Example sentences of "[v-ing] in [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spots of the leopard ( opposite ) lurking in the long grass help to destroy the solidity of its form , and the dappled patches on the coat of the clouded leopard ( above , left ) conceal it well in the broken light of the forest . |
| 2 | NSPCC brass FIVE young brass players will be appearing in the Long Room of Eaton Hall next week to raise money for the NSPCC . |
| 3 | In conclusion , I ask is it sensible needlessly to destroy a system which provides the best standard of living for all its citizens on the African continent and replace it with a system which will bring misery in the short-term and has little proof that it will ever attain today 's standard of living in the long term ? |
| 4 | As to GATT , a trade war between America and Europe would be bad for people 's stand of living in the long run but it would n't have much direct effect on Courtaulds . |
| 5 | Looking in the long mirror , she was satisfied with the tailored , dark-grey worsted suit and simple white blouse , the black suede courts , white gloves , and sleek , long black umbrella . |
| 6 | Mrs Hobbs was on the terrace of the hotel , lying in a long chair with her legs up . |
| 7 | I could think that I was at school again , lying in the long grass waiting to bat , or walking over Berkshire downs or along a Devon valley . |
| 8 | By Saturday they had both recovered sufficiently to fall in with the rest of the company for pay parade , waiting in a long queue to collect five shillings each from the paymaster . |
| 9 | There is also the chance for some self-indulgence — taking breakfast in bed , luxuriating in a long bath , watching what we want on TV rather than what everyone else wants , and so on . |
| 10 | This viticultural twilight zone stretches the duration of the vine 's growth cycle to the limit , resulting in a longer ripening period , providing grapes with a high degree of acidity . |
| 11 | One evening , as we stood talking by the shore , I saw a strange , beautifully shaped bird flying fast over the sea , rising in a long , slow arch , calling hauntingly as it flew . |
| 12 | Their voices were rising in a long , edged , lifting cry like seagulls before a storm . |
| 13 | He motioned his family and Paul to halt and pointed silently across the river to a herd of muntjac grazing in the long grass . |
| 14 | Woolley led them down in a mock attack , the arrowhead formation swooping in a long , curling dive that went under the Frenchman 's tail and zoomed up and levelled out , back on patrol . |
| 15 | The report assesses the current role of FHSAs , Regional Health Authorities ( RHAs ) and District Health Authorities ( DHAs ) in the management of primary dental services , and makes various recommendations , such as that FHSAs should become the focus of responsibility for co-ordinating primary dental care , including in the long term the treatment role of the Community Dental Service . |
| 16 | She even hummed along with the radio as she rattled down the motorway , something she had n't felt like doing in a long time . |
| 17 | Begins with moaning in a long hoarse throat : |
| 18 | ‘ He was a natural , ’ says Williams , continuing in the long line of those men and women of experience and the most foxy intelligence , who could not analyse Burton 's gift any more clearly than that . |
| 19 | By removing the incentive to become or to stay competitive , countries risk losing in the longer term the benefits they sought in the first place . |
| 20 | The cows were approaching in a long , strung-out line , plodding purposefully along beneath clouds of steam rising from their muddy flanks . |
| 21 | Max rang to wish me a merry one , followed by Lee and my sister-in-law , Maureen , and while Kenneth snoozed beside me I rang my ‘ lot ’ , culminating in a long chat with my lovely ex mom-in-law . |
| 22 | ‘ Well thrown , sir ! ’ someone shouted from across the playground , and Matilda , who was mesmerised by the whole crazy affair , saw Amanda Thripp descending in a long graceful parabola on to the playing-field beyond . |
| 23 | But her gaze edged upwards , taking in the long , muscular legs and narrow hips , the broad chest in its businesslike white shirt … |
| 24 | And his own man in the Washington Field Office , the CI-3 team , and putting in the longest hours and never a word of complaint , and that had won him the job in the Attaché 's office in Rome . |
| 25 | Does he understand that planning permission was initially gained , with difficulty , for the building of motorways through areas of outstanding natural beauty and great environmental sensitivity , so many people would not be keen to see developers spending hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of pounds fighting in a long succession of inquiries so that they can build not just motorway service areas — possibly excluding the disabled and lorries — but hotels and other facilities that would never have received permission when the original planning consent was granted ? |
| 26 | We embraced , standing in a long corridor |
| 27 | By the time the two week World Film Festival winds down at the beginning of September most of the cinephiles standing in the long queues at the box office have no idea what they 're waiting for ; they 'll watch anything that moves . |
| 28 | The men were now standing in the long attic corridor containing the sleeping quarters Grant had visited on his recce of the house . |
| 29 | The Spanish government may , of course , be hoping in the long term to be able to buy at least part of this collection at favourable rates ; otherwise it must simply be gambling on the Thyssen collection being a sufficiently spectacular and alluring feather in the cultural cap of the capital over the next ten years to make its considerable investment worthwhile . |
| 30 | Leading Article : Investing in the long term |