Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [to-vb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lorry driver was real , not a stuntman , because it was thought no one else would have the expertise to drive a long , heavy vehicle at a specific speed . |
| 2 | But last week , I was informed , the point of my anecdote about the documentary Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe — in which the German film director fulfilled a promise to eat the aforementioned footwear if a friend of his raised the money to complete a long cherished project — was rather lost since ‘ shoe ’ appeared on the page twice as ‘ show ’ . |
| 3 | It was not unusual for the orderer of the Boozebuster to specify a long route back to the office to give the victim 's fellow revellers time to get back ahead of him . |
| 4 | The setting is the tea-room of the Ritz and the dress is slinky — a tight black jersey number , split at the side to allow a long , black-stockinged leg to be flourished with full drama . |
| 5 | There is a theory that spindle spinners would have used the galleries , using their drop spindles over the rails to obtain a long thread . |
| 6 | Thus monotony and fragmentation are intimately connected , and through the need to accomplish a long series of jobs each day , a feeling of always having too much to do may be added . |
| 7 | The franchise system was a good way for us to get into thatching as it dispensed with the need to endure a long apprenticeship , gave us a six-month intensive course teaching all the rudiments of thatching , and provided contracts and a source of cheap materials . |
| 8 | The first Plan identified the need to achieve a long term strategy for speed enforcement and to commission a study to determine such a strategy involving enforcement activities , new technology and publicity . |
| 9 | The purchase of a call option on a futures contract gives the owner the right to acquire a long position in the futures contract at a set price ( the exercise or striking price ) during ( or at the end of ) a specified time period . |
| 10 | This last is one of the first essentials of a true Suffolk ; for it was bred for use on the farm , and for use on the Suffolk farms in particular , where it was the custom for the horses to work a long day from 6.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. without nosebag or any break for rations . |
| 11 | I have always maintained , ’ Woolley said with ponderous irony , ‘ that the way to avoid a long argument is to shoot the other man before he starts . |
| 12 | Shareholder , investment analyst and press criticism of Philips Analytical 's performance over the past two years — not all justified according to Peter Jackson , regional manager for northern Europe — led the company to take a long , hard look at itself . |
| 13 | Throughout the Latin America/Caribbean region , we feel that this is the time to consolidate a long process which we began in preparation for the Manila Congress in 1989 . |
| 14 | Persuading a child to take a long course of medicine is usually a struggle , as children often dislike the taste . |
| 15 | There is no need to make a long speech , though . |