Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She presents us with a glistening floor bordered by a number of bells hanging from long ropes , each lit from above to produce its own pool of light . |
| 2 | And there , across a field filled with long grass and butterflies , were the Syrian tanks . |
| 3 | As long ago as 1957 Chomsky pointed out the weaknesses of n-gram techniques to provide an English grammar based on their inability to cope with long distance dependencies . |
| 4 | Pipes in uPVC come in long lengths ( typically 3m or 6m ) but can be cut very easily . |
| 5 | Work in progress relating to long term contracts is to be stated at cost plus attributable profit earned to date less provisions for anticipated losses and progress payments received . |
| 6 | Work in progress relating to long term contracts is to be stated at cost plus attributable profit earned to date less provisions for anticipated losses and progress payments received . |
| 7 | Their upper jaws become hooked and their teeth grow into long fangs . |
| 8 | P.O. ( A ) Jopling and his TAG , L/A Glen , were in the Skua ( L3007 ) , they and the Fulmar firing from long range but only achieving a single hit on the dorsal turret , but both then closed in and after further firing the much-damaged floatplane came down on the sea , the engineer breaking an arm during the crash-landing . |
| 9 | But no doubt I am watching them too , he decided , for as an anthropologist he knew that men and women may observe each other as warily as wild animals hidden in long grass . |
| 10 | Cal-Volair did the work at both its shops located at Long Beach and Oxnard , California . |
| 11 | Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners ' legs , |
| 12 | Often this is not the case and many animals die during long journeys or afterwards in quarantine . |
| 13 | Most of the violence happens in long shot , just like you were looking out your window or down the street . ’ |
| 14 | In Teheran poor peoples wait in long lines in the snow for paraffin . |
| 15 | Their staves rose and fell steadily , the men swinging them high above their heads with a measured and deliberate rhythm born of long practice . |
| 16 | The smoke in Broadcasting House offices blew through long meetings on the subject of Julian and Sandy . |
| 17 | The use of weights coupled with longer exercise periods is very demanding and is only intended for serious athletes . |
| 18 | For example , a player whose regular opponent fields High Elves might wisely decide to abandon any attempt to out-shoot his enemies in favour of a fast , hard-hitting attack force combined with long range artillery . |
| 19 | It is difficult to assess the role of dietary fibre in the development of colonic cancer but our results suggest that the increases in cellular proliferation associated with long term higher dietary fibre intake are modest , occur mainly in the proximal colon and are unlikely to present a significant risk for mucosal instability in the distal colon . |
| 20 | The food industry knows from long experience that shoppers do n't act rationally . |
| 21 | Doctors claim their major concern over boxing is the brain damage suffered over long periods . |
| 22 | Chanting can be made immensely complex , with syllables expanded in long neums and a substantial ‘ jubilus ’ element . |
| 23 | Although I must admit … ’ he paused to slow the car down before turning off the road to come to a halt outside an attractive inn , thatched , gabled and wooden-beamed , its façade ablaze with baskets of flowers , its forecourt furnished with long trestle-tables and carved wooden chairs . |
| 24 | Edward 's first year at Oxford , with its long hours of set daily lectures and prepared reading , its loneliness punctuated by long walks , longer letters , and occasional forays in search of new friendships , formed a gentle transition from the two years of freedom he had enjoyed , since leaving St. Paul 's , towards the severer demands that family and social demands were to make upon him . |
| 25 | For all I know these little games may have had their origins hidden in long tradition . |
| 26 | On the prairies , the easily transportable conical tipi made from long saplings covered in buffalo hides provided shelter for tribes such as the Sioux and Cheyenne . |
| 27 | The rarity of formal disciplinary hearings is perhaps one indication of the strict control of inmates achieved by the continual presence of considerable numbers of warders armed with long sticks . |
| 28 | In rats , the hypergastrinaemia induced by long term omeprazole has resulted in enterochromaffin-like ( EC-like ) cell hyperplasia and , subsequently , gastric carcinoid formation . |
| 29 | Then he went back to the cutlery drawer and , with a skill born of long practice , lobbed knives and forks over to Maisie , who set them down in her customary eccentric manner . |
| 30 | With skill borne of long practice he let the old man talk but guided his talk in the way he wanted it to go , then he started to ask questions . |