Example sentences of "[adv] by [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the latter subject , the author points to the inconsistent decisions on whether the effect of unambiguous operative provisions can be cut down by the long title and he seems to incline to the view that they can be so affected ; this , perhaps , does not give sufficient weight to what was said about the effect of the preamble in Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover . |
| 2 | We were already worn down by the long night and another was almost unthinkable — our sleeping bags would be a frozen mass of down by evening . |
| 3 | He does n't correspond to any of the multiple fictions produced over the last hundred years or so by a long line of social reformers and slum missionaries of what the working class should be . |
| 4 | But the couple 's solicitor Con Fernandez said the pair were just skittles waiting to be bowled over by the long arm of the law . |
| 5 | But the couple 's solicitor Con Fernandez said the pair were just skittles waiting to be bowled over by the long arm of the law . |
| 6 | The image of Neil Young as the wayward eccentric does n't tell the whole story , not by a long way . |
| 7 | Not through choice , not by a long way , but it was where I 'd made my destiny , even if as an alien . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've not finished with you yet — not by a long way ! ’ |
| 9 | Not by a long shot . |
| 10 | I 'm not a retarded under-age flower who was raped or molested by some evil step-father — not by a long shot . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Not by a long shot , ’ said Joe . |
| 12 | He had not told Rory everything , not by a long shot . |
| 13 | No , not by a long chalk . |
| 14 | ‘ Single men wo n't come top of the list for rehousing , not by a long chalk . ’ |
| 15 | Not that this is the only bone of contention between them , no , not by a long chalk . |
| 16 | The New Moon in your opposite sign of Scorpio on the 29th should prove exciting and rather eventful as far as one involvement or partnership is concerned — and obviously 1989 is by no means over yet , not by a long chalk . |
| 17 | She took a seat and drew a piece of paper towards her and began to write , the Grenfells were n't beaten yet , not by a long chalk . |
| 18 | Well , I have n't , not by a long chalk and I 'm not the tramp I look either . |
| 19 | It were n't the way everyone said an ’ thought it was , you see , not by a long chalk . |
| 20 | Not by a long chalk . ’ |
| 21 | Which you ai n't , not by a long chalk ! ’ she averred , descending rapidly from outraged virtue to mere verbal abuse . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , I 'm not finished yet , girl , not by a long chalk ! |
| 23 | The flare had drifted slowly down behind the church on the village green and was followed quickly by a long burst of automatic fire . |
| 24 | French policy is clearly dictated by the particular economic circumstances of Nord-Pas-de-Calais but also by a longer term vision of the likely impact of rail transport in Europe . |
| 25 | It was followed a week later by a longer piece which discussed the rivalry which exists between the offices of the Prince and the Princess of Wales . |
| 26 | Mrs. Mott had been very put out by the long time the builders had stayed in the hall ; the chattering of the girls was the final straw . |
| 27 | Why must her blonde hair , bleached now by the long summer 's light to a ravishing pallor , be chopped so harshly ? |
| 28 | The expense allowances they received often failed , sometimes by a long way , to cover the costs they had to meet . |
| 29 | What had she been doing on her own up there by the long barrow ? |
| 30 | But alas , it was destroyed when I was there recently by a long line of caravans along the beach . |