Example sentences of "long for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if you want real change , if you long for a better future for yourself , your family , your community and your country , then read on . |
| 2 | I long for a blockbuster that 's also good writing . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ How I long for a return to wingers , all-out attack — and entertainment . ’ |
| 4 | If such an attractive new influence could be spread abroad in the world , where so many people long for a religion which has that ring of truth , the detection of which is a priceless human ability acquired down through the ages and not to be denied , there would be a growing number of adherents rallying to it . |
| 5 | You long for a recognisable villain . |
| 6 | I long for a more matter-of-fact , common sense approach to environmental action . |
| 7 | At home we have an impressive library of books , carefully selected to give our children the widest possible view of life : black families , single fathers , working mothers , girls rescuing the western world single-handed and boys moping in corners because they long for a doll . |
| 8 | Do you know , I long for a family more than anything in the world ? ’ she blurted out with an intense yearning . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , I do n't mind , ’ said Ianthe , watching an old woman watering plants on a nearby roof ‘ How I long for a cup of tea ! ’ she went on , coming back into the room . |
| 10 | I long for the protection of a written constitution like that of the US with its First Amendment , which elevates freedom of expression above freedom to hide from intellectual challenge , or even vulgar verbal abuse . |
| 11 | So while the Paseo feel safe and secure through corners , you long for the poise and quick reflexes of a CRX . |
| 12 | Others long for the new horizons , the flexibility and choice it will give them . |
| 13 | There are surely plenty of unemployed people who for long were treated as less than human , who now long for the chance to demonstrate their humanity in helping others , and doing it with a smile . |
| 14 | I long for the day when those in authority will be united in a common quest to win the lost without worrying about the style of Anglican worship ; when they will see that a prime means to evangelise our nation will be to plant churches and encourage it without worrying about parochial boundaries . |
| 15 | Perhaps if we are American we long for the early seventeenth-century Puritan theocracy of New England . |
| 16 | He adds : ‘ If you long for the day when Britain can claim to be the first mainly Afro-Asian part of Europe , vote Conservative or Europe . ’ |