dun n it ? ’ was invariably ‘ Who cares ? ’ |
| 2 | Using drugs can be dangerous , especially when they 're taken in excess or for a long time , or in the wrong combinations . |
| 3 | Right , so that 's a brief gallop the the various issues in the short stories , does anyone want to er , speak now , or for a long time , hold your peace . |
| 4 | But it would probably be a mistake to draw any such sweeping conclusion , either for the short or for the long term . |
| 5 | They argued that sinners were quite unable to attain salvation through their own merits or through the long process of confession , repentance , and partial purification , and that justification or redemption was obtainable only at a stroke through the gift of faith from God made possible by Christ 's sacrifice . |
| 6 | ‘ The appointment may be terminated by either party on giving three months ' notice in writing expiring at the end of a term or of the long vacation . |
| 7 | … The appointments may be terminated on either side by three months ' notice in writing expiring at the end of a term or of the long vacation . |
| 8 | ‘ The appointment may be terminated by either party on giving three months ' notice in writing expiring at the end of a term or of the long vacation . |
| 9 | or with a long soft sigh . |
| 10 | But cases of die links between different places or over a long period of time are unusual . |
| 11 | The result is that conflicts in one set of relationships , over a wide range of society , or over a long period of time , lead to the re-establishment of social cohesion ( 1955 : 2 ) . |
| 12 | imply a steady state system or over a long term and if over the long term the rate of addition of material to the sea is equalled by the rate of removal . |
| 13 | Conversely , where existing competition is light and the traditional catchment area of the firm large , a wide restraint may be expected to be upheld ; and ( 4 ) a prohibition against accepting instructions from any person who has at any time , or over a long period , been a client of the outgoing partner 's former firm . |
| 14 | I would like to say a last word about Amis 's voices , and about the long words which have been or might be laid on his confident art — a terminology for which he is unlikely to be grateful . |
| 15 | It seems as certain as anything can be that the absolute numbers of the old , and for a long time also their number relative to the whole population , will be far higher in future than anything experienced in the past . |
| 16 | He was sitting there with his head in his hands ; he did not rise when the train passed ; he made no movement ; he did not give a glance at the signs I made him ; and for a long time as the train was carrying me away , I watched his little motionless , grief-stricken figure , lost in the desert , an image of my own despair . |
| 17 | We were carrying light loads because it was our last day but we averaged about 25kph with ease , and for a long while . |
| 18 | He admired the company 's pre-war products — efficient little sports cars with something of the modern Lotus spirit about them — more than any other car , and for a long time he used Astons on the road . |
| 19 | It was the most exciting , extraordinary experience he had ever had , and for a long time afterwards he would bend any ear he could find on the subject . |
| 20 | It is a house which has given rise to much aesthetic conjecture , and for a long time it was deemed to be the first seed of the modern movement in England , for it did not appear to be built in any revival style , but in a fresh new one . |
| 21 | With things like art nouveau and Edwardian furniture , when David started buying them , I went and got books to get my act together in order that I knew what he was into , but with drugs , I did n't know , added to which David was very secretive and for a long time I was n't aware that he was having a problem , not necessarily from cocaine addiction , which everybody loves to tell you is not addictive , but it is in terms of the fact that you rely on feeling up to cope — you just become more and more paranoid . |
| 22 | I felt the jolt in his chest as I hugged it in rhythm against mine and for a long second could n't believe it , but then he heaved again in my arms and coughed in my face and a mouthful of dirty water shot out in a spout and he began coughing in earnest and choking and gasping for air … gasping , gulping air down , wheezing in his throat , whooping like whooping cough , struggling to fill his functioning lungs . |
| 23 | These articles are addressed to practitioners and for a long while I have been urging practitioners towards a greater involvement in the education of the profession 's next generation . |
| 24 | For me , a century later , it was to be Oxfordshire again , and for a long time to come . |
| 25 | He loved life , and for a long time the force was with him . |
| 26 | Because she was physically worse after the operation than before it , Rose was convinced that the doctors had made a mistake , and for a long time she wanted to sue them . |
| 27 | I attended the funeral and for a long time afterwards we , as a family , used to take flowers to the grave . |
| 28 | Suss collaborated at Clara Mosch from 1977 to 1982 and for a long time worked with coloured linocuts . |
| 29 | Eventually , the bloody turf wars ceased , and for a long time the authorities either winked at their illegal trade or even helped themselves to the till . |
| 30 | Nonetheless , democratic elitists emphasize that centralization of resource distribution and even policy control has developed in parallel with a continuing ( and for a long time expanding ) role for sub-national governments as agents of policy implementation . |