Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adj] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will notice from looking at our animals that Spider Monkeys have four long fingers , but only a rudimentary thumb . |
| 2 | We were on Egleton Reserve , the lagoon area of the Rutland Water Nature Reserve , and we had spent a blustery March morning wielding bill hooks to create 3-foot long sticks from coppiced pussy willow branches . |
| 3 | Texas drove some beasts to New Orleans and after 1849 to California , but it was the promise of the great north-eastern market which urged ranchers to explore those long routes which have become part of the heroic romance of the ‘ Wild West ’ , linking the remote south-west with the slowly approaching railheads and through them with the giant transport centre of Chicago , whose stockyards were opened in 1865 . |
| 4 | Jenny Lunt , 11 , of Anfield : Why do giraffes have such long necks ? |
| 5 | Severe oesophagitis patients ( median 38.5 , range 27–55 years ) and adenocarcinoma patients had similar long histories of smoking , both of which were greater than CLO patients ( p<0.003 ) ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 6 | The robes were of black or crimson velvet — over body armour — and all of those seated at the desks wore identical long masks . |
| 7 | In conclusion , we suspect that neither oral contraceptives nor intrauterine devices have any long term effect on the risk of endometriosis . |
| 8 | Humans had strange long names , like Mrs J. E. Williams Supervisor and Hello My Name is Tracey . |
| 9 | Hence , the use of options to hedge any long position in shares involves a continuous reassessment as time and the share price change . |
| 10 | In contrast , stents provide reasonable long term palliation in most cases . |
| 11 | Tenants allocated homes in this way do of course pay rent and local taxes just like everyone else , although the sad reality at present is that many councils have such long waiting lists of homeless people and families living in substandard accommodation that people with mental disorders face great competition for housing . |