Example sentences of "[vb -s] long [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In autumn , just as the leaves change colour , Austria has long periods of fine settled weather , with long sunny days and mild temperatures . |
| 2 | And unlike temporary social groups , the work group has long periods during which members can check the authenticity of the power bases . |
| 3 | Lepidodendron has many spiral rows of lozenge-shaped leaf scars , while Sigillaria has long rows of elliptical scars ; both are very common fossils in association with coal measures . |
| 4 | The garden hybrid N. x faassenii , has long spikes of light lavender-coloured flowers , with a second flowering in autumn , if the faded spikes are removed immediately after flowering . |
| 5 | The plant develops long stems from which grow young plants . |
| 6 | She writes long sentences without verbs , as if the rocky terrain inevitably makes action difficult . |
| 7 | It also needs long periods of ecological stability during which evolutionary epochs can bring about the necessary organic synthesis . |
| 8 | There are famous figures , Churchill at Chartwell , Kipling at Bateman 's and Wolfe at Quebec House , and wonderful views — over the rolling Weald from Emmetts , the highest point in Kent , and of France from South Foreland Lighthouse — and do n't forget the Trust protects long lengths of coastline including 4.5 miles of the famous White Cliffs , as well as acres of open countryside and woodland where everyone can walk completely free of charge . |
| 9 | Among the reasons given for this conclusion were that the system imposes long delays in obtaining foreign exchange for essential imports , thus putting a brake on exports ; that the rate of exchange was not adjusted sufficiently ; and that in the absence of retention rights the exporters had lost their motivation for exporting . |
| 10 | Her looks perplex people , and much of her press involves long discussions about them . |
| 11 | A comparable phenomenon has been described in a transgenic mouse model which produces long segments of HBsAg including pre S 1 proteins and which eventually develops distorted ground glass hepatocytes very similar to thsoe in the present liver transplant recipients . |
| 12 | The cards were presented in a random sequence using examples from the Gelleman Series , which avoids long runs of identical R or L stimuli , given below : |
| 13 | The cards were presented in a random sequence using examples from the Gelleman Series , which avoids long runs of identical R or L stimuli , given below : |
| 14 | It takes long hours in the laboratory to convert deadly greenery into a possible lifesaver . |
| 15 | Sometimes she rests long minutes in the grass forest |
| 16 | Such an organisational structure entails long chains of command , with the consequence that there is great potential for the distortion of instructions from senior managers as they pass down the hierarchy . |
| 17 | Gedge remembers long periods of silence each time Charman visited and begged to rejoin the group . |
| 18 | Working from a base in Northland , New Zealand , Doak spends long hours at sea on a small catamaran , inviting close encounters with dolphins . |
| 19 | Against this Foucault contrasts the work of the Annales school which analyses long continuities in certain social forms : |
| 20 | A Russian newspaper , the Königsberger Kurier , carries long articles on the town 's German culture . |
| 21 | But Will , from Riverside Drive , Darlington , works long hours for just £36.50 a week . |