Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | This political framework filled a continent whose physical characteristics were a long and indented coast , few very high mountains , moderate rainfall and temperature and much fertile land . |
| 2 | Of the features between Verdun and the front line , the chief objective designated by the German command was a long , bare barrow running at right angles to the river , and topped with twin hillocks . |
| 3 | But on a spring day in the late 1700s , toil was a long way from John Binks ' mind . |
| 4 | Practice was a long way from the standard understanding of the concept of budgets based on explicit workloads and levels of activity . |
| 5 | In fact I thought the whole fairy-palace effect was a long way over the top and painfully unoriginal . |
| 6 | Shiva 's Fifth Avenue was a long , curving , treeless street that dipped steeply down and switchbacked up again , though the neighbourhood was not in general a particularly hilly place . |
| 7 | Although it may seem odd to call a jail sentence a ‘ reward ’ , that is how the men would see it if the alternative was a longer spell behind bars . |
| 8 | A Ford spokesman said he believed industrial action was a long way off . |
| 9 | ( That thirteen months was a long while . ) |
| 10 | Our crafts were a long way from collision … ’ |
| 11 | The cause of the crash was a long way from BCCI 's original aim of becoming a bank for Muslims which would link the developing world and transfer wealth from the west to the Third World . |
| 12 | So the hound was a long way behind him when he began to run . |
| 13 | Druid 's Bottom was a long way below them : a doll 's house with tall chimneys , tucked in a fold of the valley as if in the crook of an elbow . |
| 14 | The old Lords ' Act was a long time a-dying ; and non-traders were still unable to claim the benefits of bankruptcy open to traders . |
| 15 | Bootlegging was a long time ago when er the people was n't allowed |
| 16 | If a week is a long time in politics , two days were a long time in the right hon. and learned Gentleman 's life last week . |
| 17 | It must be remembered , of course , that Greek writing throughout the classical period was still relatively difficult to decipher as words were not regularly separated ; the copying of manuscripts was a long and laborious process ; and that silent reading as we know it was very rare ; until the advent of printing in the ancient world books were used mainly for reading aloud , often by a slave . |
| 18 | But twelve days was a long time . |
| 19 | The consultation period was a long one , to give all members the chance to think through the issues involved . |
| 20 | And Peter Brook 's powerful adaptation of William Golding 's Lord of the Flies was a long time on the shelf before securing a release in 1963 . |
| 21 | The most beautiful song of the evening was a long lament , a Bedouin song about a desert journey from Siwa on the Libyan borders to the Nile . |
| 22 | At the right-hand side of the shop was a long dark passage , the close ( or tenement entrance ) . |
| 23 | Thirty years was a long time to stay with one company . |
| 24 | Twenty years was a long time to bear dependence if your spirit craved something stronger and your intelligence rebelled at continual submission to powers who neither , Anna felt , knew or cared how she and Peter lived . |
| 25 | Ten years was a long time , Mary thought . |
| 26 | The relative speed with which emancipation came about after he ascended the throne gives the impression that he addressed himself to it with enthusiasm , but even in Russian politics six years was a long time . |
| 27 | After all , South Africa was a long way off in those days and home leave must have been a great rarity . ’ |
| 28 | The dock of a criminal court was a long way from the line ups Guppy is used to . |
| 29 | The next day was a long one for me . |
| 30 | At the top was a long gallery , and corridors leading from each end . |