Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [prep] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there , across a field filled with long grass and butterflies , were the Syrian tanks . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Cal-Volair did the work at both its shops located at Long Beach and Oxnard , California . |
| 4 | Their staves rose and fell steadily , the men swinging them high above their heads with a measured and deliberate rhythm born of long practice . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | For all I know these little games may have had their origins hidden in long tradition . |
| 8 | In rats , the hypergastrinaemia induced by long term omeprazole has resulted in enterochromaffin-like ( EC-like ) cell hyperplasia and , subsequently , gastric carcinoid formation . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Vanilla silk dupion mini dress with shield of beading worn with long chiffon skirt by Louise Verity ( Vanilla dress £530 ) , skirt £380 ) , full length veil by Louise Verity ( £65 ) , earrings by Van Peterson ( £110 ) |
| 12 | In this way it combines the legitimacy conferred by long inheritance with the lustre and potency of some of the most prestigious diamonds recovered by man . |
| 13 | For a moment it hovered over her thoughts then , with an ease born of long practice , she pushed it away and went into her dressing room . |
| 14 | Watching as he pulled on his oilskins with an ease born of long practice , Polly shivered violently . |
| 15 | On the higher slopes of Park Fell overlooking Alum Pot , water bubbles from the peat and takes shape as a stream known as Long Churn Spring , coursing down the hillside through a morass to reach a limestone scar on the 1200-ft contour , where it disappears into Upper Long Churn Cave . |
| 16 | Data on experimental animals show that it may be the long term consequence of glomerular haemodynamic abnormalities induced by long term hyperglycaemia . |
| 17 | A rhythmic , riding , gliding mutual movement born of long practice and an unspoken understanding . |
| 18 | Patients allocated to long term endoscopic sclerotherapy underwent regular intra variceal injection of all patent varices using ethanolamine oleate . |
| 19 | Sensitive indicators of renal function in a group of patients maintained on long term , delayed release mesalazine and a comparable group on sulphasalazine have been studied . |
| 20 | We have therefore studied sensitive indicators of renal function in a group of patients maintained on long term , delayed release mesalazine and a comparable group maintained on sulphasalazine . |
| 21 | Aquatic birds characterised by long neck , comparatively narrow and usually pointed wings , webbed feet , and ( except in the sawbills ) bill flattened and blunt . |
| 22 | Fleet standard is well illustrated with many photographs of the Dennis vehicles operated on local deliveries together with examples of the AFC flats and tankers used on long distance services when these were operated by Whitbread of which I can recall observing on their journey between London and the depots at Ashton-Under-Lyne and Stockport . |
| 23 | Illustrations of the vehicles used for long distance services linking London with the West Country and the North , are shown and mention is made of these services being operated under control by several operators and then , by BRS . |
| 24 | Fares on InterCity will relate to ‘ what the market can bear , ’ with real increases focused on long distance commuters . |
| 25 | Two men dressed in long underwear would shake hands and then bend forward as if making a deep bow to each other . |
| 26 | On the one hand , Pilkington was represented as a company committed to long term research and development , whereas BTR was seen as a company interested in quick profits , increasing efficiency by rationalisation ( and job losses ) and asset stripping . |
| 27 | In major buildings like the temples , dressed stone sawn with long bronze saws was used , particularly for sections of wall that would be seen . |
| 28 | H. W. Janson 's History of Art , the standard college textbook , did not at that time mention a single woman artist ’ ; and in discussing the period reviewed by the exhibition , various choices of media made by women artists are chronicled , for , ‘ Many women artists eschewed painting — especially abstract painting — as a domain polluted by long saturation with male dominant values , and developed their themes in performance . ’ |
| 29 | He spent some quite considerable time bent over long time — and when he straightened he looked both puzzled and thoughtful . |
| 30 | There are a total of twenty six inmates imprisoned at long Lartin prison who are featured in the dossier . |