Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The recently published book Collecting Lustreware goes a long way to correct such assumptions , for it gives a comprehensive account of all British pottery and porcelain manufacturers who are known to have made and/or decorated lustreware — and there was no shortage of them . |
| 2 | Little was known about the products of many of these areas , and much research still needs to be done but Collecting Lustreware goes a long way to redressing the balance . |
| 3 | Alba Adriatica has a long beach of fine , golden sand where holiday life is taken at a relaxed unhurried pace . |
| 4 | Romania has a long way to go before it can even begin to climb out of its paralysis . |
| 5 | Such difficult transition demands time and balance and Romania has a long way to go before it is comfortable with its new identity . |
| 6 | It is possibly true of ‘ Bonn ’ : Germany has a long tradition of unease about England which has been kept alive.and well in influential papers such as Die Zeit and elsewhere . |
| 7 | Established in 1912 , Olympus has a long tradition of good design , using the finest materials and quality craftsmanship . |
| 8 | Glendenning follows a long trail of Darlington players who have gone to Rovers , but he is unable to force his way into the first team . |
| 9 | A little of Giles goes a long way . |
| 10 | Scotland has a long tradition of exporting its talents . |
| 11 | But Scotland has a long way to go before the symbiosis of locals and visitors becomes a reality . |
| 12 | Gerard has a long dissertation on it in his Herbal of 1597 , and shows four coloured illustrations of different sorts , which do not seem to be known nowadays . |
| 13 | Peter Settelen has a long list of television credits to his name , appearing in Crown Court and Z-Cars . |
| 14 | Phil Kite is struggling against a hand injury and Mel Rees faces a long recovery from cancer surgery last summer . |
| 15 | North Shields has a long history of democratic local government and is currently under the political control of the most left-wing Labour authority in the North East . |
| 16 | Prague has a long history of defenestrations and in 1948 Jan Masaryk , the foreign minister , the founding president 's son and one of only three non-communist ministers in the government , was found dead , having apparently exited from his office window . |
| 17 | Mister Grant has a long way to go before he will fully recover from his injuries . |
| 18 | This is not to deny the differences ; it is simply to stress both the connections — which link them within what Raymond Williams calls a Long Revolution — and the importance of the word ‘ potential ’ . |
| 19 | If DPR takes a long position , I 'll press a red button . |
| 20 | Ulster has a long tradition of rural industry and peasant agriculture . |
| 21 | Sport had always been a part of village life and Halling has a long association with all forms of sport . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , Mr Lamont has a long way to go before he can recover the confidence of Scottish business leaders . |
| 23 | ‘ China has a long history of cuisine , a vast territory and abundant natural resources , many nationalities and a large population that has many regions and local diets and customs , ’ he explains , adding that Chinese chefs tended to create new dishes daily , as each cooking method , each style and the range of ingredients could be used to make up different combinations — traditional menus contained a minimum of 100 dishes named after methods . |
| 24 | Guinness has a long standing tradition of community involvement dating back to the eighteenth century . |
| 25 | Guinness has a long history in the African continent and has progressively extended its distribution in the last 30 years . |
| 26 | Although much has been made of the fact that Australian fast bowler Craig McDermott did n't become the first overseas player to represent the county , Indian batsman Sachin Tedulkar confirms a long term policy : overseas players are now welcome in Yorkshire cricket . |
| 27 | MODEL Paula Hamilton puts a long leg forward as she strides across the catwalk in stunning fashion . |
| 28 | But despite the fact that it seems inhospitable , Dartmoor has a long history of use by humans . |
| 29 | The LGC has a long tradition of providing support services and policy advice to the government . |
| 30 | Johnson devotes a long paragraph to the old woman 's but as Dr Livingstone might have described an African kraal . |