Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Specific initiatives include a back pain clinic to start in the summer to clear the long list of patients waiting for treatment . |
| 32 | Tabitha wondered how long the woman had been scratching a living on the waterways , complaining to uncaring passengers , never quite summoning up the cash or the strength to take the long haul home . |
| 33 | For every year at midwinter the sun grows weak and pale , and he sinks down into the marshes to spend the long winter night there , and Mokosh , the old witch , his foster-mother , nurses him until he is strong again , with herbs and spells and incantations . |
| 34 | In the 1370s the English , lacking good leadership and the necessary commitment of men and money to defend a long frontier ( available money might have been better spent on defence than on more popular campaigns through France ) , soon lost the ground which they had gained by treaty . |
| 35 | The Town Trail attempts to link the long history of Northampton and present you , the visitor , with a taste of the heritage which belongs to this handsome town . . |
| 36 | ‘ The best way to increase the long run growth rate in the economy is to make markets work better . |
| 37 | This last is one of the first essentials of a true Suffolk ; for it was bred for use on the farm , and for use on the Suffolk farms in particular , where it was the custom for the horses to work a long day from 6.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. without nosebag or any break for rations . |
| 38 | I have always maintained , ’ Woolley said with ponderous irony , ‘ that the way to avoid a long argument is to shoot the other man before he starts . |
| 39 | In the south west of Alaska , the volcanic chain picks up again strongly , and swings out to sea to form the long arcs of the Aleutian and Kurile Islands . |
| 40 | Another mechanism , producing movement in the vertical plane , is indicated by Hollick 's ( 1940 ) finding that in Muscina a reduction in the amplitude of the wing-beat causes the thrust vector to intersect the long axis of the insect 's body behind the centre of gravity , so altering the cephalo-caudal couple around this centre . |
| 41 | In order to maximise the long term impact this sports component has on participation in Scotland a Sports Information Point will be in operation throughout the Festival 's duration . |
| 42 | Historical material is also being examined in order to get a long term perspective on the more recent changes . |
| 43 | There really is no better way to spend a long weekend , or indeed an entire week , during winter , than in the warm sun of Portugal 's Algarve , Spain 's Costa del Sol or the cooler — though still very comfortable — French region of Calais . |
| 44 | It was not unusual for the orderer of the Boozebuster to specify a long route back to the office to give the victim 's fellow revellers time to get back ahead of him . |
| 45 | The Duke has agreed to become patron of an appeal to secure the long term future of the new theatre . |
| 46 | Throughout the Latin America/Caribbean region , we feel that this is the time to consolidate a long process which we began in preparation for the Manila Congress in 1989 . |
| 47 | At a roadside cottage at the end of the village ( a former toll bar ) , a narrow lane turns off the main road to the left and continues beyond a crossroads and the old railway track to start a long climb on the side of Casterton Fell and ultimately come to an end at Bullpot Farm . |
| 48 | Seb determined he would find time to have a long talk with her when his present hectic spell of work came to an end . |
| 49 | In those circumstances , it is not a realistic option to take the long view which is characteristic of other industries and to invest in benefits that are achievable only years ahead . |
| 50 | In 1823 a Shorthorn bull was exported to Buenos Aires to begin a long history of the Shorthorn influence on the South American meat trade . |
| 51 | Some of the other men had been busy , tying together ropes and halters to make a long leash . |