Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the overwhelming opinion is that a significant proportion of lung cancer deaths in the UK are caused by radon , and that people who are likely to have long exposure to high radon levels are at extreme risk . |
| 2 | The importance of symptom control in this context can not be ignored since few adults would be prepared to tolerate long periods of disability from hearing loss , otalgia , or otitis media . |
| 3 | ‘ Paper ’ sources provide the researcher with a wealth of information ; it would be foolish to spend long hours mounting field surveys to collect information already obtainable from punished sources . |
| 4 | The membership campaign was reported to be ‘ developing satisfactorily ’ at the National Executive 's organisation sub-committee meeting in June 1944 , but MPs were reported to be reluctant to travel long distances during the Normandy invasion period , and ‘ preoccupation with invasion fears and worries ’ led to a ‘ damping down ’ of activity . |
| 5 | Well you might be able to get long distance |
| 6 | It should not be necessary to compile long programme notes , except perhaps in those cases where a poem is being interpreted ( see page 28 ) . |
| 7 | For ourselves , we are inclined to avoid long journeys , especially at this time of the year . |
| 8 | So I respected him , and was glad to work long hours in his stuffy little offices , learning better Spanish and the workings of a paper ; learning also something about Porua , whom I studied with almost servile interest . |
| 9 | Remarkably , he was able to evade long term imprisonment , and made his way to the West . |
| 10 | I was pleased to lose Long John and began to enjoy looking around this strange island . |