Example sentences of "be [prep] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had n't been for the long hair and the high heels , we 'd have thought we had a squaddie on our hands . |
| 2 | The only memories are of the long walk down from Parkhead Cross where we get off the bus we 've taken along the Gallowgate from the centre of town . |
| 3 | If they 're on the long tour at this point , the commentator is pushed aside by the man playing the part of the cook . |
| 4 | But its massed forces instinctively address the unspoken areas of emotional politics that are in the long run more fundamental . |
| 5 | By putting their money as well as their trust into credit , they are in the long run paying more , not less . |
| 6 | Research studies , however , including ( … ) those of Wolkind and Kozaruk ( 1983 ) on children placed through the Adoption Resource Exchange , and Reich and Lewis ( 1986 ) , and Maca-skill ( 1985a ) concerning the agency Parents for Children , indicate that children who have been placed against their parents ' wishes seem to be settling quite well , but there are insufficient numbers , followed up for insufficiently long , for us to know what the impact of adoption of older children without consent is going to be in the long term . |
| 7 | Ms Cann believed , however , that an attractive new deal would be in the long term interests of all . |
| 8 | If they are to occur , it is likely to be in the long run when economic actors can adjust to the new situation . |
| 9 | Again , think about it could it be useful do n't know , might be in the long term . |
| 10 | They will be on the long road home on the following day , and few could afford to fly . |
| 11 | Such a relief to be among the long , wet grass and blue , blue skies , to feel free and alive , to be alone with her thoughts , unfettered , if only for a while , from the frustrations and restraints of yesterday . |
| 12 | I 'm at the long ledge below the final wall of the Nose , where the Direct , Superdirect , and other routes not mentioned by Ron James converge . |
| 13 | Nevertheless its three principal currents — Alfonsine monarchism , Carlism and undisguised fascism — were in the long run to play an important role in the destruction of Spanish democracy and the creation of the dictatorship that replaced it . |
| 14 | Built by Colla MacDonnell in the sixteenth century , it clings to a narrow promontory , and although there is not much left of the castle itself , its magnificent position is worth the long haul back up the cliff path . |
| 15 | O2 Technology SA , the Versailles-based object-oriented database system developer , and Overseas Bechtel Inc have signed a distribution agreement whereby Bechtel will market a Japanese version of 02 , the company announced : Yoshie Hashima , director general of Overseas Bechtel in Tokyo , said in a statement , ‘ O2 responds to the needs of the Japanese market for object-oriented database systems , that is very promising — the collaboration with O2 will enable Bechtel to attain a leadership position in the distribution of tools for open systems ; ’ the alliance with Bechtel ‘ is for the long term , ’ said Francois Bancilhon , the managing director of O2 . |
| 16 | One should not expect to obtain a detailed contract , but once a commitment is made it is for the long term . |
| 17 | Later one of the day boys , on his way home after being kept in , saw an empty bottle of Smirnoff 's in the long grass near the drive . |
| 18 | But with the foreign exchange shortages in many developing countries , I do not see what alternative there is in the long term . |
| 19 | It is in the long term that the ability of councils to transfer tenants and to optimize the use of stock will be lost . |
| 20 | There is hardly any chance of her surviving as she is in the long term so we hope she will be able to have the transplant soon . ’ |
| 21 | What about her groceries being cheaper , and that is in the long run ! |
| 22 | The recoil peak is on the long TOF side of the argon scattering peak . |
| 23 | But now , after his near miss with Hoomey , Nails remembered that he was for the long drop next time — no more cautions . |
| 24 | Inevitably it was into the long rows of tents , pavilions and blanketed men that they plunged . |
| 25 | That , however , was in the long run . |
| 26 | The external threat to it of the restoration of Roman Catholicism through foreign invasion was in the long run less serious than that posed by the Puritans from within . |
| 27 | While the issue of means was left unresolved , clear teaching in regard to the issue of ends was in the long run probably more important . |
| 28 | He may have realised earlier than most of us that the King was in the long run unfitted to be King . |
| 29 | I think , I think I would , having moved the recommendation would seek to clarify what we 're asking the Government to reconsider , erm , because we 're not saying what they should come up with as a new policy , but I think we could add the words , for capital investment , at the end of the motion , recognising that at one level of government , central government it has been the practice in the past , er when they had some capital they could sell in the form of British Telecom shares and er , indeed other nationalised industries , er not to use the er the results erm , er release this realised by that capital disposal for capital investment , instead to use it for revenue purposes , which was in the long term somewhat unfortunate . |
| 30 | ‘ The turning point was on the long starboard tack at the start of the second beat , ’ said Conner 's tactician , Tom Whidden . |