Example sentences of "they have [art] long " in BNC.
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1 | This Tokyo factory is the one that makes the modern Schecter guitars as well as the Casio synth guitars and Kramer electrics ( recently deceased ) so they 've a long history of making quality instruments . |
2 | They 've a long way to go if one of these youngsters are to compete at Sydney in the year 2 000 … but already they 've claimed a notable scalp . |
3 | ( They had a long argument over this . ) |
4 | They had a long discussion on the longevity of seeds and no doubt Kalm delighted in the Dictionary and later set out in his Diary a splendid commendation : |
5 | They had a long chat in Afrikaans ; Herbert specially mentioned the language because it was only the survivors of the family 's oldest generation who still habitually spoke it . |
6 | They had a long way to go . |
7 | They had a long walk over the moor to Bingley and Alfred Carter could n't afford to wait for them if they were late . |
8 | They forced themselves to eat the porridge , the eggs fresh from the nest , for they had a long day before them . |
9 | Flushed and triumphant after this orgy of extravagance , they left the store at last , keeping an eye on the time because Mabel must n't be late with the boys ' tea whatever happened and then they had a long , annoying wait at the bus-stop . |
10 | Fortunately , Viktor valued him and they had a long association before he ever worked with Irina . |
11 | One of the things we did n't mention , deliberately , which I , I know Richard said they had a long debate about was child labour . |
12 | It was a relief to all of them when at half-past ten Robina got up and declared firmly that they had a long journey and must now go . |
13 | They had a long , long garden , with a high wall at the end . |
14 | They had a long way to go before that could happen . |
15 | ‘ They had a long and very happy life together , and when her husband finally died Lucia only lingered a few days before following him . ’ |
16 | They have a long tradition of solid trade union organisation . |
17 | If uranium prices are going to swing in favour of fast reactors , they have a long way to go . |
18 | Left unprocessed , they have a long storage life if kept dry . |
19 | Unfortunately , as this book points out , some of the alternatives may look good on paper but they have a long way to go before they can match the tokamak . |
20 | They have a long way to go . |
21 | But they have a long way to recover . |
22 | Consequently 21 per cent of the population of Great Britain report that they have a long standing limiting illness ( 19 per cent of males and 22 per cent of females ) . |
23 | In the secondary sector they have a long history of influence as local employers . |
24 | They have a long history of use in planning practice , there is a wide measure of consensus about their use in control and , where covered by policy , it tends to be as broad , flexible statements in structure or local plans , amplified in detail in supplementary planning guidance . |
25 | They have a long agenda that includes the GATT trade talks and a host of foreign issues , including Iraq , Bosnia , Russia and , to British embarrassment , Northern Ireland . |
26 | Their loyalties may be divided — they have a longer previous family history with both parents than young children and may feel torn between loyalty and love for both . |
27 | Because of their composition , multiplicity of functions , procedures and restricted access to information , modern legislatures are limited in their struggle with bureaucracy even when , like the UK Parliament , they have a longer history , stronger tradition , higher status within the political culture and more central constitutional significance than most . |
28 | It is surprising to find that the soft-bodied jellyfish have any fossil record at all , but in fact they have the longest one of the phylum . |