Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is simpler to make the note " Jones p. 253 " than to write down a long dissertation which is already in print . |
| 2 | There are two broad categories : ( 1 ) where the object is to generate more work by some system of cross-referral in particular fields , though such arrangements are difficult to sustain over a long period if member firms wish to retain their independence and separate profitability . |
| 3 | His experiments on the nature of lightning were truly pioneering , starting at Marly in France where a dragoon was persuaded to pick up a long brass wire inside a glass bottle which acted as an insulator . |
| 4 | The rod , in order to pick up a long length of sunken line , should be a minimum of 11ft long , and a maximum of 12ft or it becomes unwieldy . |
| 5 | The present project constitutes a pilot study after which it is hoped to set up a longer term project to follow up the initial findings . |
| 6 | and the problem of access to the flats , and sometimes the necessity to walk quite a long way before you can get out onto the street , which would be a problem for young mothers with , with , with small children , as equally it would be a problem for elderly people or disabled people . |
| 7 | Allon , who only passed a fitness test an hour before the kick-off , was on hand to lob home a long clearance from defender Jamie Bates to record his fourth goal in five games since his record £275,000 signing from Chelsea last month . |
| 8 | You 've got to start back a long way before you get to the final decisions on costs and budgets . |
| 9 | And er then it seems to keep quite a long time if er if you do that . |
| 10 | Using artificial light to break up a long night into two short ones promotes the flowering of long-day plants and hinders the flowering of short-day ones . |
| 11 | If this trend continues , we can expect greater numbers of each successive cohort to reach pensionable age and to have both a longer expectation of life and fewer chronic illnesses and disabilities when it does than its predecessor . |
| 12 | They 'd planned to stay there a long time and they left fingerprints all over the place |
| 13 | It 's just going to take rather a long time making them admit it . ’ |
| 14 | If this explained Mason 's reluctance to pressure Biggs in the middle rounds , thereby allowing the American to pepper him with jabs , it can not obscure the possibility that the British heavyweight will always experience difficulty if required to take on a long contest . |
| 15 | A teacher is needed to take over a long standing recreational class at in September . |
| 16 | The experimental method is basically to lay out a long row of test-tubes each containing a solution of RNA-replicase , and also of raw materials , small molecules that can be used for RNA synthesis . |
| 17 | In others the stick will have to move quite a long way forwards before the wing unstalls and the spin stops . |
| 18 | Another modification of the model assumes that uniform extension occurs but takes account of the fact that stretching of the lithosphere is likely to occur over a long period of time , probably several million years . |
| 19 | Except , Gedanken noticed , those who had to travel quite a long way . |