Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This seven-headed , four-legged monster also has long tails or rays attached to its back ( fig. 14.28 ) . |
| 2 | I mean we 've always associated Forest with playing their way into the penalty area now with Rozario er with Collimore they 've got the licence or the facility just to knock long balls through the air at them . |
| 3 | Such positions usually require long periods of training which involve certain sacrifices such as loss of income . |
| 4 | Finishing a video always means long working hours and I get totally absorbed by it as the following anecdote shows . |
| 5 | The unvarying conditions also promote long breeding seasons with breeding in relays . |
| 6 | Trade with China from the Malay Peninsula and Borneo by the fifth century is well-documented ; the Philippines were involved shortly afterwards , while rice had been cultivated on Luzon , not far from the Negrito sites , since at least l400BC ; linguistic evidence also suggests long interdependence . |
| 7 | The bubble corals also have long sweeper stinging tentacles which can reach 7 to 10 cm ( 3 to 4″ ) from the main colony to sting neighbouring colonies and many anemones release nematocysts into the water to sting coelenterates down stream of them . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , the basic directions of economic reform are rather similar to Hungary , though the initial position is quite different , in that Yugoslavia already had long experience of worker-managed firms as well as a high degree of monetary mismanagement ( including a spell of hyperinflation ) resulting from inability of the country 's federal structure to impose monetary discipline . |
| 9 | Once established , the plant will bush out producing long stems giving rise to numerous shoots . |
| 10 | Citations to actual theses generally reflect long periods of current influence , with some theses continuing to be cited up to twenty years after their deposit . |
| 11 | Several of the warriors also bore long lances which were tipped with iron or steel , and a few had shields slung either from the saddle or on a strap around the shoulders . |
| 12 | Journalism often means long hours but it 's better than working . |
| 13 | Howard also has long experience of developing and presenting courses and training programmes to computer professionals , managers and users . |
| 14 | Acceptance there involved long trials and modifications . |