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Swedish telecommunications company TeliaSonera AB which has a 37% stake in Turkcell and has been allied with Altimo in the long-spun battle for control over the board said the Russian firm's court victory represented a "step in the right direction."

Victory for Russians on Turkcell Board Joe Parkinson 2011

The dances in certain houses, the faces of some conceited club, long-spun names, business or gossip, or to drive a double carriage, are the gaslight boundaries of existence!

The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making Wilfrid Ch��teauclair

To get attention and arouse interest, avoid long-spun introductions and hackneyed expressions.

Business Correspondence Anonymous

The admiral, who appeared more inclined for a nap than to listen to a long-spun yarn, I verily believe, wished the narrator and the subject of his narration at the masthead together.

A Sailor of King George Frederick Hoffman

Every corner, drawer, photograph, paper was a thread in the long-spun web of his life in this house.

Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

Every corner, drawer, photograph, paper was a thread in the long-spun web of his life in this house.

Saint's Progress John Galsworthy 1900

But nearly all the guests were peasants, and wore peasant costume; and the heavy long-spun festivities were those usual at a peasant's wedding.

Home Life in Germany Alfred Sidgwick 1894

Then he took his place, scorned, hated, despised, -- the long-spun toils of the traitors entangling all about his feet, -- his own powers and the endurance of the nation alike untried.

The Humble Conqueror: A Discourse Commemorative of the Life and Services of Abraham Lincoln. 1865

Scudery were long-spun disquisitions on love; her characters were drawn from the individuals around her, who in turn attempted to sustain the characters and adopt the language suggested in her books.

Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853

In the long-spun opening phrase on the words "Casta diva," invoking a "chaste goddess," Callas insists that the ornamental turn be sung evenly, on "one tone," with all the notes clearly articulated.

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