‘a boat 150 feet long’

‘The structure, constructed entirely of reinforced concrete, is 200 metres long.’

‘a week-long course’

‘the debates will be 90 minutes long’

‘the statement was three pages long’

‘The script, he says, is approximately 800-1000 pages long, the equivalent to eight to ten hours of dialogue.’

‘he tried to head a long ball back to the keeper’

‘One long Aberdeen ball upfield 30 seconds later and Riordan was to be harshly punished.’

‘When markets turn vulnerable, the enterprising speculator may this time decide to reverse his long position and go short.’

‘Buy-ins are generated by a long broker to close out an open fail with a counterparty.’

‘The music is free so - in an ideal world - all you need is your shades, your sun block and a long cold drink.’

‘He suggests serving them in long summer drinks and Martinis, or in chilled soup such as gazpacho’

‘a sweater with long sleeves’

‘he’s scarcely old enough to be in long trousers’

‘I went for a long walk’

‘By the time she got to Florida, the car had broken down and couldn’t make the long journey back.’

‘A long woman standing nearby was staring at us.’

‘He was a long lean man with grey eyes.’

‘The Parisian spectators have long memories and they do not like a bad loser.’

‘You don’t need a long memory to have perspective in sport, just a memory.’

‘Issuers who are unwilling to pay the price to sell these long securities can instead sell shorter maturities.’

‘Long securities are such a good substitute for cash.’

‘Let’s assume that long syllables take just twice as long to say as short ones.’

‘Vocal delivery feels like a poetry reading, spoken as much as sung, but with long drawn syllables.’

‘French long vowels always occur on stressed syllables.’

‘In French, Italian, and Scottish English long vowels occur in a narrow range of positions and in general do not affect meaning.’

‘winning against long odds’

‘The odds are long, the rewards are high, but there is no assurance of winning.’

‘After all, back in the seventies, the long bond yield was up in the mid teens.’

‘Is there a worldwide shortage of long bonds?’

‘a long and distinguished career’

‘she took a long time to dress’

‘a long corridor’

‘long black hair’

‘shaped like a torpedo, long and thin’

‘Just make sure you have a suitably long implement with which to scrape out the marrow so you can spread it on some toast.’

‘write a long report’

‘a long list of candidates’

‘serving long hours on the committee’

‘A few days went by and it seemed like the summer was going to be very long and heading towards boring.’

‘an industry that’s long on ideas but short on cash’

‘The hearing which followed was long on plausibility, but short on actuality.’

‘it rained all day long’

‘I’d throw a ball against the wall of our house all day long to learn the basics because I had no-one to play with.’

‘the Cambridge side played the ball long’

‘The front two had little support other than balls knocked long to alleviate the pressure.’

‘he couldn’t wait any _longer_ ’

‘Her father was a very important man in the city and he could not stay any _longer_ no matter what his daughter wished.’

‘the work was compiled long after his death’

‘Bob sleighing was popular in and around La Plagne long before the Olympic course was built.’

‘he threw the ball long’

‘The ball went long and out of play.’

‘we hadn’t known them long’

‘an experience they will long remember’

‘how long have you been working?’

‘Questions ranged from how long the baby had been on mother’s milk to how often the baby fell sick.’

‘see you before long’

‘it will not be for long’

‘two longs and a short’

‘SOS is three longs, followed by three shorts, and another three longs.’

‘What this tells us is that the funds had begun to not only eliminate longs but were in the process of actually building a short position since the technical indicators had all flipped negative.’

‘The risk of the longs is that the price will fall.’

‘At this level we will accumulate dollar longs and warn buyers of gold stocks to watch out for a renewed decline if the dollar’s seasonal pattern holds true.’

‘In a weekly uptrend, continue adding to longs whenever the force index turns negative; continually add to shorts in downtrends whenever the force index turns positive.’

‘she longed for a little more excitement’

‘we are longing to see the new baby’