Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A favourite or a long shot ? |
| 2 | Also , with less length of board in the water , the board becomes more manoeuvrable ( just as a short car has a tighter lock than a long estate model ) . |
| 3 | Richard Hazleton , president of Dow Corning Europe , said in a statement that the decision ‘ reflects Dow Corning 's optimism that the long term growth and expansion of the markets and applications for silicones is undiminished ’ . |
| 4 | The manager was giving praise but in return was met with disappointment and a long face . |
| 5 | Given the 74 years of Communist dictatorship and the long period of Tsarist dictatorship before that , is it not essential to provide aid and assistance so that at long last Russia and the countries associated with the former Soviet Union can become stable democracies ? |
| 6 | An immediate halt to the Government 's Hospital Trust Programme and a long term commitment to restore N H S funding was promised yesterday by Robin Cook . |
| 7 | My wrists were tied behind my back , an iron brace fixed around my neck and the long chain which hung from it secured round my ankles . |
| 8 | Intercommodity spreads can be subdivided into : intermarket spreads where the two futures in the spread are traded on different exchanges , for instance LIFFE and the CME ; and spreads consisting of different futures traded on the same exchange , such as the FT-SE 100 index future and the long gilt future , both traded on LIFFE . |
| 9 | in the distance and it 's Nicholas being pressed by Amigamanore , these two matching stride and the long fellow goes for his whip on Nicholas , but he 's got the advantage . |
| 10 | Any dependants , what your investment policies are , what your need for money will be over the short term and the long term . |
| 11 | I do not think that people in Cornwall want to allocate blame at the moment , but they do want to ensure that the environmental clean-up is carried out both in the short term and the long term without hold-ups . |
| 12 | Approximately 3 per cent of those aged 65 and over live in some form of institution , either a residential home , nursing home or a long stay hospital bed . |
| 13 | Although the compact Mont Blanc range and the long frontier chain of the Pennine Alps boast higher summits , the Bernese Alps contain the largest area of glacier in the Alps and a concentration of great peaks . |
| 14 | He 'd tell him , he 'd get his orders from the office , cos the Deputy Harbourmaster he would go down all the sound he sound in river and see what wanted taken out , then he 'd say to my father I 'll dredge at so and so belo below docksill and docksill what they used to do they used to , my father what he 'd do he 'd put stakes on the mud , a short stake and a long stake on account of the tide and he 'd , he 'd make an imaginary on that stake , then he 'd go ashore at Wolverston , phone up what have you got on your docksill , the fella might say it 's ten feet , well he 'd say right we 'll make that twenty feet , so that 's er , that 's what he used to work on to dredge the river . |
| 15 | Across the river , standing out against a background of emerging green vegetation , was a large bird with marbled black and brown cryptic plumage and a long bill . |
| 16 | The difference between the short run and the long run is important for the political business cycle models which are now seen as a more central feature of a public choice perspective . |
| 17 | A long desk and a long seat . |
| 18 | I did n't have a hairbrush but a long pole that was used to open up the attic hatch . |
| 19 | It 's Bob 's lead , and one runner and a long traverse make seconding interesting ; then it 's my turn again . |
| 20 | the bloke with the blonde hair and the long hair and the glasses |
| 21 | Sapt was carrying a long rope and I had a short , thick stick and a long knife . |
| 22 | I I 've learnt the Pitman school but to a basic level and a long time ago and a lot of it is now forgotten . . |
| 23 | This should preferably be a fairly recent period of relative stability : since the base period is acting as a point of reference , it would be inappropriate to choose a period in which the price level was affected by any abnormal events , such as a war or a long dock strike which created a serious shortage of imported goods . |
| 24 | A business must be kept profitable into the long-term future , but at the same time short-term profitability must be maintained to avoid the danger that the long term will never be reached , and the business liquidated or taken over . |
| 25 | Although the single report does conceal some of the rich diversity of opinion on complex or controversial issues , it provides for outsiders a more usable tool than a long debate . |
| 26 | Casks are placed on their ends in the cellar and a long tube known as an extractor is inserted through the tap hole . |
| 27 | The train-shed arched over the adjacent pavement and a long colonnade carried pedestrians along the side of the station as though rather hoping that they would become passengers . |
| 28 | Nathan had not been prepared for the bus trip into and out of the town and the long walk through the snow to a campsite either . |
| 29 | In the end there was only one way of doing it and that was climbing up there with a match and a long piece of wire . |
| 30 | Even Gould 's expert methods of preservation , vested as they were with such personal concern , were susceptible to the ravages of nature and a long sea voyage . |