Example sentences of "[verb] is a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirty years of acting is a long apprenticeship . |
| 2 | Thirty years of acting is a long apprenticeship ’ |
| 3 | Persian tolerance of Hews is a long and honourable tradition . |
| 4 | Study and classification of the Bearsden finds is a long and laborious business but Dr Michael Coates of Cambridge hopes very shortly to be able to publish the names and details in scientific journals . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , watching the AX 's fuel gauge fall to empty is a long and tedious vigil . |
| 6 | Spurn is a long thin peninsula , jutting three-and-a-half miles out from the North Humberside mainland . |
| 7 | The list of laws that have been amended , the treaties that have been ratified , and prisoners ' conditions that have been improved is a long one . |