Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the future of this airline could be decided much sooner than that , and with it the levels of service and fares we can all expect on long haul flights . |
| 2 | They complained that they could not get loans from LEDU and if they did , the money only came after long delays . |
| 3 | In conservative working-class speech , low variants are maintained in ‘ short ’ environments , very much as in the nineteenth century : but low realizations have been almost entirely replaced in long environments by mid realizations of /Ε/.ions |
| 4 | This was especially marked for long chain n6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in ulcerative colitis and Crohn 's disease . |
| 5 | They were not silent but only spoke after long intervals and what they said did not carry to the upstairs rooms . |
| 6 | A dry sleeping bag at the end of a long night watch in foul weather is something to be dreamed about , but , alas , rarely happens on long voyages . |
| 7 | The proposed remedy is more detailed : ‘ Statements of attainment are best regarded as long term objectives which provide the framework , allowing teachers and pupils freedom to choose short term objectives and related activities , materials instructions and criteria ’ ( Reason 1989 : 150 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ His best attempt at negotiating the distance between admiration of the poetry and dislike for the individual who created it is this metaphor , in his introduction : ‘ When he found his authentic voice in the late 1940s , the beautiful flowers of his poetry were already growing on long stalks out of pretty dismal ground ’ — a botanical conceit designed to leave Larkin soiled , but the poetry ready for picking . |
| 9 | Drake easily recognised by long crest and elongated wing feathers . |
| 10 | He suffered back and hip injuries , and can no longer walk for long distances . |
| 11 | and they 're just jailed for long periods of time , because he wants to assert , Saddam wants to assert , er his authority and show how erm , tough he is . |
| 12 | Late in the 1370s and early in the 1380s the world order , already upset by long war , seemed set to suffer yet further disruption . |
| 13 | Meanwhile working at Long Lartin remains a depressing business … |
| 14 | Today , mixed herbs , including chicory , yarrow , burnet , rib grass , and sheep 's parsley are becoming widely used in long ley mixtures . |
| 15 | If you ever put on long knickers , the others used to call them your ‘ Jessie Wharton 's ’ . |
| 16 | In the 1970s Portugal and Spain both emerged from long periods of dictatorship and established parliamentary-electoral systems with remarkable smoothness . |
| 17 | His sonorous voice and deliberate utterance may to a great extent account for this but it should also be remarked that as Highbury Quadrant was the first church to introduce the Electrophone , perfection has been probably acquired by long practice in the details requisite to success . ’ |
| 18 | And he says he enjoys walking ; he often goes for long walks by himself . ’ |
| 19 | These low potencies were often given over long periods , and frequently mixtures of different remedies were used . |
| 20 | Such purchases are often made under long term Contracts , and may be enacted by computerised stock control programs when current stock levels reach a minimum " safety level " . |
| 21 | Movements often stop for long periods , but you may be asked to fill in a ‘ kick chart ’ if you are concerned about it . |
| 22 | Provision for synthesis often leads to long notation , for two reasons . |
| 23 | Laura often went for long walks on her own into the hills behind Carno railway station . |
| 24 | The quarter mill map does n't really cater for long flights , where a significant shift in wind direction might play havoc with the navigation at a later stage but , even then , you can cater for such circumstances . |
| 25 | Resistance to flow in polymer systems is even greater , because now the molecules are covalently bonded into long chains which are coiled and entangled and translational motion must , of necessity , be a co-operative process . |
| 26 | Judgments frequently consist of long paragraphs and convoluted sentences replete with subordinate clauses . |
| 27 | However , it is frequently used for long distance tows , because there is less of a tendency to get a slack rope during level flight in the low tow position . |
| 28 | ‘ Our staff are experienced travellers — we all regularly go on long haul trips . ’ |
| 29 | The difference between the words for trusts and those for legacies was that the list for legacies was closed : there were set wordings , well established by long tradition . |
| 30 | Baldric , well informed through long dealings in Flanders , said drily , ‘ You would be surprised what he could do with those ships . |