Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was tall long legs and a long waist — and was dressed in black . |
| 2 | The clothes were agitated by hand , using a wooden dolly , which had four short legs and a long handle . |
| 3 | She could see it all — Fernando 's heavies hauling Steve from his bed this morning , threatening him with concrete trainers and a long drop into the sea from Fernando 's yacht … |
| 4 | Well-planned and executed night attacks on machinery and factories took place over wide districts and a long time span by men who , having set governmental authority at defiance , disappeared back into the community by day . |
| 5 | When we got through Ramsgate town centre and onto the motorway we hit roadworks and a long traffic jam , the weather became very overcast and it started to rain . |
| 6 | When the figure looked up the boy was impressed by bright , blue eyes and a long nose but a kind expression . |
| 7 | He smiled at Roland , a pleased , voracious smile , with bright blue eyes and a long mouth terribly full of strong white teeth . |
| 8 | She was tall , about fifty years old , with blue eyes and a long face . |
| 9 | The sensuality of her broad , peasant face was heightened by her modestly downcast eyes and the long swathe of glossy black hair that reached to her waist . |
| 10 | In spite of this , Tsarism collapsed in the face of relatively weak political pressure localised to Petrograd and supported by spontaneous popular protest and strikes caused by food shortages and the long war . |
| 11 | Since then , more than 2,000 such home have been erected in the U.K. and it remains the company 's most popular product , available in 12 variations from the 1,000 sq ft Hatley to the 4,000 sq ft Abbotsley — an E-shaped stately home with potentially six bedrooms and a long gallery . |
| 12 | an enormous building , very dimly lit , with pillars of wood on either side ; the floor was strewn with green rushes and a long carpet lay down the centre . |
| 13 | Cloud swirled up from the valleys , clearing spasmodically to reveal distant peaks , ice-cold lakes and the long ridge in front . |
| 14 | In the light of this , the announcement in 1989 that Honda was to take a 20 per cent stake in Rover , was seen as a further cementing of ties between the two companies and a long term commitment to Rover 's development by Honda . |
| 15 | This concentration on hardware is , I think , partly responsible for the rather limited international view taken by this approach : it envisages that the bunching of innovations which generates long cycles also generates international ripples so that the innovations are diffused through the leading capitalist countries and the long cycle is international . |
| 16 | He had been in other worlds beside Ridgery Butts , the Yorkshire Dales and the long miles between , and thieving and creeping and running and looking after himself ; but Marian knew only the Ridgery and remembered very faintly some other sort of life , a memory of glints and patches of a different sort of sunlight . |
| 17 | The greater understanding of the behaviour of commuters and the long term trends are being synthesised with information on the policies of transport operators and central and local government so that the influence of policy , such as that in the 1980 Transport Act , on the long-term trends can be better understood . |
| 18 | Slim , elegant pintails rose suddenly from the water and flew , a small flight of nine , the curving white line on slender necks and the long tail feathers clearly visible . |
| 19 | It took four hours and a long phone call to find the answer . |
| 20 | ‘ I lived in Manchester , and I must admit I do n't miss the terminally grey days or the long winter nights . ’ |
| 21 | In view of these needs and the long standing trends in computer speed increases , scientists naturally hope to have more powerful computers to allow work on these problems in the near future . |
| 22 | The journos were all on their best behaviour , the American woman in stockings and a long dress , the men in long shirt sleeves . |
| 23 | lightnings and a long renunciation . |
| 24 | The reasons were the lack of available places and the long distances between home and school . |
| 25 | It merits consideration , even though there is still keen advocacy for cash flow accounting , and even though there are inevitably additional costs and a long lead-time to production ( probably rather more than the two years in NZ ) as departments switch to accrual accounting . |
| 26 | These include multidisciplinary practices in Scotland , an application by patent agents for litigation rights in the higher courts , an application by the Institute of Licensed Debt Practitioners for recognition as an authorised body under the Courts and Legal Services Act , the proposal issued by EC Commissioner for a new legal entity for the association of liberal professions and the long term selection procedure on entry to the Bar . |
| 27 | These problems and a long evening incarcerated below decks without fresh air were giving her a headache . |
| 28 | He would never have recognized Cinzia Miletti if she had n't approached him , for she was virtually in disguise : a silk scarf entirely covering her hair , dark glasses and a long tweed coat buttoned right up to the chin . |
| 29 | Accusations that out-workers embezzled materials have to be considered in several contexts : perquisites and wages in kind , the circulation of raw materials to unsupervised manufacturing households and the long delays which often occurred between completing work and receiving payment . |
| 30 | The real question , wrote Harsnet , is where the short run ends and the long run begins , since in the long run long and short are also without meaning . |