Example sentences of "[verb] [art] longer " in BNC.
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| 1 | The increase in maximum width of these buildings from 30m ( 99ft ) in 1868 to 48m ( 158ft ) in 1905 was necessary in order to accommodate the longer mules which were enlarged to their technical optimum , consistent with rigidity , of 1,392 ( 116 dozen ) spindles . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The important question is whether it fulfils the longer term expectations which the Spanish authorities have invested in it . |
| 4 | However , the z-score for the newly indexed definitions ( using the longer lexicon ) is almost double that of the earlier version . |
| 5 | Many fear the longer the fighting goes on the less the chance of a tolerant democratic system emerging . |
| 6 | In a sense , then , survival into old age is a triumph , but a triumph that brings with it many problems , problems that tend to increase the longer one survives , the greater age one attains . |
| 7 | The homologue , 3 , which contains the longer - ( CH 2 ) 2 - linker also shows additional blockages at 47 for the UV5 promoter and 91 and 97 from the N25 promoter . |
| 8 | The church of San Celso , now standing somewhat forlornly beside the bigger , more illustrious church , has the longer history . |
| 9 | This region has the longer history of continuous occupation by tundra , for at no time during the post-glacial period was it invaded by forest . |
| 10 | Nothing about " what it is like " to see blue or red tells us which light has the longer wavelength . |
| 11 | Obviously you will need a longer and wider piece of wood than the size of the cutlery blank . |
| 12 | Lower windspeeds will need a longer front leg ; stronger wind calls for a shorter front leg . |
| 13 | An irritated Dutch official said : ‘ If the Danes can do it with a referendum by July , I do not see why the British would need a longer time . ’ |
| 14 | Oral history does not have to be collected from the very old , though books like Ronald Blythe 's Akenfield and The View in Winter are marvellous examples of such work , while Roberts ( 1984 ) covers a longer time-span . |
| 15 | Now we had originally had this extra facility available er so that we could trade off life against the extra thrust in an emergency but there was clearly the possibility erm that that might be used er when it really was n't necessary and we would end up with extra costs , extra life cycle costs , shorter engine life and it was felt on balance that with a reduced threat overall that it was sensible to take out that facility and to accept a longer engine life , but not , there 's no reduction in the total normal thrust but its merely its override combat facility . |
| 16 | Imagine a situation in which a teacher is telling a pupil to write a longer answer . |
| 17 | I 'll leave others to write a longer report . |
| 18 | Excuse the paper … it 's easier to write a longer letter on foolscap paper ! |
| 19 | ‘ I thought you would enjoy a longer ride on such a lovely night . |
| 20 | Marketing priorities for LVMH 's Hennessy and Hine cognacs concentrate on premium product categories such as VSOP and XO ranges , which undergo a longer ageing process in oak casks . |
| 21 | Another which could be used , if you want a longer stretch of time for the recording , is the Synchrofax Audio Page ( see Appendix 2 ) . |
| 22 | The historian normally wants a longer perspective and the more time passes , the more likely it is that research will be concerned with change over time rather than with a ‘ snapshot ’ of 1991 . |
| 23 | He had also enjoyed a longer life than his father ; his younger brother Benjamin , to whom we now turn , was not to be so lucky . |
| 24 | If the English writer stops short of uncritical adulation , and also has a longer memory than the Americans for the loathsome politics that Pound was infected by , that is all to the good . |
| 25 | The King Charles Spaniel is slightly smaller than the Cavalier , and has a domed head and snub-nosed face , while the Cavalier has a longer muzzle . |
| 26 | The crab has a longer body than the other species shown here , and the legs are flattened and held away from the carapace . |
| 27 | However , the strategy also has a longer term aim to upgrade the infrastructure and skills of the region to enable it to compete effectively for investment when congestion costs in the ‘ grand poles ’ become insupportable . |
| 28 | The two noddies are fairly similar , but the lesser has a longer beak and the brown , as its name suggests , has a paler brown back . |
| 29 | They sometimes get impatient with their counterpart , who necessarily has a longer term perspective and can not work fulltime because of a low salary . |
| 30 | IAN LUCAS has a longer booklet on Apple Snails available at £3 including p&p |