Example sentences of "have [art] very long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Close beside Xi is the huge eclipsing binary VV Cephei , which has the very long period of 7430 days ; the next eclipse is not due until 1996 , when the magnitude will drop from its usual 4.9 to about 5.2 . |
| 2 | Still , Germany has no very long history as a unitary state ( less than a century ) and has had three capitals since 1918 — Weimar , Berlin and Bonn . |
| 3 | Joint Planning , it seems to me , still has a very long way to go . |
| 4 | However , the volume of research varies considerably from one polytechnic to another and , in general , it has a very long way to go before it begins to approach that generated within universities . |
| 5 | Direct perception by psychics of energy manifestations in the landscape has a very long history . |
| 6 | Corporatism in various forms has a very long history : for example , professional groups such as doctors and lawyers have regulated themselves for centuries ; indeed , voluntary self-regulation is a defining characteristic of a profession and has long been used as a way of avoiding government control . |
| 7 | The radioactive potassium has a very long half-life ( 1250 million years ) so that the amount lost is extremely small relative to the total amount of potassium present and can not be measured . |
| 8 | sorry , erm this budget has a very long gestation period er I 'm on version twelve I think at the last count and I hope there is n't gon na be a version thirteen . |
| 9 | It has a very long neck like a duck , and the front of the body sometimes has a faint purple tinge . |
| 10 | Yes and on the whole recently we 've had prisoners who been imprison for sort of two or three years , we 've , we 've made up petitions , we 've sent postcards and we 've , we 've written letters and er they 've been released in reasonably short space of time , but then mostly the prisoners which , who have n't had a very long sentence , unlike the one I mentioned on the way here tonight , have the Russian who had been in thirty years |
| 11 | ‘ He does n't usually throw tantrums , ’ Ashley said ruefully , as Vitor came round from the boot , ‘ but he has had a very long day . ’ |
| 12 | Version 6.0 of Pick will not have a very long life , however — by the summer , versions 6.1 will be in beta test . |
| 13 | Gold and silver coins tended to be used as bullion and their metal value was an important consideration in a time of inflation , but a base metal coin could have a very long life . |
| 14 | You did n't have a very long sleep did you ? |
| 15 | When a telephone is installed , it is possible to have a very long flex put on for very little extra cost , and it can then be carried to any room , but you should consider the advantages and disadvantages of this carefully before coming to a decision to have it done , as it has been known to be the cause of accidents to some old people . |
| 16 | ‘ I am not a gambler , I look at ten year careers not ten minute careers and I believe Kylie has all the potential necessary to have a very long life span in this business , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Gooch recalled playing against Waqar at Chelmsford : ‘ The first impression was that he seemed to have a very long run-up but he is obviously a very fine fast bowler with the ability to swing , particularly the old ball . ’ |
| 18 | And in the morning she would have to have a very long talk with Feargal 's mother . |
| 19 | ‘ We 've a very long way to go . ’ |
| 20 | But both research and theory into the structure and mechanisms of conversation have a very long way to go . |
| 21 | I think we still have a very long way to go erm but |
| 22 | Bivalves seem generally to have evolved at a slow canter rather than a brisk gallop ( see ammonites pp. 73–6 ) and some living bivalves have a very long ancestry ; the small sized genus ( Nucula ) has relatives in Ordovician rocks not very different from Recent species . |
| 23 | For analogue sound-recording , experience has shown that the metal masters used in the process of pressing disc copies have a very long life . |
| 24 | Earth science papers have a very long period of use , compared to physics or engineering , but there is variation between sub-disciplines . |
| 25 | It 's definitely a possession of other people , I have a very long list of things I want to do . ’ |
| 26 | Such horses often have a very long coat of hair , a ‘ malnutrition coat ’ , which the horse grows against cold , as it does not have the normal layer of fat under its skin to protect it . |