Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | But among those with special achievements to their credit were the branches at Knebworth ( Hertfordshire ) , Kelvedon , Manningtree and Wivenhoe ( Essex ) , all of which published village histories during 1953–54 ; at Hemel Hempstead which duplicated and sold Welfare and the State , the log-book of weekly discussions in a Long Terminal on ‘ Economic and Social Problems ’ held in 1956–57 ; at Linton ( Cambridgeshire ) which followed up a music course by helping to launch the Linton Music Festival in July 1957 , destined to become an annual event ; and at Colchester where a Tutorial on archaeology from 1955 to 1958 led to the formation of the Colchester Archaeological Group . |
| 2 | The lads were ‘ bang up for it — Talking Heads has been one of our favourite bands for a long time ’ , and another odd musical alliance was struck up , adding to a curious list of collaborations including the Velvet Underground 's John Cale ( who produced ‘ Squirrel And G-Man ’ ) and Donovan ( who supported them on tour ) . |
| 3 | British universities for a long time were relatively much more interested in the anthropological investigation of so-called ‘ primitive ’ societies in the more remote areas of the world , and British sociology constituted a relatively minor discipline , centred mainly on the London School of Economics . |
| 4 | The profits have been in public relations for a long time but too often those in charge have refused to invest some measure of it in capital equipment that would improve client services and the daily life of their workers . |
| 5 | I shall be drawing a considerable sum in a few days but you must know how it is , travelling the country as we old soldiers do … thank you … ten pounds will be quite sufficient … and you must let me spend some more of it in your excellent company … that evening 's entertainment we enjoyed together , Mr Wood , ’ his voice rose in the small hallway and the other guests and servants indoors and out strained noticeably to catch what would surely be the eloquent testimonial of a compliment , ‘ was one of the , shall we say , most boisterous and wise , a rare combination , Mr Landlord , I have spent , whether in London , in Europe or in and out of ships and foreign postings in a long lifetime . |
| 6 | People vary in their ability to revert to being outgoing , social creatures after a long time of semi-confinement to the house . |
| 7 | Whilst it is possible that they will remain reliable instruments for a long time to come , it is in conditions like these that Titoism spawns and prospers . |
| 8 | he was just like the pictures of him in books : yellowish-white bones in a long brown robe . |
| 9 | Certainly schools will not be handling such retrieval techniques in the present economic circumstances for a long time yet ; though a service to teachers and educational researchers is offered in the United States ( and is available here in some libraries ) by the ERIC system , which provides micro-copies of research papers together with a tolerably thorough indexing system which can be computerized for quick search . |
| 10 | A time capsule containing the personal effects of a long dead civilisation : the pince-nez of an extinct dowager , a tarnished cigarette case , two withered clasp hand-bags , indeterminate items of jewellery , and the desiccated remains of insects . |
| 11 | We have already proposed that memory is maintained by long-lived clones rather than individual cells with a long lifespan , and mechanisms capable of driving continued division in these clones have been suggested . |
| 12 | ‘ Out of the stuff I 've heard , ‘ This Is Not A Song ’ by The Frank & Walters is one of the most moving songs in a long time . |
| 13 | If all had gone well the husband would have earned very large sums for a long period so that he could have maintained them at least at their standard of living at the time of his death , and made other provisions for the future . |
| 14 | A case reports and clinical-epidemiological studies have evaluated the cancer risk in patients who have abused anthranoid laxatives over a long period . |
| 15 | A case report and clinical-epidemiological studies in patients who have misused anthranoid laxatives over a long period should be considered in a final risk assessment for colorectal cancer in man . |
| 16 | A former miner , Joe was presented with a cheque together with good wishes for a long and happy retirement . |
| 17 | Also within the /a/ system , however , there is a high incidence of back varieties of /a/ : in BV , this vowel is realized in certain following consonantal environments as a long , back vowel , which is in many contexts virtually identical to RP ( as in RP dance , bath ) ; on a superficial view we may therefore be tempted to believe that speakers are adopting this external norm . |
| 18 | He fondled her between her long legs for a long time , and she remained still for him . |
| 19 | These are the bare bones of a long and distinguished scientific career . |
| 20 | The four weeks preceding Christmas 1984 saw Britain locked in the desperate late stages of a long , cold and bitter conflict . |
| 21 | Surgeons , however , have used metallic implants such as clips and automatic sutures for a long time without any such complication reported . |
| 22 | THE EXPLOSION at Staples Corner — one of Britain 's busiest road junctions — will cause major delays for a long time , AA Roadwatch said yesterday . |
| 23 | Batteries last longer if they are charged and discharged in deep cycles over a long period . |
| 24 | The hypotheses , formed after his observations , are many ; but most of them are related to the empirical findings of a long tradition and the world is spared a too individualistic interpretation of some of Nature 's more self-willed manifestations . |
| 25 | I was busy trying to set a grammar school on a new course , meeting the heads of the other secondary schools for a long and sticky evening in the north Oxfordshire village of Adderbury , and experiencing some of the excitements and discomforts involved in shuffling and reorganization : it was the year in which C. P. Snow published his Corridors of Power . |
| 26 | The object of the game , to construct small words from a long word , is made more interesting by the use of graphics . |
| 27 | A FRAUD of staggering audacity has allegedly been perpetrated against General Motors by a Long Island dealer who , prosecutors claim , borrowed $1¾ billion ( £1 billion ) from the car company last year alone to finance vehicles ‘ that never existed ’ . |
| 28 | These comparisons and studies embrace industrial settings involving dominated labour markets , industrial systems generated by decentralised industrial growth , newly emerging industrial systems in rapidly expanding towns and industrial systems with a long industrial tradition experiencing a rapid decline of manufacturing employment and a rapid increase in service employment . |
| 29 | However , a syndrome of this severity is not commonly reported in foals under natural conditions , probably because larval intake is continuous during grazing ; it has been show experimentally that foals may tolerate large numbers of larvae administered in small doses over a long period . |
| 30 | Dr Sasaki , who believed that the enemy had hit only the building he was in , got bandages and began to bind the wounds of those inside the hospital ; while outside , all over Hiroshima , maimed and dying citizens turned their unsteady steps toward the Red Cross Hospital to begin an invasion that was to make Dr Sasaki forget his own private nightmares for a long , long time … . |