long stretch

collocation in English

meaningsoflongandstretch

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long
adjective
uk
/lɒŋ/us
/lɑːŋ/
continuing for a large amount ...
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stretch
noun
uk
/stretʃ/us
/stretʃ/
a continuous area of land ...
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(Definition oflongandstretchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Archaeologists, in fact, are unusually well positioned to see this dimension - patterns repeated over alongstretchof time.
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That is rather alongstretchof the imagination.
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Well, that cannot by a verylongstretchof the imagination be called an immediate war obligation.
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It is alongstretchof road between two large cities.
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Indeed, the costs of both parties must be considerable over thislongstretchof time.
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It is married irrevocably to alongstretchof concrete or to the flight deck of a carrier.
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To the professional criminal, the policeman who catches him represents the certainty of alongstretch, possibly fourteen years' preventive detention.
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Fourteen hours, after all, is a verylongstretchto keen the presiding officers and polling clerks at work.
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That is alongstretchfor either a temporary or an unestablished civil servant.
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It happens that we are discussing the subject after alongstretchof inflationary conditions and at a time when equities stand high.
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One might think that there is quite alongstretchin which to overtake, but it is not at all safe.
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However, taking the most conservative view, it is clearly alongstretchof relatively still water through which the fish will have to pass.
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It is alongstretch, and the fact that it is a bit longer or shorter does not count.
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It is alongstretchof road, and even small parts that remain single carriageway will have a detrimental effect.
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It has alongstretchof coastline, which is a major national, if not international, asset.
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Invalid care allowance could be paid for a verylongstretchof a claimant's life.
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In front of my own home there is alongstretchof hills which should be perfect grazing, but they are absolutely sheep-sick from end to end.
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Chances are it is linked via alongstretchof copper cable that swings in the breeze from dozens of telegraph poles and ends up in an old-fashioned telephone exchange.
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There is alongstretchinvolved.
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