Example sentences of "on a long [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Late in January , 1982 , as the season was ending and the weather deteriorating , a member of the American team accompanied a visiting geologist on a long snowmobile traverse to examine the regional configuration of the ice sheet . |
| 2 | And I think that was the situation for a lot of people , that erm if they did n't take the the flat that was offered to them , then they would be virtually erm either still on a long waiting list or homeless . |
| 3 | Here he stuck out his chest and strutted about like a professional walker setting out on a long distance race . |
| 4 | The other half wants to hang dependent clauses ; like ‘ Americans will tell anything to an Englishman with a camera poking over his right shoulder when they are trapped on a long distance train . ’ |
| 5 | Sunday winter evenings by the dining-room fire were very special — crumpets toasted on a long toasting fork by the fire ; watching the changing colours of the flames , and the sparks which shot into the chimney . |
| 6 | Some people find it impossible to sleep a wink on a long night journey in a train . |
| 7 | And now I must pack up and take the road ; you 'll be keeping me company on a long night march , although I know you 're asleep in our nice warm bed … |
| 8 | The opulent comfort of a limousine on a long motorway journey … |
| 9 | He was standing against one of the walls of the bedroom , one elbow resting on a long teak shelf which at one time must have contained books , but was now bare , resting his head against the palm of his raised hand in an attitude of relaxation . |
| 10 | It seemed as bright as day out on the newly-laid forecourt and it was as if she 'd been caught by the lights , trapped and dazed like a rabbit on a long country road . |
| 11 | A lot can be learned about a place on a long Sunday morning run . |
| 12 | On Braeriach , Andy Cunningham and I climbed Phoenix Edge ( IV/V ) on a long day visit on skis , while Brian Davison and I climbed Didgeridoo ( V/VI ) from a base in the bothy . |
| 13 | Graham had been working on his yacht , the Sea Eagle , during a break on a long sailing trip , when he suffered an electric shock . |
| 14 | I avoided the mob on the path by descending 200 feet sledging on my rucksack on a long snow bank . |
| 15 | General Mao-Tse-Tung was leading an army of 100,000 peasants on a long march south through Sianfu . |
| 16 | All the children were at that time highly disturbed and were placed with the foster mother on a long term fostering basis . |
| 17 | Such dramatic examples of commercial self-interest were not in reality offset by the more representative efforts of companies such as Unilever , Mitchell Cotts and Booker McConnell in English-speaking Africa , or CFAO in French-speaking Africa who had invested on a long term basis for relatively modest returns . |
| 18 | The Commission defines joint ventures as undertakings jointly controlled by their parent companies and further specifies that undertakings are organisations intended to pursue a defined economic purpose on a long term basis . |
| 19 | Acyclovir may be given on a long term basis to people with HIV who have had an attack of shingles , or have frequent attacks of herpes simplex . |
| 20 | I was not prepared to travel 140 miles to and from work each day , nor to live away from home on a long term basis , so I inquired about part time training . |
| 21 | At the end of the test I have to say that I would have been reasonably happy to work with any of the monitors on a long term basis . |
| 22 | Erm the reason for this is that Luton er is not an attractive proposition on a long term basis but it anti er and that , that is largely for an environmental point of view of the fact that it will also not provide an awful lot of additional capacity but it is a highly economic airport from the point of view of the number of er the cost required to expand it er further er passenger and facilities they already have designs for the extension of the facilities in that airport and I am concerned that er delays in the planning process for terminal three er or for any other alternatives in the South East or for making alternative arrangements elsewhere in the country . |
| 23 | A keyword map ( see Chapter 6 ) or thesaurus can be an advantage not only in the initial construction of a database but also , on a long term basis , in updating the database . |
| 24 | She , and her fellow patients , were then shown to Anstey Ward , which will accommodate 24 elderly men and women on a long term rehabilitation basis . |
| 25 | Do n't think that because you are on a long term site you are secure ; one has already closed in Cumbria and more could follow . |
| 26 | Casabona then took the teenager on a long car drive . |
| 27 | For anyone on a long car journey , FM will never produce a solid clear path like the long-wave ( LW ) which carries Radio 4 the length and breadth of the land , up hill and down dale . |
| 28 | On a long table place containers in a row . |
| 29 | But also , look as those er , those short answers , now it 's important that you answer the short answer questions well alright , because it 's , it 's a lot easier to get good marks on a short answer question , providing you do it well , than it is on a long answer question . |