Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may also do complex movements for his arm , such as holding a long pole ( like a broom handle ) and moving it around and away from his body . |
| 2 | There are several references to the importance commentators attached to the relationship between the stability of the family and that of the state , which is certainly crucial to explaining the long reluctance to reform the divorce law . |
| 3 | As the lakes in the district are usually linear this technique was most useful in foreshortening a long lake and so forming a more round midground subject . |
| 4 | Are you required to be persistent at repeating the same task many times ( phoning sales prospects , for instance ) or persistent in seeing a long , slow project through to the end ( overseeing a two-year training programme , for instance ) ? |
| 5 | She is especially renowned for creating a long silk jersey halter-neck evening dress , which can be worn five different ways and is easy to make because it only has one seam . |
| 6 | She is especially renowned for creating a long silk jersey halter-neck evening dress which can be worn five different ways and is easy to make because it only has one seam . |
| 7 | Short of finding a long forgotten stock of Tempo spares in a local high street hardware shop , it looks as though it will have to be a new cooker . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm used to walking a long way carrying the baby . ’ |
| 9 | The Coal Board decided to change the work organisation in order to introduce new coal-cutting equipment capable of cutting a long stretch of wall at a time . |
| 10 | We were also successful in securing a long term contract from BP for integrated engineering services on their Magnus , Thistle and Miller platforms . |
| 11 | A sudden sickness and fatigue swamped her , and she felt incapable of facing the long , painful inquest that would start in a few minutes — incapable of sustaining any longer the intolerable labour of love . |
| 12 | In fact she went two up when Miss Rogers bogeyed the short fourteenth and was still two up playing the long sixteenth . |
| 13 | Dyring the championship year , Dorigo and Whyte proved excellent at anticipating the long ball , nipping in , and knocking it back . |
| 14 | Although Wordsworth had produced more poems than Coleridge for their joint volume , Lyrical Ballads , honour was satisfied by giving the long Ancient Mariner — or Ancyent Marinere as it was originally spelt — pride of place . |