Example sentences of "is long and [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The list of sightseeing opportunities from here is long and lavish . |
| 2 | So let us hope that the association is long and fruitful . |
| 3 | The body is long and slender , with a pointed head and it has a long pointed snout that forms a ‘ bill ’ . |
| 4 | The bullying answer appeared in the correspondence columns : ‘ Medical training is long and arduous . |
| 5 | The nave is long and aisled with the aisles projecting to transept width . |
| 6 | Equally , do not despair just because the path ahead is long and uncertain . |
| 7 | John Burns takes up the story : ‘ The green is long and narrow and the approach shot has to be perfect . |
| 8 | The bridge at Goring is long and narrow ; there are two spans to an island in the middle ; one side is Streatley , the other Goring . |
| 9 | The main room in the Amsterdam is long and narrow . |
| 10 | The cinematic trail to Unforgiven is long and winding , and the expression that crops up most often in describing the movies that constitute it is ‘ elegiac ’ . |
| 11 | And because the bay is long and shallow , like a peapod , with an average depth of only 9 m , it can not absorb heat well . |
| 12 | You can see that the preparation is long and complex , but now it is virtually over . |
| 13 | This is not as straightforward as it ought to be , because the statement of claim is long and complex and in some respects obscure . |
| 14 | Our lovemaking is long and moist , dozy and grave , but afternoons leave me frazzled and dizzy . |
| 15 | The list is long and varied and what you choose or the combinations you try will depend on what you want your event to achieve . |
| 16 | The main house is long and low and dates from the 16th and 17th centuries . |
| 17 | The body is long and deep and it is a dual-purpose type with a good milk yield ( there is probably some Friesian blood as well ) and fine-grained , marbled meat . |
| 18 | James Saynor , writing in the Observer , set the tone : ‘ Jonathan Meades ’ first novel is long and purple — a condition for which the author would have no difficulty finding a simile . |
| 19 | The ears are very hairy and the switch is long and full . |
| 20 | if any utterance is long and complicated , mimic the last phrase first , then the last two phrases , then the last three , and so on , until you can manage the whole utterance |
| 21 | There is one pointed apical papilla flanked on each side by 3–5 oral papillae , the distalmost of which is long and rectangular . |
| 22 | He 's on the loose with Ann 's crowbar , which is long and heavy and has a split end with two pointed prongs . |
| 23 | Made from black stretch velvet ( 75% cotton/25% polyester ) , the top is long and loose ( 30in from nape of neck to hem ) and the leggings ( 39in from waistband to hem ) have an elasticated waistband and are fashionably tapered . |
| 24 | The grass is long and wet , yellow irises huddle at the foot of a grey Celtic cross . |
| 25 | Yet Justin 's list of what Plato said aright is long and serene . |
| 26 | The TGAT report is long and difficult in places , but has made a skilful attempt to match the best of teacher practice in the field of assessment with the general constraints imposed by TNC . |
| 27 | Although a touring boat is long and difficult to turn , it has a useful steering capability designed into its shape . |
| 28 | Another one we can do is long and short words . |