Example sentences of "[is] [prep] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The palazzo itself will be dealt with later when the trip reaches its frontage , but it is worth a long look as you move past . |
| 2 | Built by Colla MacDonnell in the sixteenth century , it clings to a narrow promontory , and although there is not much left of the castle itself , its magnificent position is worth the long haul back up the cliff path . |
| 3 | The guy who 's been in the business or been in the same patch or whatever it is for a long time , |
| 4 | O2 Technology SA , the Versailles-based object-oriented database system developer , and Overseas Bechtel Inc have signed a distribution agreement whereby Bechtel will market a Japanese version of 02 , the company announced : Yoshie Hashima , director general of Overseas Bechtel in Tokyo , said in a statement , ‘ O2 responds to the needs of the Japanese market for object-oriented database systems , that is very promising — the collaboration with O2 will enable Bechtel to attain a leadership position in the distribution of tools for open systems ; ’ the alliance with Bechtel ‘ is for the long term , ’ said Francois Bancilhon , the managing director of O2 . |
| 5 | One should not expect to obtain a detailed contract , but once a commitment is made it is for the long term . |
| 6 | Most students ' experience of Doctor Faustus is of the longer B text , though often with an apology from editors who prefer the shorter A version on aesthetic grounds . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's like a long drink to a thirsty man ’ . |
| 8 | Later one of the day boys , on his way home after being kept in , saw an empty bottle of Smirnoff 's in the long grass near the drive . |
| 9 | , that 's from a long way away that name . |
| 10 | What about her groceries being cheaper , and that is in the long run ! |
| 11 | But with the foreign exchange shortages in many developing countries , I do not see what alternative there is in the long term . |
| 12 | It is in the long term that the ability of councils to transfer tenants and to optimize the use of stock will be lost . |
| 13 | There is hardly any chance of her surviving as she is in the long term so we hope she will be able to have the transplant soon . ’ |
| 14 | The danger is in the longer run . |
| 15 | The question is , whether it is in the longer term interests of the firm . |
| 16 | But also , look as those er , those short answers , now it 's important that you answer the short answer questions well alright , because it 's , it 's a lot easier to get good marks on a short answer question , providing you do it well , than it is on a long answer question . |
| 17 | The recoil peak is on the long TOF side of the argon scattering peak . |
| 18 | When a trio of dots are in GP by both size and interval , the group is most stable when the largest is on the shortest arms and the smallest is on the longer arms . |
| 19 | The little double planet Pluto has such a weird orbit that , even though almost all of the time it is by a long way the furthest known planet from the Sun , occasionally ( as at the time of writing ) it is closer to the Sun than is Neptune . |
| 20 | The AS/400 is by a long way IBM Corp 's most successful current product line yet Chicago-based System Software Associates Inc , generally regarded as the largest player in the AS/400 applications market , seems to be less than confident about the future of the line . |