Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trek proves long and arduous , with casualties mounting as they forge through swamps and mountains before finally breaking into the Dalek city . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | To me , the wind in the tree tops really carried stories on its back ; the red bird that came to our cherry tree told me things ; the fat , velvety flowers in the forest laughed and I answered ; the little calf in the field held long conversations with me . |
| 4 | The jaw appears long and narrow . |
| 5 | Moreover , although the astrolabe enabled long calculations to be avoided , the computing of planetary positions , for example , for casting a horoscope , still involved a considerable amount of work . |
| 6 | Shortly three carloads of young women arrived , followed by the limousine carrying Long John Silver . |
| 7 | If the wing-tip touches long grass or rough ground , there will certainly be a bad swing and the launch will have to be abandoned . |
| 8 | The girl with the cat had long hair , too , Louise remembered , but it was worn loose . |
| 9 | The war cast long shadows across the Atlantic . |
| 10 | The men of the town carried long walking sticks of the sort one saw in the ancient temple reliefs . |
| 11 | The great majority of the group have long stalks , which are anchored to the bottom . |
| 12 | The conservatory was still empty , the lamps burning low , the moon casting long silver shadows over the terrace beyond the wide patio doors . |
| 13 | The African version of the stegosaur had long spikes all the way down to its tail , with spikes even on its back legs . |
| 14 | The woman used long needles of bone to stitch the parts of her son together again . |
| 15 | The tail became long and strong enough for sculling quickly through the water , and the hind legs could give powerful kicks to the river bottom . |
| 16 | The House will know that the Government thought long and hard about their decision to retain the statutory training board . |
| 17 | The main part of the animal consists of a cup ( or calyx ) to which the stalk is attached at its upper end , and from the top of the calyx stretch long arms , which are five in number or more usually a multiple of five . |
| 18 | The Secondary strike stabbed pain again , the detonation reverberating long and loud . |
| 19 | In my own particular section of the clothing and textiles the union fought long and hard to gain the same rights and conditions for temporary workers , and so leading to permanent employment in most cases . |
| 20 | Bitter controversy about the best way of saving the tower caused long delays . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Ophiopristis may be defined as follows : the jaw longer than broad with one or two apical papillae flanked on each side by 4 or more rounded or slightly pointed oral papillae which form a continuous series with 2–4 slightly larger tentacle scales associated with the second oral tentacle pore , these scales may arise on the adoral shields , in some species there may also be papillae on the inner edge of the first ventral arm plate , the adoral shields long and narrow separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields covered and inconspicuous ; tentacle pores of the arm not open but armed with one or two leaf-like or scale-like tentacle scales . |
| 23 | The candle threw long shadows down the stairs , but there was no one there . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | There are famous figures , Churchill at Chartwell , Kipling at Bateman 's and Wolfe at Quebec House , and wonderful views — over the rolling Weald from Emmetts , the highest point in Kent , and of France from South Foreland Lighthouse — and do n't forget the Trust protects long lengths of coastline including 4.5 miles of the famous White Cliffs , as well as acres of open countryside and woodland where everyone can walk completely free of charge . |
| 26 | Entry into the Land lies long in the past , and the task has become one of establishing a secure hold upon it . |
| 27 | Fish instinctively fight their way upstream against the current , and many water birds and animals have the ability to travel long distances . |
| 28 | Among the reasons given for this conclusion were that the system imposes long delays in obtaining foreign exchange for essential imports , thus putting a brake on exports ; that the rate of exchange was not adjusted sufficiently ; and that in the absence of retention rights the exporters had lost their motivation for exporting . |
| 29 | No man finds it easy to sleep the night before a battle , Charlie had been told , and many used the time to write long letters to their loved ones at home ; some even had the courage to make a will . |
| 30 | A well-worn path not marked on the map that may have been an old link between Gawthrop and the track called Long Bank that crosses Middleton Fell , leads to the right of the crags into a slight outcrop of rock marked by a lone hawthorn . |