Sentence examples for long relatives from inspiring English sources

A crude indicator is how long relatives lasted.

The long, relative eclipse of de Kooning's art-world prestige, until the eighties, may have stemmed from that decision.

Now the inflow of foreign direct investment may be reversing a long relative decline in the fortunes of the southern and eastern shores.

"Whilst the business has many positives, its journey to scale and acceptable returns will take too long relative to other opportunities," Mr. Clarke said in a statement.

The secret of the lost limbs was revealed by an examination of the inner ear of Dinilysia patagonica, a two-metre long relative of the modern snake.

The arm is long relative to the leg, resulting in body proportions that differ dramatically from those of more-modern hominins.

Because the Fourier shift implies periodic signals, the phase shift should not be too long relative to the window.

After a brief crisis during World War I and recovery afterwards, a long relative decline ensued, with two prominent exceptions.

Skewed left indicates that the left tail is long relative to the right tail, while skewed right indicates the opposite.

Thus corridors may reduce the chance of species extinction in patches even when the lifespan of the individuals is long relative to the time-scale in question.

The intervention of a long relative clause weakens the stress of the numeral phrase, resulting in the decrease of the emphatic effects, as in (48), the paraphrase of (47) with a relative clause.