Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Products are a long way down the line . |
| 2 | But three months is a long time in Euro-politics . |
| 3 | ‘ Ten months is a long time to be apart and then to be brought together to compete against such a good , experienced team as the Lions , ’ said Grant Fox , New Zealand 's masterly goal kicker . |
| 4 | ‘ If he was a priority , six months is a long time , especially for a child . |
| 5 | ( That thirteen months was a long while . ) |
| 6 | Anne was right in saying that ‘ you tend to lose the origin of it ’ ; the origins are a long way from what remains , but it does not really matter . |
| 7 | ‘ And the Buskett Gardens are a long way from the back streets of Valletta . ’ |
| 8 | Our crafts were a long way from collision … ’ |
| 9 | London futures prices rose 15% to £670 ( $1,170 ) a tonne , but fell within hours : coffee is plentiful and a new international deal on export quotas is a long way off . |
| 10 | Such ideas are a long way from the truth ; Paul was a Christian , just like us . |
| 11 | The stations are a long way apart . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But two weeks is a long time when the markets believe that the Government has no clear policy . |
| 14 | Five weeks is a long time to spend on a boat with only 20 people , and the scientists traded stories and theories the entire time . |
| 15 | Yeah , but eight weeks is a long time . |
| 16 | SEVEN years is a long sentence but it is hardly long enough for Dr Tom Courtney . |
| 17 | Fifty years A lease for a term of more than fifty years is a long lease for the purposes of income and corporation taxes . |
| 18 | The ‘ Beeb ’ has been kind to its commentators — thirty years is a long time in television — and they in turn have served it well , adjusting cleverly to the growing informality of broadcasting without ever quite forgetting the august institution in which ‘ they serve ’ . |
| 19 | Gover is matter-of-fact about it , but 61 years is a long time . |
| 20 | In the beginning Lorna 's illustrious co-stars frequently appeared ; Paul Newman came once , Jo remembered , but three years is a long time in Hollywood and now lunches were becoming more intimate . |
| 21 | Three years is a long time in world politics . |
| 22 | Twenty years is a long time in the development of sexual experience . |
| 23 | ‘ Twelve years is a long time . |
| 24 | ‘ Nine years is a long time . |
| 25 | Ten years is a long time in the world of books , but I do remember there was not nearly such a fuss over the original 1983 list : a rather uncomfortable party in some medical establishment , a few diary paragraphs and that was it . |
| 26 | ‘ Ah , Maria , six years is a long time to wait , ’ Luke murmured with a faint sardonic smile as he registered her frantic response . |
| 27 | Twenty years is a long time . |
| 28 | Five years is a long time ; people change . ’ |
| 29 | EIGHTEEN years is a long time in the life of a motor car . |
| 30 | But twelve days was a long time . |