Example sentences of "but [pron] is a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But there is a long way to go . |
| 4 | But there is a long way to go . |
| 5 | He added : ‘ She is going to make it but there is a long way to go and she is still seriously ill . |
| 6 | We have surprised even ourselves this season , but there is a long way to go yet . ’ |
| 7 | Candice Riberon who was in a thriller called Le Métro is his favourite so far , but there is a long way to go . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've made a positive start , but there is a long way to go . |
| 9 | I thoroughly recommend it but it is a long route , so take a water bottle and a good look at the weather . |
| 10 | But it is a long way from the recognition of such local features to the interpretation of whole scenes . |
| 11 | But it is a long way to upper Strath Conon , especially from the Welsh Marches , whence my companion had drive . |
| 12 | Epilepsy may be understood today but it is a long way from being accepted in the same way as diabetes , let alone short sight . |
| 13 | The revolution must give women their place but it is a long process which wo n't happen immediately . |
| 14 | Some day we will be married ; I am certain of it , but it is a long time to wait till I am of age and we must think of some other way before then . |
| 15 | In the cases that I have mentioned everything is in order — all the forms have been filled in and returned by the contractor , the work has been completed satisfactorily — but it is a long time before the cheque is processed and the contractor paid . |