Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] is a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Compared to the USA , where there is a long tradition of debate about general education ( Squires 1976 ; Gaff 1983 ) , the main influence of the concept of a liberal education in British higher education has probably been on the enactment of the curriculum — on the methods and styles of teaching , the role models and relationships involved , and the general learning ethos and environment . |
| 2 | Where there is a long chain of distribution , the plaintiff may find it difficult to identify who was the producer or importer into the European Community . |
| 3 | Obviously this will be of significance for producers where there is a long shelf life . |
| 4 | Even if we adopt a much narrower focus and look at the specifically political institutions of the proclaimed democracies , it is plain that there is a long way to go before democratic principles are fully embodied in them . |
| 5 | Some organisations knew about the different types of viral hepatitis and that there is a long incubation period . |
| 6 | Judith Ochshorn , a specialist in Near Eastern culture , points out that there is a long history of women as mourners and attendants on the dead : thus ‘ in its cultural context , the presence of women at the cross or at the tomb of Jesus was not exceptional ’ . |
| 7 | What I am certain about is that there is a long term future for this cinema and that we 're aware |
| 8 | The Coral Welsh National may be his next race , although he is a long way out of a handicap . |
| 9 | Certainly the word for spirit is female in Hebrew , and there is a long tradition of the divine wisdom being conceived to be feminine . |
| 10 | The nature of language is more complex than amateurs think , and there is a long tradition of scholarship and study to draw upon . |
| 11 | And there is a long tradition in sociological thinking which makes precisely this distinction . |
| 12 | Much of Britain is densely populated and intensively farmed , and there is a long history of metal mining and movement of minerals and metals . |
| 13 | Most studies of latent inhibition use procedures in which there are many widely spaced presentations of the target stimulus and there is a long interval ( frequently of 24 h ) between the last pre-exposure trial and the first trial of conditioning . |
| 14 | Also the ghost stories of certain houses came in for comment and there is a long note on the haunting of Calgarth Hall . |
| 15 | The method can work if there is a long time for the change-over , if both channels can be kept open and if it does not matter that the two systems are being used haphazardly . |
| 16 | I can not get myself to react with critical coolness towards this music ; every tissue , every nerve vibrates in me and it is a long time since I had such an enduring feeling of rapture as when listening to the latter overture . " |
| 17 | This is the best that can be hoped for , even if it is a long way from a fully satisfying life . |
| 18 | Recommended remedy : He should try for an appointment with Relate ( ‘ but there is a long waiting list ’ ) or even a local branch of the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council . |
| 19 | This change of attitude is significant , but there is a long road still to travel between the discussion of these ideas in high places and their transmission into action at the level of the village school . |
| 20 | But there is a long way to go . |
| 21 | But there is a long way to go . |
| 22 | He added : ‘ She is going to make it but there is a long way to go and she is still seriously ill . |
| 23 | We have surprised even ourselves this season , but there is a long way to go yet . ’ |
| 24 | Candice Riberon who was in a thriller called Le Métro is his favourite so far , but there is a long way to go . |
| 25 | ‘ We 've made a positive start , but there is a long way to go . |
| 26 | I thoroughly recommend it but it is a long route , so take a water bottle and a good look at the weather . |
| 27 | But it is a long way from the recognition of such local features to the interpretation of whole scenes . |
| 28 | But it is a long way to upper Strath Conon , especially from the Welsh Marches , whence my companion had drive . |
| 29 | Epilepsy may be understood today but it is a long way from being accepted in the same way as diabetes , let alone short sight . |
| 30 | The revolution must give women their place but it is a long process which wo n't happen immediately . |