Example sentences of "on a [adv] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that ha has to be in on if you 're on a slightly longer course than that a day you |
| 2 | Paulette thought the Prince disgustingly ugly : he was obnoxiously thin , with a bulbous round head on a ridiculously long neck . |
| 3 | I use 3-4lb main line and have either the feeder or the bomb on a very long paternoster link of 4-7 feet . |
| 4 | But on a much longer time-scale , involving thousands of years , they behave differently and can ‘ flow ’ like a highly-viscous liquid , millions of times more viscous than even the stickiest treacle . |
| 5 | It was mentioned in chapter one that the rocks making up the Earth 's mantle show the same kind of behaviour — on a short time-scale , they are rigid ( ’ solid ’ ) enough to transmit shock waves from earthquakes , but on a much longer time-scale , they can ‘ flow ’ , and accommodate the convection movements which are believed to provide the driving mechanisms behind Plate Tectonics . |
| 6 | To do this , of course , you have to put the bird on a much longer line , something falconers call a ‘ creance ’ . |