Example sentences of "[adj] and have [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The okapi , according to Gill Venner , is shy and elusive and has a long gestation period . ) |
| 2 | The boy was about fourteen years old and had the long , fuzzy hair of the Dervish . |
| 3 | The inhabitants , having colonised naturally , would be well-adapted to the local conditions ; no two commons would be alike ; and garden escapes , which are often very colourful and have a long flowering period , would be welcome . |
| 4 | I 'm fifty and have a long way to go . |
| 5 | The implement you need has an overall length of some 6 foot 6 inches ( 2 metres ) , is ash-handled and has a long , narrow spoon-shaped blade set at a slight angle to the shaft . |
| 6 | The mines were large and had a long life and fitted in with RTZ 's strategic objectives , he added . |
| 7 | Matthew was nearly sixty and had a long brown beard . |
| 8 | A small generator can be used primarily to stop a battery discharging and it will only be able to recharge a battery if it is small and has a long time in which to do it . |
| 9 | The human being ( a far more complex creature inhabiting a far more complex world ) needs to be highly adaptive and has a long period of play in which to build up a vast repertoire of behaviours . |
| 10 | The aim is to produce beers quickly which , because they are sterile and have a long ‘ shelf life ’ , are also highly profitable . |
| 11 | Robin Prentice , who died during the winter , became the Scottish Cricket Union 's Administrator in 1982 , retiring in 1990 and had a long association with the game in Scotland and as a wicket-keeper batsman with Uddingston in the Western Union . |