1.   A whole day was too long - even a few hours would be too late.

2.   All had their manes shorn short but their tails were long, though well groomed.

3.   Apart from the fact that the fixed periods are unreasonably long, they are unreasonably arbitrary and rigid.

4.   But it was not long before a backlash began.

5.   But it was not long before symptoms of the hypochondria which had always been present showed themselves in strength.

6.   But it was not long before the harsh facts of economic and social life exerted their pressure.

7.   But the historical odds will be long.

8.   But the intervals between Forest Eyres were too long for effective control.

9.   But then, city dwellers have never been long on modesty.