Example sentences of "[adv] seem a long way " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of that first trip , our goal still seemed a long way off . |
| 2 | But Samantha 's freedom still seemed a long way off . |
| 3 | At the other end of the size scale , Fiat Geotech 's takeover of Ford New Holland has now been signed , though changes to the two product lines still seem a long way off . |
| 4 | Thankfully that day still seems a long way off . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , the report went on , " agreement still seems a long way off " . |
| 6 | Many of the most important and prominent proteins of the synaptic membrane are of the class known as glycoproteins , which , if the description I gave in Chapter 3 now seems a long way back , can best be summed up as molecules made in two parts ; an amino acid chain embedded in the membrane , to which is attached a further chain made of sugar molecules such as glucose , fucose and galactose , sticking out from the membrane into the extracellular space beyond . |
| 7 | This now seems a long way from the position taken in the Education ( No. 2 ) Act 1986 and the Education ( Schools ) Act 1992 . |
| 8 | Surgical techniques for an artificial penis and scrotum were still experimental and any success there seemed a long way in the future . |