Example sentences of "it is [prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But also , look as those er , those short answers , now it 's important that you answer the short answer questions well alright , because it 's , it 's a lot easier to get good marks on a short answer question , providing you do it well , than it is on a long answer question . |
| 2 | The guy who 's been in the business or been in the same patch or whatever it is for a long time , |
| 3 | One should not expect to obtain a detailed contract , but once a commitment is made it is for the long term . |
| 4 | The palazzo itself will be dealt with later when the trip reaches its frontage , but it is worth a long look as you move past . |
| 5 | The little double planet Pluto has such a weird orbit that , even though almost all of the time it is by a long way the furthest known planet from the Sun , occasionally ( as at the time of writing ) it is closer to the Sun than is Neptune . |
| 6 | It is in the long term that the ability of councils to transfer tenants and to optimize the use of stock will be lost . |
| 7 | The question is , whether it is in the longer term interests of the firm . |