Example sentences of "[det] be [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a long way from Dicey 's reliance on them as the guardians of our rights . |
| 2 | This is never an easy matter and the mere attendance of students at a meeting can create the impression of real involvement when this is a long way from reality . |
| 3 | This is a long way short of breakeven since much energy is needed to accelerate the ions in the beams , but breakeven is not the aim here ; the goal is tritium for the military . |
| 4 | I know this is a long way after the event , but were you on Beinn Sgulaird , Argyll , on June 21 as part of the Boots Across Scotland ( BAS ) Fundraising Day ? |
| 5 | But this is a long way from arguing that they were such political pariahs that the deposition of Edward V could seem preferable to a regime dominated by them . |
| 6 | This is a long way from the central idea of total quality management — that the patient or customer is king . |
| 7 | This is a long way from reality . |
| 8 | This is a long way from sociobiology , but we are back again at the problem of continuity/discontinuity . |
| 9 | Of course , this is a long way away from the appropriate measures of consumer surplus , and for economic theorists at least looks all too arbitrary . |
| 10 | But this is a long way from arguing that they were such political pariahs that the deposition of Edward V could seem preferable to a regime dominated by them . |
| 11 | This is a long way from traditional ideas regarding good form " . |
| 12 | But all this is a long way from the heady days of the ‘ special relationship ’ of Thatcher and Reagan and even Major and Bush . |
| 13 | Er er er my reassurance has got to be look this is a long way off . |
| 14 | This is a long term-trend : |
| 15 | THIS is a long descent — roughly 13 miles down a beautiful valley past the little church at Capel-y-ffyn and the ruins of Llanthony Priory to Llanfihangel Crucorney . |
| 16 | This is a long distance from the rural areas of Wyre and there would be substantial costs in time and money for magistrates , witnesses and police making the journey to Fleetwood . |
| 17 | It does no harm to write to the nearest local residents and businesses , but generally this is a long shot . |
| 18 | Er this is a long sort of type of er barrel used for probably importing wine . |
| 19 | However this is a long job and at the end of the day I just gave it up and decided not to travel . |
| 20 | I think that the points that I want to make here , because people come from different positions , is one , this is a long term strategy . |
| 21 | After a spell at the rehabilitation centre , Guy 's parents realized it was a mistake , and tried to have him transferred to a specialist stroke rehabilitation centre in London , even though this was a long way from home . |
| 22 | This was a long way from the ‘ silent suffering ’ and ‘ passive protest ’ which the NCOAP had sought to articulate . |
| 23 | English forces and the New Englanders worked together reasonably well in operations on the seacoast to capture Port Royal in Nova Scotia , but this was a long way from the centre of French settlement and the port was returned at the end of the war . |
| 24 | This was a long struggle indeed , small fields being literally carved out of the landscape by fire , hacking and sheer brute force . |
| 25 | Without looking up she said : ‘ I do n't know what you are getting at , Mr Wycliffe ; all this was a long time ago . ’ |
| 26 | this was a long time ago parties about two years ago |
| 27 | One of these is the long history of incorporation into the global capitalist system by the TNCs ( see Shenton and Freund , 1978 ) . |
| 28 | It had after all been a long morning . |
| 29 | The euphoria of the summer gradually gave way to the pessimistic feeling that it might after all be a long war . |
| 30 | That is a long way from the Chancellor 's unsubstantiated allegation yesterday that tabloid newspapers ‘ encourage people to tell unsubstantiated allegations ’ . |