Example sentences of "[adj -est] [prep] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think our second half performance was our worst for a long time , but we murdered them in the first . ’ |
| 2 | The figures announced today for the most recent month are the best for a long time and continue the trend of recent months . |
| 3 | ‘ The atmosphere on Friday was the best for a long time and if any of the ladies want to come along , they will be more than welcome ! ’ |
| 4 | I personally do not touch any drugs , alcohol or smoking materials , yet I still think that this music is the best in a long time . |
| 5 | She was the latest of a long line of girlfriends , drawn for the most part from the upper reaches of the aristocracy , who had appeared on his romantic horizon . |
| 6 | The argument for the adoption of national spatial policies was persuasive , the latest of a long line of advocacy for a programme of urban rebuilding which would consciously reconstruct older areas to different patterns . |
| 7 | The latest in a long history of skirmishes in the palaeontological world has blown up into what one particularly bad press release describes as ‘ one of the nastiest personal and professional feuds in all of science ’ . |
| 8 | Now the family 's fears had been proved groundless , the bungled pay-off could be dismissed as just another example of clumsy incompetence on the part of the police , the latest in a long list of blunders . |
| 9 | Although the most comprehensive , this was only the latest in a long series of hard-hitting reports on Indian prisons , most of which echoed familiar themes . |
| 10 | Although the mechanism of accumulation of the humbled bones presents a puzzle , the discoveries of the latest in a long series of excavations by Spanish workers , reported on page 534 of this issue , seem not only to have settled the question of the affinities of the Atapeuerca hominids , but also promise to clarify our understanding of the evolution of humans in Europe . |
| 11 | This Glasgow Hamlet is the latest in a long line of impersonations , and his soliloquies are the novel he inhabits , or most of it . |
| 12 | Latest in a long line of internal frame alpine packs from Lowe , the Alpamayo has an easy-to-use stepless and lockable Wedge Adjustment back systems which makes achieving a good fit simple . |
| 13 | Missing the April 1 deadline was the latest in a long line of opportunities wasted and challenges deferred . |
| 14 | His latest in a long line of thrillers , As the Crow Flies ( Hodder and Stoughton , £14.99 ) , is published this month . |
| 15 | Clint has just met one of The Boys , the latest in a long line of piss-poor pre-pubescent Motown acts that the company hopes will be the new Jacksons . |
| 16 | The Escale , the latest in a long line of successful and stylish models from Prout Catamarans , incorporates the latest thinking in hull , keel and rig designs . |
| 17 | PAUL Rideout goes into a Sky TV shoot-out with Graeme Sharp at Boundary Park tomorrow , anxious to prove he can be the latest in a long line of great Everton centre-forwards . |
| 18 | ‘ The Wig ’ , available in , believe it or not , a ‘ Syrup Mix ’ ( Wig — syrup of figs — Non-Cockney Ed ) as well as a straightforward ragga version and an appealing ‘ Chaos Mix ’ , is the latest in a long line of sizzlers ( ‘ Heat ’ , ‘ Dem No Wicked Like Me ’ , ‘ Breeze ’ etc ) from General Levy , who is probably Britain 's best reggae-rapper . |
| 19 | Cover Girl Poker ) or should that be poke her ? ) is the latest in a long line of attempted trouser-arousers to appear on the C64 . |
| 20 | Either way , it seemed to be the latest in a long line of crass decisions . |
| 21 | He was the latest in a long line of seasoned golfers to contract the yips and as a direct result slumped to 51st place on the Order of Merit . |
| 22 | This last-minute change of dates is only the latest in a long line of difficulties we 've had to overcome . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Break Into Windows ’ by Bill Stott and Mark Brearley is the latest in a long line of different guides to using Windows 3.1 . |
| 24 | The Bill is the latest in a long line of measures to protect society from criminals and to improve the penal system . |
| 25 | In an atmosphere of such buoyancy the dealers are obliged to cut margins and try to survive competition from the opportunists for whom the fax boom is simply the latest in a long line of nice little short-term earners , such as double-glazing and car phones . |
| 26 | Flakey Dove is the grandaughter the latest in a long line of local champions |
| 27 | The TR6 was launched in 1969 as the latest in a long line of successful Triumph sportscars . |
| 28 | The TR6 was launched in 1969 as the latest in a long line of successful Triumph sportscars . |
| 29 | BROWN & Jackson , which operates the Poundstretcher chain of stores , today became the latest in a long line of companies to ask shareholders for cash . |
| 30 | The failed coup was the latest in a long sequence of clashes between the rival Khalq ( " Masses " ) and Parcham ( " Banner " ) factions of the ruling People 's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ( PDPA ) . |