Example sentences of "[coord] it [modal v] be a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The discipline of information science , which attempts to study all the ways in which human beings communicate information with each other and the many facilities which make it easier to perform , is in its earliest formative years , and it will be a long time before we can be sure either that the science of information is a true discipline or that it can deliver its present optimistic promises . |
| 2 | They will be voted out and it will be a long time before we have a Conservative Government in Britain again . |
| 3 | ‘ I had three chances and it will be a long time before I forget today . |
| 4 | But it may be a long time coming ; and , meanwhile , the flow of hopefuls from the south shows no sign of stopping . |
| 5 | This will depend on the parents ' working hours , but it can be a long day , possibly 8.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.mm. , or even longer . |
| 6 | But it will be a long time before that system is fully installed . |
| 7 | The green shoots of recovery may now be twitching but it will be a long time before the unemployment figures level off . |
| 8 | The TRW group is working on the same lines-but it will be a long time before GI Joe puts his faith in orders from General Computer . |