Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom did not much like the long train journey through Harrow and Northwood and Wembley down to Baker Street , and the changing and the waiting . |
| 2 | The ‘ Pater Nostra ’ organisation , which will care for physically and mentally handicapped people in Atea , expect to find that by owning their own tractor they will not only go a long way to becoming self-sufficient but will be able to hire out the tractor locally to enhance their income . |
| 3 | A similar effect of , on the one hand , challenging the reader to take up an alert and interpretative role , and , on the other , gratuitously creating an amorphous but strong atmosphere peculiar to the fabliau through the text , is achieved by extensive use of the homonyms vit and con , and com-/con- as a common suffix in the Romance languages : ( I can not make a long tale : in this castle there was a count and with him the countess , his wife , who was a very beautiful and worthy woman ; and there were [ or she had ] more than thirty knights . |
| 4 | We shall not watch the long delay |
| 5 | Moreover , the stochastic events in the model have no effect on the terminal position in either case ; the presence of noise or its magnitude do not alter the long run outcomes . |
| 6 | Shareholders who do not have a long term commitment are replaced by stakeholders who do , as the ‘ owners ’ of the company . |
| 7 | Mercifully the illness did not take a long course . |
| 8 | Ranks of fomaica-topped tables were besieged by steel chairs , which did not encourage a long stay . |
| 9 | So perhaps Fashanu and Earle will soon join the long list of those who have gone . |
| 10 | Invariably a financial institution will not risk the long term profits bound up in honest work and good reputation for the short term gains to be had from abusing conflict of interest situations such as dealing on the basis of inside information obtained from a client . |
| 11 | Since the catalytic cleavage of DNA by bleomycin occurs by a free radical mechanism it may not require a long residence time on its binding site . |
| 12 | But Whitehill town councillor John Bennett is pointing out that , even when this happens , local people will still face a long drive to the nearest casualty unit . |
| 13 | do they usually take a long while |
| 14 | Not only do books often tend to be rather broad in their approach to a subject , but they can also take a long time to be published after they are written and the information may thus be out of date . |
| 15 | ‘ May your mother also have a long life . ’ |
| 16 | The persistence of the white chalk facies outside the new mountain belts must clearly indicate a long period when the Eurasian and American plates were not being affected by any major continental collisions . |
| 17 | Secondly , we need to thoroughly review the long term future of our own examination system which willprobably need to be pitched at degree level to be acceptable to the Privy Council . |
| 18 | If we were to decriminalize drug taking we would probably go a long way down the road to solving the problem . |
| 19 | This will also go a long way towards preventing your neighbour complaining about the noise you make . |
| 20 | Then there is the travelling back and forth to shows , which can often entail a long drive . |
| 21 | This last reform , which would simultaneously go a long way towards solving the unemployment problem and the housing problem , would also transform the social scene . |
| 22 | erm I do n't personally like motorways , I would I 'm terrified of the M twenty five , I 'd rather go the long way round I 'm afraid , but |
| 23 | And I 'm sure you do n't want a long speech but I 've tried to prepare something , and I hope it 's all right . |
| 24 | I did n't want the long journey in to work each day so I let it to Professor Wendell . |
| 25 | Do n't devise a long list of rules for the sake of having rules : make sure they serve a purpose — to enhance your child 's safety– wellbeing and steady ( not hurried ) progress towards maturity . |
| 26 | Now we do n't know the long term effect of that , but the experience with the protocol violators suggests that they wo n't come to any great harm , but obviously the number is small . |
| 27 | However , I do n't like the long dress . |
| 28 | He said he hoped that I would publish it ‘ as I know that people in general do n't understand the long term effects of child sexual abuse ’ . |
| 29 | Visit to Australia cos we might as well have a long cruise . |
| 30 | Then again , after Linda Lusardi and Tonya in just eight months , health and fitness advisors do n't have a long life expectancy on GMTV . |