long flight

collocation in English

meaningsoflongandflight

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long
adjective
uk
/lɒŋ/us
/lɑːŋ/
continuing for a large amount ...
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flight
noun
uk
/flaɪt/us
/flaɪt/
a journey in ...
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(Definition oflongandflightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflong flight

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Let it go ahead and produce what may be called a nuclear-headed torpedo, with an unusuallylongflightin air after it breaks surface.
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The greater weight of the heavy oil engine is, however, more than counterbalanced on alongflightby its smaller fuel consumption.
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They still have, to use it coming back from alongflight.
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I had flown many thousands of miles by land and this was the complementary experience of making alongflightover the sea.
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Many people frankly find it difficult to put up with the rigours of alongflightwithout the sustenance and reassurance of a smoke.
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It is alongflight, but it is in an ordinary aeroplane.
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It is a verylongflight, a long way from diversion airfields, with weather that is always uncertain and frequently awful, and with plenty that can go wrong.
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Knowing that acceptance and a warm welcome is waiting inside a building does not make alongflightof steps any less of a barrier to someone in a wheelchair.
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Tests showed multiple blood clots on his lungs, and the diagnosis was pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis brought on by thelongflightin cramped conditions.
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Whistling kites soar on slightly bowed wings, with theirlongflightfeathers often well-splayed.
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After alongflight, they crash on the coast at the base of a termight castle on a peninsula.
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The monarch requires significant energy to make such alongflight, which is provided by fat reserves.
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The stair rises in onelongflightto a transverse landing and returns in a short flight to the upper floor.
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Leading down from the temple compound is alongflightof steps to the river.
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It reported that the accident took place towards the end of a verylongflightand that fatigue could have reduced the pilots faculties.
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He built a cloister gallery overlooking the sea, linked to the villa by a bridge and alongflightof turfed steps lined with columns.
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The entrance to the church is through alongflightof steps on the eastern and the northern directions.
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The down platform is reached across a road overbridge and down anotherlongflightof stairs.
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