Example sentences of "[noun prp] is a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir David is a long term supporter of Save The Children and has sat for many years on the industry and commerce group . |
| 2 | Anorexia Nervosa is a long term illness and regular follow-up appointments are necessary . |
| 3 | ‘ Realistically England is a long way off for me , ’ said Barnes . |
| 4 | ‘ I expect that to be the same this time , but a fortnight away from Russia is a long time and things change so quickly , ’ said the bespectacled runner . |
| 5 | Although Devon is a long way from the most seriously affected areas of enclosure , it does provide well-documented evidence of such variations . |
| 6 | Dresden is a long way from Stettin . |
| 7 | The Hook Halberd is a long halberd which includes a hook to catch passing riders and pull them from their mounts . |
| 8 | The North Riding is a long way from London . |
| 9 | Now Somerset is a long way away , but the first stopping place that they can find where they will be left undisturbed for a few days is in the Vale , and very shortly the Vale will be designated , so they 'll have to travel even further into west Oxford , which is going to be , if we 're not careful , the only undesignated district in the whole of the south of England , and I would n't want to be a resident of west Oxford in these circumstances . |
| 10 | The Water People has already received a lot of good reviews , and Simpson is a long way into his next project , a sort of autobiography . |
| 11 | And I was going to consult you , but really Algeria is a long way away , and you never seem to be in Paris … so , yes , I sold some rather boring stock that was as safe as Fort Knox and about as immobile , and invested in de Chavigny . |
| 12 | Twickenham is a long way away and the message from the North is that the Rugby Football Union needs to plough more resources into its missionary work in the area . |
| 13 | From Cuba to Japan is a long leap , and the ‘ economic difficulties ’ of the largest ELT market in the world are not to be compared with those of other countries . |
| 14 | The Whitbread is a long race full of hardships , so it is unlikely that people who hardly knew each other would not have disputes and in the end form friendships . |
| 15 | I think Forrester is a long odds on shot , unless donkey refuses to give Wilko his weekly ‘ portion ’ : - ) ) |
| 16 | GIRDING up for six hours with the Mahabharata is a long training . |
| 17 | Slightly to the east of the Sike is a long shakehole opening into Newby Moss pot , 315 feet in depth and therefore to be avoided ; and there are other mantraps nearby . |
| 18 | Ardnamurchan is a long peninsula thrusting far into the Atlantic , having a coastline fretted with bays and coves and a hilly hinterland uncultivated except for a scattering of crofts . |
| 19 | Ian Anderson is a long way from his aim of getting all parts off the group to enrol on the E A P scheme . |