Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a long and " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1832 at the Pierre 's Hole rendezvous , the Nez Perce fought a long and decisive battle alongside the Americans against some transient Blackfoot . |
| 2 | Since it was undisputedly colonized by the Vikings , it is reasonable to assume that Baldersdale experienced a long and vivid history . |
| 3 | Fraserburgh has a long and distinguished lifeboat history , but the town has paid the price with the loss of no less than 13 lifeboatmen 's lives in the course of several disasters . |
| 4 | Bob Smith and David Brand from HMS United got inshore on their first night 's recce to find a long and uncharted sandbank off the south coast port of Gela , where the Rangers would land that summer . |
| 5 | Biological research has a long and distinguished tradition in the University and the excellence of research within the Division is recognised nationally and internationally . |
| 6 | The city of Shechem has a long and important history . |
| 7 | In many ways the part of a horseman 's job calling for most of his skill was that concerned with working the land , and using a standard of craftsmanship set immeasurably high both by the tradition of his craft and by the immediate needs of cultivation ; and a horseman served a long and disciplined apprenticeship before he could attain to the standard demanded . |
| 8 | The fragments have a long and complex history since their discovery , dating back to at least the sixteenth century . |
| 9 | Just over the mountain in Kentucky is Harlan County , where in 1973 the miners fought a long and bitter strike . |
| 10 | Schemes for arranging Perpetual Peace had a long and depressingly futile history . |
| 11 | The plates have a long and illustrious history , being passed from print dealer to dealer and were at various times published by Watelet , Basan and Jean . |
| 12 | This journal has a long and distinguished history , publishing mainly shorter papers on a wide spread of subjects . |
| 13 | This journal has a long and distinguished history , publishing mainly shorter papers on a wide spread of subjects . |
| 14 | This distinction has a long and respectable history . |
| 15 | His great claim to fame is that he was the first Englishman to build a long and lucrative career out of the dissemination of public news . |
| 16 | Some 30 named attendees heard a long and detailed speech from the Mayor in which he hinted that ‘ for reasons which he need not go into they must give up all idea of the links becoming the property of the town ’ . |
| 17 | This was successful beyond their expectations , and enabled Swindin to enjoy a long and fruitful retirement . |
| 18 | Regaining this knowledge involved a long and hazardous series of amphibious raids in which the clandestine activities of SOE and the Secret Intelligence Service ( SIS ) , as well as the commandos , became involved . |
| 19 | Schofield won a long and taxing three setter , 6–3 , 4–6 , 7–6 , and went on to defeat Cowan 6–4 , 6–4 in the final . |
| 20 | Quinn had a long and livid bruise on the side of his jaw , a lump and a plaster on the back of his head . |
| 21 | Also the plaintiff 's doctor may be present if he has some active part to play , for example to explain a long and complicated medical history , his own diagnosis or to bring his own evidence up to date . |
| 22 | Take education , in which Mr Clinton has a long and distinguished interest . |
| 23 | It remains the key to our understanding of the natural world and it enables us to recognise that life has a long and continuous history during which organisms , both plant and animal , have changed , generation by generation , as they colonised all parts of the world . |
| 24 | Macmillan made a long and politically emotional appeal for Skybolt 's replacement by Polaris . |
| 25 | Again , on the flight home from Melbourne at the end of their Australian tour in 1985 , Charles hand-wrote a long and frank letter about his thoughts on a wide range of issues , including the Greater London Council — a politically explosive subject — — and had entrusted it to the common mail , without apparently thinking it unwise . |
| 26 | Set amidst green and fertile hills its skyline is stunning and its landscapes inspire a long and dreamy gaze . |
| 27 | The MA(General) and MA ( General Honours ) degrees continue a long and honourable tradition in Scottish universities of encouraging breadth of study . |
| 28 | Miss Riley had a long and distinguished bookselling career over 65 years . |
| 29 | The countryman takes a great interest in the weather : he has to because his living is bound up with it ; and he observes it as closely as a scientist watching a long and intricate experiment . |
| 30 | In the event , Eugénie had a long and difficult labour — over 12 hours — as the Emperor told the Queen in a letter of 17 March , which followed his personal telegram of the previous day . |