Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The early release of prisoners serving long sentences of determinate duration was supported , although in the same way as the Longford report to the Labour Party eighteen months before , the policy group added a proviso that the Home Secretary should in all cases consult an advisory body before doing so . |
| 2 | As it so happened , emerging civilisation created communities in various parts of the world , spaced at intervals covering long periods of time , each community being unaware of the others , and each developing some form of religion and worship . |
| 3 | Since large numbers of children with working parents spend long hours in front of the television , the radio has a critical gap to fill . |
| 4 | Poor management of beds meant long delays in admissions , said the report on King 's College Hospital , London . |
| 5 | When she woke the little room was still quiet , but the sun had moved from the window and was beginning to dip behind the hillside , the cypresses casting long shadows over the tailored lawns . |
| 6 | Individual psychological treatments entailing long sessions with any kind of therapist seem of limited value in general practice and make little economic sense . |
| 7 | At home he decided to go in for wholesale enclosures , encouraged his tenants to take long leases by reducing their rents , and instructed them in modern scientific methods . |
| 8 | All this could be done by giving a life estate to the head of the family ; with the remainder to his sons successively in tail-male , with remainder to the daughters in tail , subject to a rentcharge in favour of the life tenant 's widow upon his death , and in favour of any other persons desired to be benefited ; and with power to the trustees to create long leases in the property for the purpose of charging the lease in order to provide portions for younger sons and daughters who did not inherit the land . |
| 9 | A pair of feluccas drifts across our bows like lovebirds , their sails throwing long shadows across the tranquil water . |
| 10 | Motorists report long queues for the spaces on the lower deck at peak times . |
| 11 | The girls had long ringlets of the deepest black that cascaded down their backs , while the boy 's hair , similarly black and lustrous , was tied in a ponytail at his neck . |
| 12 | Some languages have long words of many syllables which are difficult to pronounce at first . |
| 13 | Six patients who ultimately presented with gastrointestinal symptoms reported long histories from 9 to 50 years . |
| 14 | They sat round a huge log fire , the flickering flames casting long shadows against the far wall . |
| 15 | In the use of the theories to analyse developments within the UK , however , there have been attempts to link long waves to the changing nature and pattern of uneven development . |
| 16 | But Craig Brown 's boys remain long odds on achieving that aim with extremely tough tasks yet to be undertaken in both Portugal and Italy . |