Example sentences of "[art] [noun] be a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technique is a long way from being proved but it 's given hope to thousands |
| 2 | In the store room next to the kitchen were a long table and shelves always covered with all sorts of provisions ; large earthenware jars full of confits of pork and goose , a small barrel where vinegar slowly matured , a bowl where honey oozed out of the comb , jams , preserves of sorrel and of tomatoes , and odd bottles with grapes and cherries marinating in brandy ; next to the table a weighing machine on which I used to stand at regular intervals ; sacks of haricot beans , of potatoes ; eggs , each one carefully dated in pencil . |
| 3 | ‘ The storm 's a long way off yet . ’ |
| 4 | Another section is equipped for charging and testing cells , while at the side is a long cell-washing shed containing four large washing tanks , acid mixing troughs , etc . |
| 5 | The result is a long list of small , but nonetheless useful improvements such as file compression and ‘ internationalisation modules ’ that enable one user to see NetWare prompts in English , while another on the same server sees them in French or Spanish . |
| 6 | The cause of the crash was a long way from BCCI 's original aim of becoming a bank for Muslims which would link the developing world and transfer wealth from the west to the Third World . |
| 7 | Anne was right in saying that ‘ you tend to lose the origin of it ’ ; the origins are a long way from what remains , but it does not really matter . |
| 8 | So the hound was a long way behind him when he began to run . |
| 9 | The stations are a long way apart . |
| 10 | And Peter Brook 's powerful adaptation of William Golding 's Lord of the Flies was a long time on the shelf before securing a release in 1963 . |
| 11 | The most beautiful song of the evening was a long lament , a Bedouin song about a desert journey from Siwa on the Libyan borders to the Nile . |
| 12 | The mini is a long way from what 's considered to be the first jukebox ; the Edison Phonograph . |
| 13 | The Border was a long way from the intrigues of the Court in London , a good thing at times but a disadvantage if one were planning a profitable intrigue of one 's own . |
| 14 | At the back was a long garden , at the end of it a little orchard , some six or seven overgrown apple and pear trees . |
| 15 | At the top was a long gallery , and corridors leading from each end . |
| 16 | The burka was a long face veil which reached almost to the ground . |
| 17 | If the theatre is a long distance away from the ward , equipment may be taken from the ward on a post-operative tray or carried on the theatre trolley . |
| 18 | Sara ignored them as the boat chugged out to sea ; soon the harbour and the cliffs were a long way away . |
| 19 | But although it 's two one to Notts , the scoring is a long way from over and Pisa , two one down , are a long way from being finished with . |
| 20 | Getting the backing was a long process — over four months . |
| 21 | Fronting the road was a long wall bisected by a low archway , and terminated by a structure like a squat tower , surmounted by the usual pointed roof . |
| 22 | ‘ You know , the buses were a long way from normal . |
| 23 | ‘ For teams like us to enter the competition is a long standing privilege which enhances the competition and harms no one . ’ |
| 24 | The carriage washing shed No. 44 in the centre is a long shed with a single track and platforms on either side , … |
| 25 | In the centre is a long paper fastener which permits the second circle to spin round so that the picture will appear in the window . |
| 26 | But the vision was a long way off from Britain , for which the first two years of the Fifties were a continuation of wartime in civilian clothes . |
| 27 | The Whitbread is a long race full of hardships , so it is unlikely that people who hardly knew each other would not have disputes and in the end form friendships . |
| 28 | I know the farm 's a long way off , but there 's no point in being nearer to it than we need . |
| 29 | " The police are a long time getting here , " he said . |
| 30 | The form is a long form . |