Example sentences of "[noun] on [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sheen on the long hair quickened his desire and the music in her voice surprised him . |
| 2 | The Isle of Wight cable does without because it transmits monomode signals on a long wavelength ( 1300 nm ) . |
| 3 | One way to reduce mobility is to offer promises of long-term employment , with the prospect of wage increases rising by promotion steps on a long ladder of continuous employment . |
| 4 | The Council and the Government are of one mind on the long term objective . |
| 5 | The opulent comfort of a limousine on a long motorway journey … |
| 6 | So , short of sending the recording tape on a long detour through the corridors of the Palace of Westminster before it goes on the air , the parliamentary censors will have to work faster than they think . |
| 7 | Some houses at the bottom of Killicomaine Road still pay ground rent on a long lease to the church , through the Trust Steward . |
| 8 | Graham had been working on his yacht , the Sea Eagle , during a break on a long sailing trip , when he suffered an electric shock . |
| 9 | The so-called Executioner 's Axe was really a woodman 's axe on a long handle . |
| 10 | CHARLES and Diana 's separation sets the seal on a long line of Windsor marital disasters . |
| 11 | In Booker 's eyes Profumo set the seal on the long process of British moral decline , the essence of which was a ‘ lack of respect for authority ’ in all its guises — the Establishment , the monarchy , political leaders , the Church and so on . |
| 12 | The second type of breakage occurs not at the top tie but near ground level , when the extra leverage imparted by wind on the long stem reveals the weak spot in a stake that has been allowed to rot and deteriorate . |
| 13 | The A.87 now crosses the loch on a long causeway with a warning of high winds , but even in calm weather the former road continuing up the valley to round the head of the loch , at the cost of two extra miles , is to be preferred . |
| 14 | The primary tumour had allele loss on the long arm of chromosome 5 ( probe : Lambda MS8 , 5q35-qter ) and the short arm of chromosome 17 shown by the probe p144-D6 ( 17p13 ) but not by the probe pYNZ22 ( 17p13 ) , while the recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma had allele losses on chromosome 12 shown by Lambda 43 ( 12q24.3-qter ) and chromosome 17 shown by both p144/D6 and pYNZ22 , but no allele loss on chromosome 5 ( Table I , Fig 2a-c ) . |
| 15 | From Calais Gaunt took his force on a long march southwards , pillaging some of the richest country in France . |
| 16 | Results of the IS900- and IS902-PCR on the long term cultures are shown in the Table . |
| 17 | Autoradiographs illustrating the results of IS900- and IS902-PCR on the long term cultures are shown in Figures 2 and 3 . |
| 18 | The scene on the long side shows , I believe , the birth of Aphrodite from the sea , the figures on the wings her votaries , a veiled matron burning incense and a naked girl , a hetaira , piping ( one of the first naked women in large-scale Greek sculpture ) ; but many other views are held . |
| 19 | The basic concern forms the theoretical foundation for current work on the long term consequences of divorce for children , the role of conciliation when marriage ends , and the relationship between family and work responsibilities . |
| 20 | He turned and looked at the display of cakes on the long table . |
| 21 | In daylight at dawn , it was time to leave the palace and head south on the long trek to Bombay . |
| 22 | Tens of thousands of Armenians died of thirst and starvation after being forced into the north Syrian desert on the long march south . |
| 23 | I was not prepared to travel 140 miles to and from work each day , nor to live away from home on a long term basis , so I inquired about part time training . |
| 24 | The Times for the morning of Wednesday , 29 May 1839 , announced that the Orynthia was cleared outward with cargo for Demerara and Honduras ; the woman 's bust figurehead was leading her brave boys away from home on the long voyage south-west . |
| 25 | Juliet laid the opened folder on the long cupboard under the window . |
| 26 | At the end of the test I have to say that I would have been reasonably happy to work with any of the monitors on a long term basis . |
| 27 | No — each lady had personally placed her cake on the long table — without assistance . |
| 28 | But even so , then ask Fred on the long term would be ideal . |
| 29 | With a microphone on a long lead plugged in , the on-board mike is automatically disconnected and the sound can then be picked up at much closer range . |
| 30 | I avoided the mob on the path by descending 200 feet sledging on my rucksack on a long snow bank . |