Example sentences of "the [noun] have long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Board had long debates about whether the content of degrees in the areas should be for or in librarianship , what the academic content of study should be , and what career opportunities would be open to students if they were not subject graduates . |
| 2 | The girl with the cat had long hair , too , Louise remembered , but it was worn loose . |
| 3 | The brontosaurs had long necks ( lower picture ) that enabled them to reach the high-growing conifers prevalent in the Jurassic . |
| 4 | The great majority of the group have long stalks , which are anchored to the bottom . |
| 5 | The African version of the stegosaur had long spikes all the way down to its tail , with spikes even on its back legs . |
| 6 | The girls had long ringlets of the deepest black that cascaded down their backs , while the boy 's hair , similarly black and lustrous , was tied in a ponytail at his neck . |
| 7 | Once again the meeting was a great success ; the Emperor had long conversations with the Prince Consort , Lord Palmerston and the Foreign Secretary , Lord Clarendon , while the Empress devoted herself to the Queen and the royal children . |
| 8 | The Survey has long experience of research in radiogeochemistry and is well fitted , at this time of growing public concern about radon hazard , to provide radon surveys and other related radiometric services . |
| 9 | Though in the end his rights prevailed , the dispute had long repercussions on his control over the counts and castellans of the demesne . |