Example sentences of "[art] longer [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | Gentle walks include those over on Panorama Way , or the longer stroll over to Pengelstein . |
| 10 | If your direction of approach is over 60° to the outbound track turn the longer way round , with adjustment for wind . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | However , the z-score for the newly indexed definitions ( using the longer lexicon ) is almost double that of the earlier version . |
| 14 | Table V also shows that the longer glue ear had been present before the operation the longer the overall duration of the condition . |
| 15 | Chris then used a permanent colour on the longer hair on top , and chose Natural Light Brown , Plum Brown and Medium Burgundy from the Koleston 2000 range . |
| 16 | Here the longer hair , known as ‘ feathering ’ , on this Irish Setter is being brushed to best effect . |
| 17 | To identify English as peculiarly problematical should not weaken the general defence of humane values in education , and may in the longer run help to strengthen them . |
| 18 | Yet the government , by bravely liberalising imports and by treating foreign investors more favourably , hopes in the longer run to push Brazil at last into the corral of ‘ model debtors ’ , with access to overseas money and to debt relief under the Brady plan . |
| 19 | The danger is in the longer run . |
| 20 | There would be a challenge to the present mood of contentment with its angry resentment of any intrusion , but , in the longer run , the general feeling of security in well-being would be deepened . |
| 21 | Rather than take the pessimistic view that they will remain at least this high in future , we hope that the ( slightly ) lower figures we have given instead may prove more representative of interest rate levels in the longer run . |
| 22 | More serious over the longer run is whether capitalist economies can survive a period of sustained inflation . |
| 23 | In the longer run risk is minimised because BT and British Gas have been privatised as monopolies , with a secure position to generate profits . |
| 24 | BARBICAN fencing in galvanized steel is easily erected , maintenance free , and also available with plastic coating in black or green or any colour for the longer run . |
| 25 | While in the longer run this practice perhaps strengthened the High Authority in its relations with the member governments , the caution it induced in the High Authority , along with the ambiguity of the treaty , made for some slow progress . |
| 26 | To make matters worse , the monopolistic character of the sector has been blatantly exploited by trade unions , though over the longer run this has probably resulted in major job losses since most of the industries are subject to competition in the form of alternative goods . |
| 27 | Over the longer run this had the effect of bestowing an inferior status on these professions in comparison with those , such as lawyers and doctors , which had standing in the established seats of learning . |
| 28 | In the USA , for example , a large number of days may be lost in an industry while new productivity deals are being negotiated ; the immediate loss of production is just part of the price paid for high levels of output over the longer run . |
| 29 | Thus large companies and boards of nationalised industries were provided with enormous financial assistance enabling ( or rather persuading ) them to base their reorganisation on designated development areas which in many cases they would not otherwise have chosen , for reasons of both private and public benefit when judged over the longer run [ Knight , 1974 ; Moore and Rhodes , 1973 ] . |
| 30 | In the longer run , if Thailand is to sustain its growth rate it will need to create more jobs in higher-value-added industries . |