Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] is [art] long " in BNC.

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1 Compared to the USA , where there is a long tradition of debate about general education ( Squires 1976 ; Gaff 1983 ) , the main influence of the concept of a liberal education in British higher education has probably been on the enactment of the curriculum — on the methods and styles of teaching , the role models and relationships involved , and the general learning ethos and environment .
2 Where there is a long chain of distribution , the plaintiff may find it difficult to identify who was the producer or importer into the European Community .
3 Obviously this will be of significance for producers where there is a long shelf life .
4 That is one of the attractive things about the business : that there is no long tail .
5 That is one of the attractive things about the business : that there is no long tail Direct line headquarters : Our only property we use
6 Judith Ochshorn , a specialist in Near Eastern culture , points out that there is a long history of women as mourners and attendants on the dead : thus ‘ in its cultural context , the presence of women at the cross or at the tomb of Jesus was not exceptional ’ .
7 Even if we adopt a much narrower focus and look at the specifically political institutions of the proclaimed democracies , it is plain that there is a long way to go before democratic principles are fully embodied in them .
8 What I am certain about is that there is a long term future for this cinema and that we 're aware
9 Some organisations knew about the different types of viral hepatitis and that there is a long incubation period .
10 The Coral Welsh National may be his next race , although he is a long way out of a handicap .
11 One would imagine that it is a long , long way from the Church to Soho .
12 Most studies of latent inhibition use procedures in which there are many widely spaced presentations of the target stimulus and there is a long interval ( frequently of 24 h ) between the last pre-exposure trial and the first trial of conditioning .
13 Also the ghost stories of certain houses came in for comment and there is a long note on the haunting of Calgarth Hall .
14 Much of Britain is densely populated and intensively farmed , and there is a long history of metal mining and movement of minerals and metals .
15 Certainly the word for spirit is female in Hebrew , and there is a long tradition of the divine wisdom being conceived to be feminine .
16 The nature of language is more complex than amateurs think , and there is a long tradition of scholarship and study to draw upon .
17 And there is a long tradition in sociological thinking which makes precisely this distinction .
18 The effect of sea water on a basaltic magma is sometimes clearly displayed in places like Hawaii if there is a long active fissure , extending from inland towards the coast .
19 The method can work if there is a long time for the change-over , if both channels can be kept open and if it does not matter that the two systems are being used haphazardly .
20 In the book we have in front of us — and it is a long one — he never does .
21 But Antarctica is the coldest place on earth , and it is a long , hard journey over the ice to the Pole .
22 I can not get myself to react with critical coolness towards this music ; every tissue , every nerve vibrates in me and it is a long time since I had such an enduring feeling of rapture as when listening to the latter overture . "
23 This is the best that can be hoped for , even if it is a long way from a fully satisfying life .
24 But there is a long way to go .
25 But there is a long way to go .
26 This change of attitude is significant , but there is a long road still to travel between the discussion of these ideas in high places and their transmission into action at the level of the village school .
27 Recommended remedy : He should try for an appointment with Relate ( ‘ but there is a long waiting list ’ ) or even a local branch of the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council .
28 He added : ‘ She is going to make it but there is a long way to go and she is still seriously ill .
29 We have surprised even ourselves this season , but there is a long way to go yet . ’
30 Candice Riberon who was in a thriller called Le Métro is his favourite so far , but there is a long way to go .
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