Example sentences of "[verb] [art] long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Avenches illustrates the long history of settlement characteristic of Mittelland . |
| 32 | Please forgive the long gap in these ‘ Notes ’ . |
| 33 | The Currabinny Community Association then provided a long list of other sources of responsible relevant information . |
| 34 | What is more , much of government expenditure is committed a long time in advance and can not easily be cut . |
| 35 | Since very small , light animals can fall a long way without being hurt , it 's quite likely that it survived in the forest world under the tree and had the second most interesting experience any tree frog has ever had . |
| 36 | As Argentina deployed gunboats , the Foreign Office entered a long silence over South Georgia . |
| 37 | Any investigation which covers a long span of time is bound to encounter certain special problems . |
| 38 | One of these types is the de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou and over the years it has attracted a long list of very satisfied customers . |
| 39 | And so , although she had hated having to do it , Laura had forced herself to write a long letter to Ross , saying how very much she loved and missed him — and could n't they still try to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage ? |
| 40 | It is not necessary to write a long report of each happening but the essential details such as date , time , detail and signature of person making the entry . |
| 41 | Zacco drew a long breath through pinched nostrils . |
| 42 | As soon as the train started , I drew a long breath of relief . |
| 43 | His face had grown pale at the harshness of the rebuke and he drew a long breath before replying . |
| 44 | Most of the , what has happened I think , over the last two and half years , that I 'm aware of , erm , is basically happening a long time before that , I , I ca n't say yes or no . |
| 45 | Others described a long tail of various colours streaming behind a big light . |
| 46 | There is little room for poetry — a product of the despised Fancy — in all this ; yet Wordsworth was in the Locke tradition when he rejected the ‘ gaudy and inane phraseology ’ of the Fancy and devoted a long poem to the description of how Nature ( in Locke 's sense of the whole external world rather than simply mountains and lakes ) formed his mental character . |
| 47 | The net effect of these transactions is to establish a long position of $180 000 in a synthetic index future which comprises the thousand smaller shares quoted on the NYSE which are not in the S&P500 index . |
| 48 | One such affront , to the Archduke of Austria , later cost him his freedom and caused him to suffer a long imprisonment from which he was only freed at huge expense — much of which was raised by his neglected kingdom of England . |
| 49 | He uses a special tool called a cheese iron to pull a long plug of cheese out of one truckle from each day 's production . |
| 50 | It is nowadays quite unrealistic for a tenant even to attempt to secure a long letting of commercial property at a fixed rack rent ; and no well-advised landlord would grant such a lease . |
| 51 | Who wants a long Grace Before Meals ? |
| 52 | Liz Brookes , from the Dyslexia Institute , said : ‘ We have come a long way during the last year and progress is being made , but it is not enough . |
| 53 | AIR travel has come a long way at Aldergrove since the first wide-eyed civilian passengers flew there 30 years ago . |
| 54 | He had come a long way with the Elder , as had his family from time immemorial . |
| 55 | But , ’ he continued seriously , ‘ I do see danger for you and I also feel sorry , as you have come a long way for nothing . ’ |
| 56 | You 've come a long way for a late-night drink . ’ |
| 57 | The Social Democrats have come a long way since the early 1980s when , newly tossed into opposition , the party was crippled by defeatism . |
| 58 | They 've come a long way since those days though — the soles of that pair were completely worn through after 400 miles walking in the Andes so that I ended up walking in my socks ! |
| 59 | Our cosmetics and toiletries have come a long way since the days when Elizabeth I used highly toxic lead powder to whiten and enhance her complexion ! |
| 60 | The humble fryer has come a long way since the days when it was little more than a heating element and a thermostat . |