Example sentences of "have a [adv] long [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Joint Planning , it seems to me , still has a very long way to go . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Direct perception by psychics of energy manifestations in the landscape has a very long history . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | It has a very long neck like a duck , and the front of the body sometimes has a faint purple tinge . |
8 | Butyl has a substantially longer life expectancy than pvc — it 's used in the construction of reservoirs — but it can still be damaged by piercing . |
9 | BR has a somewhat longer network , employs more than twice as many railway staff and carries considerably more passenger traffic than does RENFE . |
10 | Britain has a fairly long winter , and I know of only a few very hardy souls who are willing to go gold prospecting during this season . |
11 | As West has 6 Hearts , he is likely to be short in all the other suits , and with East returning the King of Clubs , there is a suggestion that he has a fairly long suit . |
12 | However , the interest of neurophysiologists has a considerably longer history . |
13 | And if treated correctly it has a much longer life than synthetics . |
14 | It also has an extremely long shelf-life and loses none of its potency even when turning from its original pale straw colour to the colour of strong tea after a year or more . |
15 | The Kerry has an unusually long history as a specialist dairy breed and it has been suggested that it was being bred for milk production in early Irish Celtic times when , it is thought , milk formed a major part of the people 's diet , either fresh or preserved in various ways . |
16 | ‘ Yet in the long run — and we have already had a pretty long run — the results are potentially devastating . ’ |
17 | 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 |
18 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
19 | why were the Neanderthals , who as a species of human being had had a much longer pedigree , vulnerable to the Cro-Magnons ? |
20 | ‘ We may eventually have a slightly longer season — even accounting for a reduction in Premier League matches . |
21 | Because of their traditional background they are easy to handle and have a notably long life : one cow produced and reared 30 calves of her own . |
22 | A good resolution before you exchange contracts would be to stand back and have a really long look at the wood ! |
23 | Version 6.0 of Pick will not have a very long life , however — by the summer , versions 6.1 will be in beta test . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | You did n't have a very long sleep did you ? |
26 | A basic foodstuff , such as the common loaf of bread or a packet of ground coffee , will have a relatively long life cycle . |
27 | After all , Germany does have a disturbingly long tradition of attempts to expand and dominate militarily the European continent . |
28 | You can have a much longer list if you feel you require it , or spend a few weeks on each goal before adding another goal . |
29 | They are the basis for the audible component of belching through oesophagopharyngeal passage of gas and occur independently of swallowing , having a somewhat longer time course than the UOS relaxation induced by swallowing . |
30 | It was timeless : other contests set a date and trust to luck that nature will co-operate — the Triple Crown was already distinct in having a much longer window of opportunity than fixtures elsewhere on the Tour . |