Example sentences of "long [noun] off " in BNC.

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1 They have weekends off , what they call long weekends off , Friday to Monday .
2 A number of higher clergy in Ulster and many of its lay intellectuals stand a long way off from protestant — loyalist politics and are in fact politically dissociated from them .
3 She 's dizzy , she 's a long way off .
4 Sleep came to the distant noise of a ship 's siren , blown once , but echoing , a long way off .
5 Tony offered to walk back towards the vehicle , now a long way off , and left me to think about it all .
6 During the night I hear the harsh squeal of a fox , a long way off , answered by a staccato bark from one of the dogs .
7 One day when he was old this would be a nutcracker face but that was a long way off .
8 Extending the debate over minimum standards to new trading partners in the East is a long way off .
9 And that , in 1957 , seemed a very long way off .
10 Add this to the illness of Hun Sen , the only member of the Cambodian regime who appears willing to risk his future to give peace a chance , and Cambodian peace looks a long way off .
11 London futures prices rose 15% to £670 ( $1,170 ) a tonne , but fell within hours : coffee is plentiful and a new international deal on export quotas is a long way off .
12 ‘ That 's ever such a long way off , ’ said Dot .
13 At the other end of the size scale , Fiat Geotech 's takeover of Ford New Holland has now been signed , though changes to the two product lines still seem a long way off .
14 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 .
15 A long long way off .
16 Sadly , we agreed , such prospects lie a long way off .
17 Right now she was hearing as though from a long way off , the sounds somehow muffled .
18 But there are more fundamental reasons why unity with either Rome or the Orthodox is still a long way off .
19 They stopped only to pick up Cheryl , who saw them coming a long way off and ran down to the road to meet them .
20 The possibility of anything like that happening to the Germans seemed a long way off in those days .
21 Although I could see marriage appearing in the distance , it was still a long way off .
22 Unhappily , the conditions needed for the reaction to proceed with reasonable rates and good selectivity are so stringent ( 300C and 500–1000 atmospheres pressure ) that commercialisation is probably a long way off .
23 With the Enterprise alone likely to cost over $1 thousand million , its entry into mining seems a very long way off .
24 But other campaigners , such as Professor Derek Bryce-Smith from Reading University , believe victory may be a long way off .
25 The old man was shouting hoarsely , and someone a long way off was answering — and running , too , for she could feel the vibration of rapid footsteps .
26 Final results are , as yet , a long way off .
27 From a long way off she heard a voice say : ‘ Green as a piece of ripe Stilton … ’ and then the room disappeared .
28 For the guerrillas of Guatemala 's URNG , peace and a return to party politics are a long way off .
29 But an historic compromise remains a long way off .
30 Ruth heard Mrs Peterson 's voice from a long way off .
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