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

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1 Part of the responsibility for this lies with the innate friendliness and courtesy of the peoples of Burma , and behind that the long record of the Buddhist tradition .
2 Taking this a long step further , André Cassagnes ( France ) has his own special polyester fittings moulded by a friend M.Minot .
3 MIND realised this a long time ago .
4 She laboured at this a long time , taking great care in the shaping and moulding of the tiny , human forms , but then she grew tired .
5 Yeah we enjoy it but it 's just such a long drive
6 with a high curved roof supported by girders forged in a Liverpool ironworks , and marble pillars and floors , ornately carved canopies , shafts of sunlight emphasising its height , and indeed , everything of a cathedral but altars and pews … . it was a relief to me , after such a long trip , to arrive at this station …
7 It was such a long trip , ’ she could n't help craning her neck to see where the old witch was .
8 And embarking on such a long trip .
9 John 's firm having been established for nearly forty years by this time , the rival Lawrence Girls were definitely more earthy in character , with not a snob amongst them possibly because they did not have such a long tradition .
10 They ca n't afford such a long delay or they will become like Camel Laird , an extinct breed .
11 But the doctors ' lawyers augue the case can not be allowed to go ahead after such a long delay .
12 But it took her such a long while before she would sit in one of these .
13 Well I think they 're so , my own I do n't mind paying a bit more for really , because they 're so last me such a long while .
14 The reason for such a long flue , which is not uncommon , is that vapours given off during smelting of lead polluted the surrounding landscape , whereas long flues allowed the fumes to settle harmlessly .
15 I 'm sorry it 's been such a long journey , but I could n't find a quicker route .
16 but er , as you say erm , really it 's such a long journey that you need a breather before you need to start to cross the channel
17 Generally speaking cannons have such a long range that it is pointless moving them about .
18 But boys have such a long range , Clelia , do pick up that crust .
19 No other industry has such a long history of coming up with environment-friendly selling points that are profit-friendly too .
20 How do you keep the material fresh on such a long tour ?
21 One explanation for all the flying muck is that , after such a long campaign , the candidates ( whose views are similar on many issues ) simply ran out of things to say .
22 Such a long passage without any breathing spaces would be trying for a single player , who would have to fit in an intake of breath where the phrasing breaks .
23 After such a long day I thought of my wife and son with ‘ What have I done ? ’ running through my head as I dropped off to sleep .
24 I ask him why he did it he said oh well he has such a long name such a very long name spoils the picture
25 Brontosaurus was a more massive version of Diplodocus , with not such a long tail ( because of the extremely small head of the Brontosaurus in comparison with their huge bodies , the name was recently changed — unnecessarily — to Apatosaurus .
26 Well you see , what Freud had to explain here was how he could have had such a long dream when the dreamer reported that he woke up more or less instantly from the stimulus of something hitting him on the back of the neck .
27 cos there 's such a long waiting list , tha that 's the value of it out there
28 ‘ That 's ever such a long way off , ’ said Dot .
29 Having come such a long way it is a pity that the story ends in 1900 , without discussing the alleged takeover of chemistry by modern physics .
30 But he said : ‘ We 're not getting carried away — there 's still such a long way to go . ’
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