Example sentences of "[art] longer [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Magnus is said to have led a blameless childhood and in the Longer Magnúss Saga he is said to have had a good schooling which enabled him to learn ‘ holy writings ’ . |
| 2 | What particularly touched me was that , practical as always and among the most financially-shrewd of men he said that perhaps he could be of material help over the longer tour . |
| 3 | He gave his scalp a good scratch , then smoothed his hair down as best he could and twisted the longer bits at the back into a coil which he stuffed inside his collar . |
| 4 | The longer stretches of talk heard in this new recording prove not tedious at all . |
| 5 | The trouble has been , however , that with the longer construction periods for nuclear stations and the further period before their cheaper running costs will allegedly show up , it can take a long time to see which way the scales really tip . |
| 6 | With rhythmic variations 11 and 76 years long now identified in the measurements of solar diameter , it seems straightforward to interpret the longer trend as part of a similar but longer cycle , which would pose no real problems for astrophysicists ' and geologists ' faith in the long-term stability of our nearest star . |
| 7 | But Katherine also realized that the longer ti took , the more chance there was of them leaving the country . |
| 8 | The longer Everton are in the danger zone , the more difficult it will be to cast off the self-doubts and flow with confidence . |
| 9 | He said the top players love the UK Championships format because the longer matches usually mean the best player wins . |
| 10 | The longer scheme is widely thought to be better and I should like it to be more at the centre of the proposals , as I want the environment as a whole to be at the centre . |
| 11 | The Leuchars squadron is to be replaced by Sea Kings operating from RAF Bulmer and RAF Lossiemouth , in spite of claims that the longer response times for fishermen in trouble in the Forth and climbers in peril north of the line of the Tay could mean lives being lost . |
| 12 | We welcome short letters and reserve the right to edit the longer ones . |
| 13 | We reserve the right to edit the longer ones . |
| 14 | The first thing to do is to re-read the case thoroughly until you are confident that you have assimilated all the facts ( this is n't too difficult with a short case like this one , but is a bit harder with the longer ones ) . |
| 15 | This kind of summary is possible with a relatively short case , but you will find that it becomes progressively more difficult with the longer ones . |
| 16 | A portfolio of over 30 short courses complements the longer programmes and also meets more specialist requirements . |
| 17 | Ironically , the longer radionuclides remain in the stratosphere , the weaker will be the radioactivity when they return to the earth 's surface . |
| 18 | Certainly its thinking is complemented by a knowledge of the longer text which may be the reason for its appearing after both books of the Scale in the early printed editions . |
| 19 | Viewed on the longer scale , this century saw slow progress toward a more equal distribution of income until the mid 1970s , when the process was reversed ( Halsey , 1986 , 39 ) . |
| 20 | Hence the long , much altered and much discussed passage beginning already mentioned on p. 85 ; and the ‘ spots of time ’ meditation to be discussed on pp. 134–9 — which is at the heart of Wordsworth 's concern with the use of the past , this too is already present in the first Part of the 1798–9 version , before being moved to its present position in the longer texts . |
| 21 | Gentle walks include those over on Panorama Way , or the longer stroll over to Pengelstein . |
| 22 | Longer exposure will produce both this effect and the associative version , making it much more difficult to see any decline in latent inhibition at the longer intervals . |
| 23 | If your direction of approach is over 60° to the outbound track turn the longer way round , with adjustment for wind . |
| 24 | In Levene v Pearcey [ 1976 ] Crim LR 63 , a taxi-driver falsely told his passenger that the route was blocked and charged more for the longer way . |
| 25 | If they are doing purely local journeys , then that may be too much and they may prefer to use the Oxford ringroad , but if they are doing long-distance journeys ten miles is not a very significant addition to their journey in length and the congestion on the Oxford ringroad is such that it may actually be shorter in time terms to go the longer way round in distance . |
| 26 | Those with the longer periods received higher payments than those with shorter periods and were more likely to have retired early . |
| 27 | Rachel spent a troubled and restless night , her brief snatches of sleep haunted by distressing dreams and the longer periods of wakefulness filled with thoughts and reasonings that chased each other through her mind . |
| 28 | However , the z-score for the newly indexed definitions ( using the longer lexicon ) is almost double that of the earlier version . |
| 29 | Table V also shows that the longer glue ear had been present before the operation the longer the overall duration of the condition . |
| 30 | And then the day arrives when there are too many to pull out any longer , when they gleam bright in one corner of your fringe , when they are stippled throughout the longer strands , when your hairdresser lifts your hair and says , ‘ Hmmm ’ . |