Example sentences of "and have a long " in BNC.
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1 | In fact , this is probably , the most completely original church from the sixteenth-century in Milan and has a long history of being attended by the rich and powerful . |
2 | This land is mainly low-lying , of strong soil , low rainfall , and has a long , warm growing season . |
3 | It covers the period from the Norman Conquest to the present day , and has a long section on suggestions for further reading . |
4 | The human being ( a far more complex creature inhabiting a far more complex world ) needs to be highly adaptive and has a long period of play in which to build up a vast repertoire of behaviours . |
5 | The implement you need has an overall length of some 6 foot 6 inches ( 2 metres ) , is ash-handled and has a long , narrow spoon-shaped blade set at a slight angle to the shaft . |
6 | Shearer has not proved himself yet and has a long way to go . ’ |
7 | It 's an excellent under-body insulator and has a long effective life . |
8 | The competition will tell you that their product is fresh , takes advantage of advances in program writing and has a long development life ahead of it . |
9 | A small generator can be used primarily to stop a battery discharging and it will only be able to recharge a battery if it is small and has a long time in which to do it . |
10 | The okapi , according to Gill Venner , is shy and elusive and has a long gestation period . ) |
11 | The interior is finely preserved ( 263 ) and has a long nave , with barrel vaulted aisles , broad transepts and a fine apse with groined vault . |
12 | By late March 1019 he is likely to have been in Winchester : S 956 was granted in the royal presence to the New Minster during the first week of Easter , and has a long witness list which no doubt represents the gathering of the Easter court . |
13 | I remember dad running after me and having a long conversation trying to make me understand . ’ |
14 | The woman was in black stilettoes , walking slowly and evidently in pain — as if she had walked into the country in inappropriate shoes and was blistered and had a long way to go , as if this hot summer wind from the chalk hills was almost too much for her . |
15 | A pupil of Dent Grammar School , Sedgwick became one of the founders of the science of geology and had a long career as Professor of Geology at Cambridge University , where he was buried in 1873 at the age of ninety-eight . |
16 | ‘ If we had been away and had a long night-time car journey ahead of us , ’ he said , ‘ we used to put the children in their pyjamas and wrap them in blankets before we started . |
17 | Robin Prentice , who died during the winter , became the Scottish Cricket Union 's Administrator in 1982 , retiring in 1990 and had a long association with the game in Scotland and as a wicket-keeper batsman with Uddingston in the Western Union . |
18 | George Herbert was a member of a family which had come over with William the Conqueror and had a long tradition of service to the Crown . |
19 | He and Sergeant Joe , having met in Petticoat Lane and having talked , repaired to a pub and had a long and very friendly conversation . |
20 | Matthew was nearly sixty and had a long brown beard . |
21 | The ‘ direct ’ reversing Bolinder engines remained popular , however , because they were simple and easier to maintain and had a long life . |
22 | He also developed an interest in whales , worked at the Stazione Zoologica in Naples and the Plymouth Laboratory , and had a long association with the Marine Biological Association . |
23 | She cleaned off her smudged make-up , filled the bath and had a long soak . |
24 | Buck strode up to his ball and had a long consultation with his caddy . |
25 | The mines were large and had a long life and fitted in with RTZ 's strategic objectives , he added . |
26 | The aim is to produce beers quickly which , because they are sterile and have a long ‘ shelf life ’ , are also highly profitable . |
27 | I 'm fifty and have a long way to go . |
28 | The inhabitants , having colonised naturally , would be well-adapted to the local conditions ; no two commons would be alike ; and garden escapes , which are often very colourful and have a long flowering period , would be welcome . |
29 | All they told me was that if I were on the public payroll I 'd take a ride out to Westminster Drive and have a long talk with Mrs. Laura Channing . |