Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] [prep] long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After a while the whistle is repeated — by the same blackbird or by its mate — but always as if this were the first time it had occurred to him to whistle ; if this is a dialogue , each remark is uttered after long reflection .
2 Excessive fading can occur if a rug is exposed to long periods of strong sunlight , and is best avoided by either relocating the rug or putting it in storage for the summer .
3 For example , ‘ polythene ’ is made of long chains of the small molecule called ethylene — polymerized ethylene .
4 The mother or , more often , the father who is separated for long periods or repeated shorter periods from the home ( through professional requirements , for example , or by prison sentence ) stands in danger of becoming an " inconsiderable " member of the family — one who is of the family group but who , in the child 's eyes , plays little or no part in its procedures , decisions and activities .
5 If it is transported over long distances , it can be dangerous .
6 The term programming is used for long term changes in the body 's structure , physiology , or metabolism brought about by environmental influences acting at critical stages of early life .
7 The notion of the overriding importance of applicability of learning is born of long immersion in community education .
8 Barron and Norris ( 1976 ) suggest that the labour market is divided into two segments — a primary sector which provides skilled , secure work at good levels of pay which is reached by long promotion ladders , and a secondary sector characterized by unskilled , insecure work with few promotion prospects and low levels of pay ( see figure 4.6 ) .
9 A recent view is that a postsynaptic kinase is activated transiently ( for less than a few minutes following the tetanus ) and a presynaptic kinase is activated for longer periods ( but for less than 1 hour ) .
10 When elongated in the presence of all four ribonucleotides , the full-length transcript is obtained within one minute , with no variation observed if elongation is continued for longer times .
11 The development of cholangitis as a late complication occurred only in patients in whom a sphincterotomy was not carried out and this might be considered a prerequisite in all patients in whom an endoprosthesis is inserted as long term therapy .
12 This subgenre of popfiction is delineated by long descriptions of some commonly found story-lines and its style is successfully contrasted with that of magazine stores and romances .
13 This short cut is achieved with long layers and is ideal for thick hair .
14 But the secret he 's learnt through long experience is the nature of light — from the air it 's very different .
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