Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [vb base] a long " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The wooded area is nice enough but the schools have a long history of desegregation problems , and are now 88% black and 10% Hispanic . |
| 2 | The Norwegians choose a long ridge walk to go back to the camp and by the time they have arrived , Tony and I have decided to take the kayaks out on to the Ocean . |
| 3 | The fragments have a long and complex history since their discovery , dating back to at least the sixteenth century . |
| 4 | The plates have a long and illustrious history , being passed from print dealer to dealer and were at various times published by Watelet , Basan and Jean . |
| 5 | It was September , when the days take a long time to wake up and the green of the trees is brushed with gold . |
| 6 | Unlike most snails , which are harmless and graze on plant material , the cones possess a long feeding ‘ nose ’ , the proboscis , which bears barbed teeth and venom . |
| 7 | For one thing they are not really cultivated , mostly because the trees take a long time to bear fruit and even then are not very prolific . |
| 8 | In this respect the displays carry a long tradition of early " pencil and paper " methods but , of course , they bring with them much greater computing power . |
| 9 | Other features : the meals have a long shelf life and are light and compact to carry . |
| 10 | The cows have a long , flat lactation curve and readily adopt a second calf for suckling , and are considered easy to care for as housecows . |