Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [to-vb] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this could be done by giving a life estate to the head of the family ; with the remainder to his sons successively in tail-male , with remainder to the daughters in tail , subject to a rentcharge in favour of the life tenant 's widow upon his death , and in favour of any other persons desired to be benefited ; and with power to the trustees to create long leases in the property for the purpose of charging the lease in order to provide portions for younger sons and daughters who did not inherit the land . |
| 2 | Without wishing to sound like Scrooge , we trust that all the decisions to take long holidays are based on sound business sense . |
| 3 | Fish instinctively fight their way upstream against the current , and many water birds and animals have the ability to travel long distances . |
| 4 | No man finds it easy to sleep the night before a battle , Charlie had been told , and many used the time to write long letters to their loved ones at home ; some even had the courage to make a will . |
| 5 | ‘ They have not yet admitted that none of my proposals would force a patient to travel long distances for treatment against his or her will ; that no doctor will have any new financial incentive to refuse elderly patients on to his list . |
| 6 | Those who ask for reports have no time to read long ones- nor will they take the trouble to unravel texts like the example given above . |
| 7 | A screening programme for high blood pressure and related risks , begun in 1968 and sustained for 21 years in a defined community , gave us an opportunity to study long term management of high blood pressure in young adults in a social context , with data collected prospectively on originally unsuspected associations . |