Example sentences of "part [prep] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such thinking is part of a long tradition , finding its most clear formulation in the political philosophy of Hobbes where human society is presented as being in a state of ‘ warre ’ in which every man fights every other man for control of resources and for the ( presumed ) pleasure of dominance . |
| 2 | Tamayo 's insistence on using new materials to construct his prints is very much part of a long tradition in modern art . |
| 3 | A. G. Dickens , in particular , has consistently maintained that the anti-clerical tracts of lawyers such as Simon Fish and Christopher St German were not merely isolated examples of lay hostility to the church , totally unrepresentative of public opinion , but on the contrary part of a long tradition of anti-clericalism among the literate classes , and most especially London merchants , common lawyers , parliamentarians , and royal officials . |
| 4 | And even her clothes , once you had got over the original shock , were part of a long tradition of home-made outfits dating back to her days at the Mother Theresa Convent , South Wimbledon . |
| 5 | The other , even more revealing letter , was written early in 1945 , after Walter had spent part of a long leave with Viola and the children ( now alone , with divorce a matter of months away ) in their London flat . |
| 6 | Two thousand miles to the east of St Petersburg , the boxcar was part of a long train that had started out in St Petersburg a week earlier and had gone along the Trans-Siberian Railway . |
| 7 | She had been part of a long stream of women who had come and gone swiftly , lives collapsing in one area as they gained power and certainty in another . |
| 8 | As part of a long term study of child development these workers assessed 954 seven-year-olds of an original sample of 1037 children born between 1 April , 1972 and 31 March , 1973 in the city of Dunedin , New Zealand . |
| 9 | Those parts of the drying system recently installed will be retained with the new sections being added as part of a long term policy of improvements . |
| 10 | In terms of pupils development , a database should be seen as an integral part of an assignment and part of a long term , cross-curricular development of information skills . |
| 11 | Drugs were also seized and police say it was part of a long term campaign , codenamed Operation Lucy and targeted on a guns and drug network . |
| 12 | This is particularly true of regulations in heavily regulated fields such as agriculture , where they may be part of a long string of related measures or be limited to implementing a regulation of broader scope . |
| 13 | Henry II spent a large part of a long career campaigning in France ; but his wars added very little to what he had gained by marriage . |
| 14 | Most of the fields are still part of a long rotation based on grass , cereals and a conservation ley with Italian red clover . |
| 15 | Gone are the days when you were likely to be alone on the rim path , but if the five miles escarpment is included as part of a longer circuit of the vast moorland , walkers seeking solitude will find their fair share — and a good test of their navigation skills . |
| 16 | The passages were constructed so that they contained a target clause which in one version of a passage formed a sentence on its own and in another version was part of a longer sentence . |
| 17 | For example , the third clause in the following extract ( a ) is part of a longer sentence : ( 1 ) The tone of the document was threatening . |
| 18 | The pronunciation may have been stored before , but as part of a longer word ( e.g. tea as part of teacher ) . |
| 19 | This passage is part of a longer passage cited with approval by Lord Keith of Kinkel , Lord Griffiths and Lord Goff of Chieveley in Attorney-General v. Guardian Newspapers Ltd . |
| 20 | The line was once part of a longer route that ran to Sheffield , using the Woodhead tunnel under the Pennines . |
| 21 | It must be stressed that these examples refer in some cases to complete pieces of music , in others to themes which form only part of a longer movement . |
| 22 | Here it forms part of a longer account of man 's history from his creation , as in Genesis . |
| 23 | as part of a longer term review of legal aid policy , to pay modest sums to firms who allow their trainees and young solicitors to undertake the more straightforward cases now undertaken on legal aid . |
| 24 | He had requested these resignations as part of a longer term plan to reduce the number of ministries to nine and , in the short term , to provide evidence that the government was intent on achieving greater efficiency . |