Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.

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1 It can therefore be said that in a long series of estimates under the same conditions the population mean would lie within one standard error of the mean 68 per cent of the time , or within two standard errors 95ยท4 per cent of the time .
2 It can therefore be said that in a long series of estimates under the same conditions the population mean would lie within one standard error of the mean 68 per cent of the time , or within two standard errors 95.4 per cent of the time .
3 Land cultivation in the Auvergne uplands is extremely limited because of the long cold period in winter when sward re-establishment would be difficult , a dry summer climate , and because of thin soils which are anyway generally quite fertile .
4 Rescued from Meikle Bin , near Kilsyth in Scotland , it is hoped that in the long term this substantial section of rear fuselage may be restored and mated to the Firefly AS.5 front fuselage and cockpit section currently on display at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry , owned and restored by Colin Waterworth .
5 However a significant amount of the support work required early in the year was not achieved because of the long term illness of one of the Enterprise Development Officers .
6 Finally , from whatever defence line was established and after a long period of mobilization , Nato 's forces ( presumably mostly Anglo-American ) would launch the great counter-offensive .
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