Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1978 Allan concluded her survey of such research by writing : As a result different research came up with different findings so that the policy maker and practitioner ended up with long lists of poorly defined and sometimes contradictory characteristics . |
| 2 | An adult patient may be deprived of his capacity to decide either by long term mental incapacity or retarded development or by temporary factors such as unconsciousness or confusion or the effects of fatigue , shock , pain or drugs . |
| 3 | Spanish and Portuguese membership came only after long talks , and was expected to put greater pressures on the Social and Regional Funds , as well as increasing the costs of the CAP . |
| 4 | The 17 months of agony washed away at long last . |
| 5 | Something under the bed moved softly , rustling like a woman walking past in long skirts — or a soft breeze in high trees . |
| 6 | Paper hung away in long strips . |
| 7 | The ability to communicate cheaply over long distances will reduce the need for workers to commute to offices . |
| 8 | He believed that the surface of the earth changed gradually over long periods of time , and saw that such changes would have an effect not only upon the physical environment to which living things were exposed , but upon the possibility of migration to new locations . |