Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] be [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richmond Town Council believes The Fosse should be a long stay car park because it used by day trippers who spend their day at the riverside . |
| 2 | A WP document may be readable , but a drawing file will be a long , impenetrable series of letters and numbers , like the clip-art described earlier . |
| 3 | Helping an elderly parent through her sorrow can be a long , hard haul , but very rewarding in the end — not only in terms of her recovery , but also because , if you find yourself in the same position in later years , you will look back on this experience you shared with her and find that it has left you with a far deeper understanding of grief , and a greater confidence in the healing power of time to see you through your own period of adjustment to loss . |
| 4 | That day may be a long way off . |
| 5 | The RENFE train station must be a long way from the centre , I thought , just as we began to enter the acid neon groves of the darkening city , through a narrow glade of brightly lit shops , the Corrielo , then through a vast archway — a policeman 's shrill whistle — and the bus was rolling and swinging right into the grand Plaza Mayor , which it circled slowly , triumphantly hooting . |
| 6 | But other campaigners , such as Professor Derek Bryce-Smith from Reading University , believe victory may be a long way off . |
| 7 | The place where the water leaves the ground may be a long way from where recharge occurs . |
| 8 | If the Bank refuses to accept these offers then the amount of assistance provided in the first round could be a long way short of the overall amount of assistance needed during the day . |
| 9 | Yeah see them all the tab regardless of the , the length , like the one after iron will be a long one |
| 10 | spotting a narrow isthmus on the map near Northton we opted for a large portage ; half a kilometre would be a long way but , following our Griminish Point experience , the safer option seemed favourable . |
| 11 | The cold was already making Gentle 's bruised bones ache fiercely , and in such a condition the two blocks back to Jude 's apartment would be a long and painful trek . |
| 12 | Breaking in a war boar can be a long and dangerous business , but fortunately Orcs have thick skulls and do n't feel pain much . |
| 13 | Working out the whole story will be a long , difficult process of unravelling the pathways of insulin action in cells . |
| 14 | The reason may be the long continued drought . |
| 15 | Producing several hundred pages of hard copy with a desk-top computer and printer would be a long and tedious business . |
| 16 | This extremely loose phrase means that trying to quieten a noisy factory can be a long , complicated and very tiresome business . |
| 17 | Although bankers seem to have some optimism , even members of the Reichmann family say the debt restructuring will be a long haul . |