Example sentences of "[ex0] be [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike the annual Environment White Papers , a sustainable development report need not give space to quality of life issues where there are no long term implications , such as local issues of litter , the nuisance from dogs , noise , etc . |
| 2 | The rules are not always as simple s that , e.g. Classical Arabic has the stress on the first long syllable of the word , or on the first syllable if there are no long syllables in the word . |
| 3 | Since there are no long words that begin in this way , the short word I , , is retrieved from the buffer and stored on the word graph ( Fig 7.5.2 ) . |
| 4 | Subsequently , since there are no long words beginning with the sequence , the short word am , , is retrieved and added to the word graph ( Fig. 7.5.3 ) . |
| 5 | I want to have this man drive me in his car all night long , for us never to arrive anywhere … but if we should then let the gates swing silently open , let there be a long gravel drive , let it be like when the young master comes home from school . |
| 6 | There were a long way from . |
| 7 | It would be better if , as in private law , there were a longer fixed period which could be extended only in exceptional cases on stated and reasonably precise grounds . |
| 8 | There were the long shadows of wine bottles and glasses across the table , some of the bottles already empty . |
| 9 | Far away , in the bright sun , there were the long white beaches of the island of Haiti . |
| 10 | ‘ If a finance director resigns , there 's no longer the certainty the company will find a replacement . |
| 11 | There 's no longer money to buy clothes . |
| 12 | The underlying message is unequivocal : there 's no longer any room for misinterpretation . |
| 13 | The underlying message is unequivocal : there 's no longer any room for misinterpretation . |
| 14 | ( Recovering them is a matter of great urgency ; and a start has been made , but there 's a long way to go — especially with Upward , whom oblivion has enveloped with a completeness that is startling and significant . ) |
| 15 | There 's a long bit of ash on the end of her fag , and when she talks it falls off onto the chickens . |
| 16 | The early signs are encouraging — but there 's a long way to go . |
| 17 | ‘ I have just got it confirmed , but these things take time , and there 's a long way to go yet . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ There 's a long list of equipment here , ’ Ruth pointed out . |
| 19 | I 'm not getting into a fight over some silly little first-year whether she 's your sister or not , and if you 'll excuse me , this porridge is bad enough hot , but cold it 's inedible and there 's a long way to go till lunchtime . ’ |
| 20 | We are sitting in a good position now but there 's a long way to go . |
| 21 | Asked how much his relationship and sense of responsibility towards the rest of the band gave him the impetus to get his act together , there 's a long embarrassed silence . |
| 22 | ‘ There 's a long way to go before we break down the ‘ them up at Salisbury attitude ’ |
| 23 | Now there 's a long word for you . |
| 24 | As a consequence of which well we went to Egypt and the Sudan this business , we came back and er the b the the foreman 's brother he ne he never liked me ever this forema when I were a kid you know , he never liked me at all , I never got on with him and and er mind you there 's a long story about that but it 's a silly little thing that er that I really upset him with . |
| 25 | And then er , there 's a long line of changing jobs and eventually I came to Dudley . |
| 26 | There 's a long way to go before it sounds natural . ’ |
| 27 | There 's a long draft report I would like you to do , by lunchtime if possible . |
| 28 | When are we gon na have rules revisions , there 's a long way to go and as the , the er General Secretary said , be careful , because I 've been to talks with , on , from the Regional Committee with the T & G yes we got on lovely with them , they 're fine , they , they gave us a nice big er commemorative medal of the dockers ' strike and it 's got my granddad and my great granddad on it cos they was there in the other union mind you while we 've done all the striking and that they stood by , but nevertheless they 're not bad lads anyway and as John said we must be careful that we are not the ones that are gon na be taken over , because I remember that old song of the fifties , never smile at a crocodile |
| 29 | There 's a long pause and she looks confused . |
| 30 | ‘ Buck thinks he has it in the bag , but there 's a long way to go yet . ’ |