Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the level of total exports and of exports of manufactures rose throughout the long boom and the 1970s . |
| 2 | Lucenzo dragged her bags with him and muttered under his breath about their bulk while Meredith stoically forced her exhausted body after his dark figure , her legs aching with the long climb . |
| 3 | Everyone 's solution was subjective , he thought , based on the resentments and jealousies festered in the long , bitter years of internal exile that the Shah had imposed on all those who would not recognize his sole and divinely inspired leadership of Iran . |
| 4 | The authors believe the cause of these persistent spells lies in the ability of the short waves to react on the long waves in such a way that , under certain situations , they favour the very pattern that caused them . |
| 5 | The cat with yellow eyes crouched in the long grass in pursuit of a bird . |
| 6 | Such churches were , therefore , like the basilica , rectangular in plan , twice as long as wide and had two or four rows of columns set along the long axis , providing three or five aisles . |
| 7 | Added to these was another important element , for the period of the festival was a time of licence : this was a necessary outlet in the community for the tensions repressed after the long period of hard physical toil . |
| 8 | An unusual feature of the canteens is the noise : it is also a recreational area for games of dominoes , and the sound of the pieces echoes through the long room . |
| 9 | It was obviously written as encouragement to the soldiers and families separated during the long years of the Second World War , but it seemed to express the yearning that so many young men must have felt when they were far from their families , desolate and frightened : |
| 10 | Unfortunately , local managers often think in the short term , whereas senior managers think in the longer term . |
| 11 | The outcome of that study , however , was markedly influenced by a lack of compliance ( eight of the 20 patients withdrew from the longer course ) . |
| 12 | She was gradually becoming conscious of aches and pains caused by the long , tiring flight and the horrendously bumpy drive from the airport to Marigot Bay . |
| 13 | Particularly significant changes are found for residues located on the long E helix ( Glu 204 and Phe 208 ) . |
| 14 | It is precisely because market forces have in the long run caught up with the operation of the CAP , as they inevitably would , that we are in such trouble . |
| 15 | Nomes slept mainly at night , but needed catnaps to get through the long day . |
| 16 | By the time the two week World Film Festival winds down at the beginning of September most of the cinephiles standing in the long queues at the box office have no idea what they 're waiting for ; they 'll watch anything that moves . |
| 17 | Since the revolution in 1989 , it has been revealed that not only was Romania passing on some of the Western secrets obtained in the long honeymoon with the West to Moscow , but that Ceauşescu 's brother , Ilie , the Deputy Defence Minister , was passing Soviet military secrets and technology to the Americans . |
| 18 | Most of the teachers lingered a few minutes in the staff room , not from any affection for the place , but to allow the unruly mob of boys to get down the long road that led to Cullbridge , and thence to disperse to the bus station , to Wimpy bars , the library or their various homes . |
| 19 | There are three staircases in the house , including a great one of oak which leads right up to the second floor , where the rooms are spacious — not designed for servants — and the views stretch to the Long Mynd . |
| 20 | But how well do these savings accounts perform in the longer term ? |
| 21 | Grasshoppers churred in the long grass . |