Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] long [noun pl] of " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Since the overthrow of the country 's first President , Kwame Nkrumah , in a coup in February 1966 , Ghana has experienced long periods of military rule interspersed with short-lived civilian governments . |
| 2 | Since the overthrow of the country 's first President , Kwame Nkrumah , in a coup in February 1966 , Ghana has experienced long periods of military rule interspersed with short-lived civilian governments . |
| 3 | When the flaking is done skilfully , only light hand pressure with a piece of wood is needed to detach long slivers of material which can themselves be used as knives . |
| 4 | Some families in difficulties appear to have had long histories of problems , and often the parents themselves have suffered a difficult childhood . |
| 5 | Nkrumah continued to despatch long letters of brotherly advice to the Prime Minister of the Congo but the situation had passed beyond both of them . |
| 6 | I had imagined long pitches of vertical ice and continuous difficulty , so I was n't entirely sure how we were going to climb it . |
| 7 | Both Margaret Thatcher and James Callaghan , for instance , had worked their way up through the structure of party ; they had spent a lifetime in politics and had served long periods of apprenticeship , first as backbenchers and then as junior ministers , ministers and shadow cabinet members . |
| 8 | But also he had imbibed long years of his wife 's punctuality and orderliness . |
| 9 | Some acupuncturists find that they can not treat patients who have had long courses of antibiotic therapy until several months after this treatment has finished . |
| 10 | Their chemical and isotopic compositions are meteoritic and they have had long histories of flight through space . |
| 11 | A blush , a hangdog posture or a limp handshape can all convey information and experts in so-called body language — horrid phrase — have compiled long lists of postures and gestures from which an observant onlooker can glean some information about the attitudes or intentions of others . |
| 12 | Many people with AIDS have to spend long periods of time in hospital unless there is someone at home who can help and look after them . |
| 13 | Damage to properties owing to clay shrinkage is most likely to occur following long periods of drought and this condition can be exacerbated by the influence of tree roots or vegetation . |