Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darlington firm Bowater Containers will today hand over 1,000 custom-made cardboard boxes for the goods , designed to withstand the long journey . |
| 2 | In Washington , Morton Stannard had listened to the rage of Zack as the spools unwound on the conference-table in the Situation Room , to which the committee had repaired to avoid the Long Tom cameras constantly peering at the windows of the Cabinet Room . |
| 3 | Meanwhile tomorrow another British convoy again of about a hundred and eighty women and children is expected to make the long hot journey from Kuwait to Baghdad . |
| 4 | But in reality it was a compromise designed to bring the long factional struggle about Pilger 's role to an end . |
| 5 | In I 'm naming one man among many , therefore , an initial attempt is made to match a long word to the sequence ( Fig 7.5.1 ) . |
| 6 | How far are you prepared to stretch the long arm of coincidence ? |
| 7 | Commuters to the capital obviously decided to take a long weekend or were put up in hotels overnight by their employers , said a spokesman . |
| 8 | Certainly those who were in the square in 1387 hoping to see the completion of the Duomo would have had to wait a long time , far longer than the span of a human life . |
| 9 | Though Louis had had plenty of time to gain experience of ruling and to form a court of his own in the subkingdom of Aquitaine ( he had been king there since the age of three ) , he had had to wait a long time for his father 's inheritance . |
| 10 | ‘ I have had to wait a long time for the freedom , but it will be passed down and at least I can say that I was a Freeman of Chester . |
| 11 | Well what they 're doing actually it 's quite right because they 're they tended to play the long ball to Steve Walsh so that he could head it down and what they 're doing actually they 've got two four foot eight forwards in Jochim and Speedy and a nine foot seven winger Ormanroyd |
| 12 | We have acted to reduce the long hours worked by junior doctors in hospitals . |
| 13 | Miss Danziger was not an ugly woman but the Colonel had had to take a long hard look to discover her good features : her bone structure ; strong fair hair streaked with less fair strands ; her pale complexion , unpainted . |
| 14 | It was in the 2nd round of the FA Cup in December 1937 when the Palace had had to make the long trip to Accrington on one of the rare times when the draw for this round was not made on a geographical basis . |
| 15 | But 5 year old Amy Harding would have found the trauma of having a surgical collar even worse if she 'd had to make the long trip to Gloucester . |
| 16 | The exhibition is intended to underline the long term commitment to the study of Ruskin by the university 's Ruskin Programme , a research group made up of scholars from different disciplines in the humanities . |
| 17 | ‘ It is a long , demanding test and it is bound to favour the long hitters . ’ |
| 18 | Indeed it could be argued that a family crisis ( for example the suicide of a father ) is bound to have a long term effect upon the child . |
| 19 | If ever a stage production was set to enjoy a long run , it must be the work being put on by the Glasgow-based ensemble company , The Golden Age Theatre . |
| 20 | Gooch has been known to carry a long face on his sleeve and he may well appreciate the strength of Gatting . |
| 21 | Brough Park 's leading performer of late , Burnhope Jimmy , will be strongly fancied to win the Long March Stayers Stakes , over 670 metres , having won a similar event at Middlesbrough earlier in the month . |
| 22 | But managers of top clubs like Arsenal , Manchester United and Liverpool are unhappy their players will be forced to end a long , gruelling season with a tough tour . |
| 23 | With no escape route , Belinda was forced to take a long , hard look at herself , re-evaluating expectations for herself as well as Sophie . |
| 24 | 87 MINUTES : Kiwomya slipped the ball past the advancing Flowers after Monkou had tried to head a long ball from Guentchev back to his keeper . |
| 25 | A standard electrocardiogram was recorded to exclude the long QT syndrome or other disorders of cardiac conduction . |
| 26 | Two pressure towers ( PLATE 40 ) were constructed to divide the long aqueduct into three parts . |
| 27 | I see that you are being urged to take a long , unpaid holiday . |
| 28 | ‘ No , my health broke down and I was ordered to take a long holiday in the South of France or Italy . ’ |