Example sentences of "be [art] long " in BNC.

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1 There had been the long drift through cold spring into hot summer ; the long sinking into the mercies and bossiness of her friends and thence into the arms of the medical profession ; the final humiliation of accepting , because she was too inert to refuse , money from Rachel .
2 Within education there has been the long standing view that the individual teacher is the key resource to developing and delivering a high quality service .
3 The properties bought by Hammerson are the long leasehold interest in 21 Moorfields , London EC2 , which offers medium-term redevelopment possibilities , and the freehold of 32–33 St James 's Square , London SW1 , in which Hammerson owns the leasehold interest and there are significant marriage values .
4 The paper clamps are the long metal sprung levers found on the Bosch professional range , and these were trouble-free and certainly quicker to use than the push-lever types found on some models .
5 The common or vernacular names are interchangeable , but in English usage ( not the east coast pink shrimp fishery , or in the U.S.A. ) , prawns are the long legged crustaceans that live in rock and weedy areas , and shrimps are the short legged benthic crustaceans that bury in the sand .
6 Their wings are the long and narrow ones that belong to the born gliders .
7 But what are the long term influences of' effective' schools ?
8 The important contracts are the long gilt future ( £50,000 nominal value , notional gilt with 9% coupon ) and the option on this future ; both traded on LIFFE .
9 Also important in this respect are the long periods of patency and the apparent inability of the final host to develop acquired immunity , so that adult sheep have the heaviest infections and the highest prevalence .
10 ‘ There 's quite a cloud of smoke , ’ muttered Heather uneasily , ‘ and we 're a long way from it up here .
11 ‘ Ah well , my dear , you must remember they 're a long way from home , and many of them have n't had much feminine company for a while .
12 ‘ Of course , they look smaller when they 're a long way off , ’ Masklin muttered .
13 They 're a long way away . ’
14 As I said , I 'm never often out , and if you 're a long way from home it 's always good to have some place to drop in to .
15 ‘ After all … you 're a long time retired ’ , he says .
16 We 're a long way from Cambridge now , and my name is Rose . ’
17 With a first baby you 're a long time , especially with my build .
18 But it 's hard on Tour when you 're a long way from home and the only creature comforts you have are a television , a telephone and a McDonald 's around the corner .
19 ‘ But they 're a long way away . ’
20 You 're a long way from home here , right ?
21 ‘ And you 're a long way from being a saint , are n't you ? ’ he drawled mischievously .
22 If things go drastically wrong and you 're a long way from home and need to call for help the most effective way is with an orange smoke flare .
23 We 're a long way off retiring yet , Marlene .
24 But , I mean we 're a long way from that , and I do n't want people to think that I 'm from saying er redundancies are imminent , er
25 We 're a long way from anywhere here , Fran .
26 It 's mainly the feeling of insecurity when they 're a long way out from a telephone .
27 Webb , 28 , who played for Northern until his medical studies took him to the west country , said : ‘ You 're a long time retired .
28 when you go into the villa , A you 've , got to have a car because there 's not a shop and B you 're a long way from the airport and if you get taxis you 're talking about fifty pound a touch from the airport , so that 's twice , so there 's a hundred pound gone already
29 Cor you 're a long time coming back from the Rose and Crown , do n't forget that 's where we were
30 They 're a long interview as well .
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