Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have found that the pupils designated as having moderate learning difficulties that I have worked with can : concentrate for long periods of time ; sustain protracted investigations ; be systematic ; reason logically ; find patterns and relationships ; make and test predictions ; generalise ; record and explain their findings . |
| 2 | Some have wide spools which make for longer casting . |
| 3 | You are going to eat well , sleep for long hours and look at your inheritance . ’ |
| 4 | It , therefore , has two schemes that provide for longer terms funding for particular departments to build up a research programme in a particular area : there are now 150 of these groups at German universities . |
| 5 | Their upper jaws become hooked and their teeth grow into long fangs . |
| 6 | Movements often stop for long periods , but you may be asked to fill in a ‘ kick chart ’ if you are concerned about it . |
| 7 | Often this is not the case and many animals die during long journeys or afterwards in quarantine . |
| 8 | Judgments frequently consist of long paragraphs and convoluted sentences replete with subordinate clauses . |
| 9 | Spontaneous as they always seem , these watercolours speak of long contemplation and of profound love and understanding of the Yorkshire fells . |
| 10 | Though many issues remain to be resolved , data from the SOLVD prevention and SAVE trials provide compelling evidence that patients recovering from myocardial infarction with asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction ( ejection fraction equal to or less than 40% ) benefit from long term administration of an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor . |
| 11 | In Teheran poor peoples wait in long lines in the snow for paraffin . |
| 12 | If properties let on long leases to tenants of the highest covenant are sold for cashflow or balance sheet enhancement the substance of the group will have been sacrificed for short-term advantage . |
| 13 | It only considers properties let on long leases to blue chip companies . |
| 14 | Now , when I read about Long John in Squire Trelawney 's letter , I had been afraid he might be the one-legged seaman that old Bill had talked about . |
| 15 | This process whereby financial intermediaries lend for longer periods of time than they borrow is known as maturity transformation . |
| 16 | Nor could Unionists , who had flocked to the colours in 1914 , accept for long inequality of sacrifice when the nation 's greatest need was manpower . |
| 17 | Droplets up to 100 m in size can be suspended in the air and travel for long distances , so a few deeply inhaled legionella-laden amoebae could cause infection , especially since legionellae successfully outgrow the host cell at body temperature . |
| 18 | In form they look like long worms with two small horny shells at one end . |
| 19 | In fact , these two warts are so enlarged that they look like long swellings behind the animal 's eyes , covered with pores through which the poison seeps . |
| 20 | Front doors open onto long balconies with iron railings covered in damp washing and snotty little kids dribbling on your head through the bars . ’ |
| 21 | Out here in the main space , bare bulbs hang from long flexes . |
| 22 | In Urosalpinx , short periods of rasping ( 40–60 seconds ) alternate with long periods ( 25–30 mins ) of chemical attack . |
| 23 | Short wings , more pointed than other owls , combine with long tail to give hawk-like silhouette . |
| 24 | All need annual pruning but many flower for long periods and come in lots of colours . |
| 25 | Paosgraf v. Long Island Railway Co. ( 1928 ) 248 N.Y . |
| 26 | Well once I 've got you know once I 've got the shape of the story in my mind I can it down in an hour or so every time you know it 's in long hand , then it takes me hours to type it but er you know the actual once I 've got the idea I I find it necessary to get it all down you know in long hand as quickly as possible . |
| 27 | High standards of plumbing , sanitation and hygiene ; special factors : school summer holiday peak demand ; operator reliability and continuity ; English spoken by guides and hotel staff ; airport security and aircraft safety ; access to long term airport car parking . |
| 28 | The unions have dropped from their claim the demand for increased annual leave , extra holiday and pay for long service , and reductions in working hours . |
| 29 | walks down about eight o'clock , talk about long legs , she 's got really long legs right , this one . |
| 30 | Bells ring after long silence |