Example sentences of "[vb pp] as [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The free Trade Agreement will do the trick … a situation in which the old-fashioned Unionist intransigence which served Britain so well in the past will also be outdated as no longer so convenient to imperialism . |
| 2 | And this states erm that Its effectiveness erm must be must be considered as a long term rather than a short term objective . |
| 3 | If social life is seen as no longer ideally ordered but as made up of every-day material practices , and painting is part and parcel of social life , then painting should be made up of similar practices . |
| 4 | The whole procedure by 1988 was officially seen as no longer dealing adequately with the issues , as inflexible , slow , costly and in need of review ( see Department of Trade and Industry 1988c ) . |
| 5 | Well very rarely it was I , actually I 'd say I was n't really furnished what they used to call the sofa down the one side and there was chairs around there was no three piece suite or anything like that , but er if it was a wet Sunday afternoon we 'd play draughts or games like that , as we grew older we used to play , play whist , so it was just a room for oh and we had a gramophone , I , I 've actually got the old gramophone case I have n't got the working part I 've got the case upstairs now , it was a , as long as I , we er , I bought it and the pals used to club around and buy a record each week there was er Parlaphone , they used to have a little shop on the corner of Street and Street , and we had it from there , and we used to buy a little , a small record perhaps once a week , perhaps once a month , but er I remember the first record we 'd , we 'd bought as a long play was No No Nanette and er a twelve inch record . |
| 6 | Soon they become aware that the train is engaged on a steady climb , this section being popularly known as the Long Drag ; beyond Horton in Ribblesdale Station interest tends to flag a little as the outlook from the windows becomes more austere on the pull up to Ribblehead . |
| 7 | The ground floor consisted of stables , coach-houses , tackrooms and storehouses , while above , in addition to apartments occupied by unmarried male outdoor staff , was a room known as the Long Room . |
| 8 | There is no fixed investment period for a PEP although , to get the full benefit , it should be viewed as a longer term investment , ideally for a minimum period of between 5 and 10 years . |
| 9 | To measure acid reflux , several were used : ( 1 ) total reflux time ( min ) , defined as the time with an intraoesophageal pH <4.0 ; ( 2 ) total reflux time ( % ) , defined as the total time with an intraoesophageal pH <4.0 expressed as a percentage of the analysed period ; ( 3 ) reflux episodes >6 s , defined as the number of episodes with an intraoesophageal pH <4.0 lasting longer than 6 s ; ( 4 ) reflux episodes >5 min , defined as the number episodes with an intraoesophageal pH <4.0 lasting longer than 5 min ; ( 5 ) mean reflux duration ( min ) , defined as the mean duration of all reflux episodes ; ( 6 ) maximal reflux duration ( min ) , defined as the longest single reflux episode . |
| 10 | The man screamed as the long tapering fingers and joints of a gauntlet-hand came around the edge , like the claws of a huge crab . |
| 11 | Hardy was my poetical father and if I seldom read him now , it is , perhaps because our relationship is so assured as no longer to need being made conscious . |
| 12 | Torrijos seized power four years later , vowing to put an end to what was perceived as a long era of national humiliation . |
| 13 | It was hailed as the longest ride , but Duke was convinced a still longer ride was possible . |
| 14 | Russia 's history can be read as a long battle with geography and climate . |
| 15 | Israel 's history must be read as the long story of her attempts to fulfil her responsibilities — with some successes , but with many conspicuous failures . |
| 16 | Four years ago , you may remember , Lipton signed what was heralded as the longest sponsorship deal in world sport , for the next 31 years , but there were ‘ get out ’ clauses . |
| 17 | Er now , on another topic , I will go back to the idea of regulation later , you 'll see that life expectancy is obviously important and er when you 're looking at retirement I mean it 's always been described as the longest holiday of your life and it certainly is that , and life expectancy is rising all the time , these figures have actually been superseded . |