An accurate butlong-windeddescription would be 'stairs that are supported on only one side of the flight'.
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However, the exegesis of his position is extremelylong-windedand at times loses cogency due to its length.
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But the prose is solong-windedthat it is frequently almost unintelligible.
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Those not so fortunate may wish that the author had been more concise with regard to the text in order to make it somewhat lesslong-winded.
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The diplomats frequently resented this lack of clarity and the battles between different scientific camps and opinions and criticized the scientists as beinglong-windedand impracticable.
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The anonymous author indeed makes some telling hits against the explorers, mocking their tendency to describe what were everyday occurrences to the traders in a serious andlong-windedstyle.
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During the previous years' application of this regulation, its provisions have proven to be exceptionally complicated,long-windedand unwieldy.
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They may belong-windedor short and sharp, painless or extremely painful.
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Having failed the first interview, they used the present discredited,long-windedappeal system to spend as much time as possible in the area.
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The first is that it is slightly clumsy andlong-winded, but that is a matter of style rather than substance.
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That was a mostlong-windedintervention that was typical of a former military policeman.
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The process can seem excessivelylong-windedand leave the local authority and the complainant dissatisfied because nothing is really achieved.
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The impact of thislong-windedresolution of 127 paragraphs, indeed, is liable to be in inverse proportion to its length.
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They are verylong-winded, having to be taken down in longhand or sometimes straight on to a typewriter.
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To thelong-winded, we sometimes find that the use of our hearing aids can be intimidating.
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