Example sentences of "it will be [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If he at last comes to the conclusion that he must stand firm next time , he will need an iron determination , for it will be a long tussle ( see page 60 )
2 It will be a long way to wait to have your place .
3 He is drinking slowly , because it will be a long night , and rough cider usually comes out at about eight per cent alcohol , though nobody is measuring .
4 In any event , it will be a long haul for the Cape Verdian people to escape their poverty trap even if things go well .
5 It will be a long haul , but we want to make out of date the notion that the only punishment that works is behind bars .
6 This time it will be a long sleep , Cadfael .
7 IT WILL be a big party , it will be a long party , and it will be a very strange one .
8 But it will be a long time before that system is fully installed .
9 Since it will be a long time before the reflective process turns into action plans , we shall have to make do with what we already know and for the purposes of this chapter we can relate it to Level Three Partnership .
10 American manufacturers share this scepticism , ‘ It will be a long time before there 's any international graphics standard , ’ says Dave Robertson , head of the US company Computervision 's British operation .
11 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 .
12 But we are assured it will be a long time before we see bingo or boobs in the sober pages of BRE News .
13 It will be a long time before I see you again , Willie , ’ she said .
14 The green shoots of recovery may now be twitching but it will be a long time before the unemployment figures level off .
15 It will be a long time before Patrick walks unaided but I know he will swing along with his sticks and be independent .
16 The lieutenant believed ‘ it will be a long time before he can expect to be advanced to be captain in so old a corps .
17 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 .
18 The fact remains that it will be a long time before the legal profession properly shakes off the constraints of client expectation that force it to underplay its modern role .
19 It will be a long time before I can look at you and not want you .
20 They will be voted out and it will be a long time before we have a Conservative Government in Britain again .
21 ‘ I had three chances and it will be a long time before I forget today .
22 It was so effective , it will be a long time before any of the Sicilians dare to attack us again , if ever ! ’
23 ‘ And I think it will be a long time before you grow old , Shelley . ’
24 ‘ Despite what people say , I think it will be a long time until black people are going to be in a position to do that .
25 It will be a long process because he is slightly paralysed down one side , ’ admitted Joan .
26 Scientists at the fire Research Station are developing a computer program that can model how smoke behaves — but , with the many variables involved , it will be a long job .
27 ‘ She 'll be safe enough , but I 've a feeling it will be a long job to get her back on an even keel .
28 It will be a long job , for his estate has been sadly neglected . "
29 If that is a sign of things to come then it will be a long season .
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