Example sentences of "[adv] longer [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back to basics , certainly , though anyone who imagines the ‘ basics ’ of forward play are any longer confined to scrum and line-out is wildly off the mark . |
| 2 | they are no longer bound by college curricula , timetables or , even , college teaching . |
| 3 | chipped out , aye and of course we had a machine doing all that work , it was no longer done by hand it was done by machine |
| 4 | In addition some criticism has been made of the new hang as focal paintings viewed down the gallery vistas — for example Raphael 's ‘ Sistine Madonna ’ — are no longer seen in isolation , but comments in the German press and from museum curators have on the whole been overwhelmingly enthusiastic . |
| 5 | Eight institutions replied that they were no longer engaged in teacher education , others that there was no time , or no member of staff available to complete the questionnaire . |
| 6 | There is no doubt , however , that since the 1960s the majority of the labour force in the UK is no longer engaged in agricuIture or manufacturing . |
| 7 | Moderator in the course of my lifetime I believe one of the big changes within a family has been the fact that grace is no longer said at meal times . |
| 8 | Malawi is no longer ruled by fear |
| 9 | But , whatever the Consultative Group decides in Paris , it is clear that Malawi is no longer ruled by fear . |
| 10 | The answer to his first point is that it is absolutely clear that a number of people who break their bail conditions are remanded in custody when they are brought back to the court ; but that happens in only about six out of 10 cases , and in four out of 10 cases when those who break their bail conditions are brought back to the court , it seems that they are no longer remanded in custody but are again let out on bail . |
| 11 | No longer limited to solo celebration and practical experiment , they have the ‘ networked knowledge ’ of a multitude of colleagues in chemistry , physics , mathematics and engineering , who provide a dazzling range of computer aids . |
| 12 | Whatever the mechanism , the result is that : ( a ) the K + accumulated by H + , K + , ATPase can be recycled into the lumen , so that H + /K + exchange is no longer limited by availability of K + ; and ( b ) secretion of Cl - ions can accompany secretion of H + , thereby preserving electroneutrality . |
| 13 | Though he appeared no longer bent on seduction , nor even aware of her seeming absence , Isabel knew she was no match for his strength . |
| 14 | Now they 're no longer swung from side to side . |
| 15 | Consequently , I began to develop different sorts of friendships , no longer based on silliness or naughtiness , but on joint and genuine attempts at co-operation and to understand not only the syllabus but ourselves and life in general . |
| 16 | At about this time tights were no longer worn on stage : ‘ wet white ’ was used for the Girls ' legs . |
| 17 | The introduction and subsequent evolution of restorative proctocolectomy over the past 14 years has meant that most patients who require surgical treatment for chronic ulcerative colitis are no longer condemned to life with a permanent ileostomy . |
| 18 | I listened carefully to what the Secretary of State said about the reasons for the 1980 decision whereby the pension was no longer increased in line with earnings . |
| 19 | Geomorphology has been categorized ( Chorley , 1978 ) as a meso-scale science and as in the case of the other earth sciences the extent to which it is realistic to extend geomorphological processes to the micro-scale is arguable , especially as the positivist view is no longer sustained in physics and other natural sciences . |
| 20 | From March 1 , roubles were no longer accepted for cash transactions in the state sector , being replaced by coupons or transactions in rouble bank accounts . |
| 21 | Often a young man might be led to join up by the death of his mother , the remarriage of his father , and a resulting feeling that he was no longer wanted at home . |
| 22 | The hearth itself became sacred , and the chief prop of a moral order no longer buttressed by belief . |
| 23 | The barren splendour of the Lake District , for example , is no longer obscured by summer hordes . |
| 24 | One of the older professional methods , the use of the gin trap , has been phased out and is no longer allowed by law . |
| 25 | Later a bypass was provided for the Gotthard traffic , and since the Swiss through-road from Basel to Chiasso ( on the Italian frontier ) was finally completed in 1986 , fast through traffic using the road from Basel has no longer passed by way of canton Schwyz and Axenstrasse . |
| 26 | His irritation at this failure to control his warring vassals was further increased in the spring of 1188 when Richard , no longer distracted by rebellion , launched his Brabançons in a massive attack on Toulouse . |
| 27 | While the pope was thus able to tax the English church only by the will of the king , the king 's taxation was no longer restrained by canon law or at the mercy of the pope or — to any great extent — of an archbishop . |
| 28 | Forms become much more generalized ; and they are no longer thrown into relief by the use of a single , consistent light source as in most of the Negroid work . |
| 29 | And they were no longer held in check by the culturally conservative trade-union movement , which was experiencing a sharp decline in its prestige and power . |
| 30 | Aggressive tendencies on the part of young men are no longer held in check by the moderating influence of older males . |