Example sentences of "seem a long way [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first , the war seemed a long way away , and the Otago CA reported that the 1914–15 summer promised to be a most successful one , with the ‘ services of world-renowned player , J.N. Crawford ’ ensuring that Otago cricket would be second to none in New Zealand . |
| 2 | My posting to the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes seemed a long way away . |
| 3 | it seemed a long way away |
| 4 | Gateshead and the Reed family seemed a long way away . |
| 5 | It seemed a long way away and he focused his mind with an effort . |
| 6 | Humankind and human structures seemed a long way away . |
| 7 | It seemed a long way away but before we knew it we were paying the last of the deposits . |
| 8 | The possibility of anything like that happening to the Germans seemed a long way off in those days . |
| 9 | Despite the Conservatives ' election victory and the easing of rates since their high point in August 1990 , recovery seemed a long way off even before the events of Black Wednesday . |
| 10 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 11 | By the end of that first trip , our goal still seemed a long way off . |
| 12 | But Samantha 's freedom still seemed a long way off . |
| 13 | Her sleepless , restless night seemed a long way off . |
| 14 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 15 | With the rain teeming down at the Manor , Italy seemed a long way off — too far for United . |
| 16 | The Tyneside star , who has recovered from a groin injury , admitted afterwards : ‘ The Olympic Games seem a long way away . |
| 17 | At the other end of the size scale , Fiat Geotech 's takeover of Ford New Holland has now been signed , though changes to the two product lines still seem a long way off . |
| 18 | But Llewellyn 's retainers with Twiston-Davies and Tim Forster , plus attractive rides for David Nicholson and Nick Gaselee , make those dark days when the phone never rang seem a long way off . |
| 19 | It had seemed a long way away , but in some ways it might be quite close . |
| 20 | ‘ North seems a long way away , and they tell me it 's cold there . ’ |
| 21 | Her head seems a long way away . |
| 22 | ‘ And that seems a long way away . |
| 23 | Thankfully that day still seems a long way off . |
| 24 | " The grave seems a long way off . " |
| 25 | ‘ Winning a first Ulster senior cap next weekend will be a nice stepping stone , although the Inter Continental Cup seems a long way off , ’ says Lutton . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , the report went on , " agreement still seems a long way off " . |
| 27 | James Diamond and Thamesdown Council say they 're confident a solution will be found — right now that seems a long way off . |
| 28 | Many of the most important and prominent proteins of the synaptic membrane are of the class known as glycoproteins , which , if the description I gave in Chapter 3 now seems a long way back , can best be summed up as molecules made in two parts ; an amino acid chain embedded in the membrane , to which is attached a further chain made of sugar molecules such as glucose , fucose and galactose , sticking out from the membrane into the extracellular space beyond . |
| 29 | The year 's end might seem a long way off but the minute-by-minute activities of a Profitboss are always directed to that end and the interim end-results required to achieve it . |
| 30 | For those contemplating a university course , graduation may seem a long way off — 1997 and beyond — and thoughts of what to do afterwards may understandably be equally distant . |