Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adj] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This produced several long skeins of yarn . |
| 2 | Two new fortresses were built far from Ulthuan to enable these long range missions to be accomplished . |
| 3 | This necessitated several long sea-crossings . |
| 4 | I do not believe that it would be right to reverse this long line of authority and declare that certiorari should now lie to reverse the decision of a visitor on a question of law . |
| 5 | The A forty one , the road between Banbury and Bicester , there are temporary traffic lights between the Soldern turn-off , that 's by the Bear public house and the Northampshire border ; that 's likely to cause some long delays . |
| 6 | Farmers have been slow to make adequate provision for their own retirement so it was important to see how many had this long term security and how much importance it carried . |
| 7 | The programme will seek to match unemployed people with worthwhile projects and to create an ‘ intermediate job market ’ for those facing continued long term unemployment . |
| 8 | He was able to snatch one long weekend in the country , but almost at once he had to start work on the preparation of lectures for a three-week tour of Germany . |
| 9 | The sad fact is that many of these ‘ irruptive ’ birds spend their last days in the islands , because if they do not move on immediately while they still have the strength , the more time they spend searching for what is n't there , the less chance there is of their being able to make another long sea crossing . |