Example sentences of "be a [adv] long way " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Modern economics , as well as the geography of the whole of Ireland means that ultimately — and ultimately can be a very long way away — our Labour Party policy on reunification is the one that will be endorsed . |
| 2 | Further difficulties arise because it is by no means clear what objects the signs are intended to represent , but even if it were , decipherment would still be a very long way off . |
| 3 | We had certainly made some fully justified savings in Housing Benefit but these were a very long way from the £2 billion ambitions of the Treasury . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's a very long way , dear , and bound to be boggy at this time of year . |
| 5 | Most people thinks that 's a very long way off , but in the case of something like health then erm we certainly agree health is good for a very long way . |
| 6 | It 's , it 's a very long way to cycle , is it er , have you done anything like before Chris ? |
| 7 | ‘ It is a very long way , for a taxi , but your uncle gave Francie the money and insisted , ’ said Finn . |
| 8 | Sorry , this is a very long way of getting around to the first crop of reviews of Philip Larkin : A Writer 's Life by Andrew Motion ( Faber ) . |
| 9 | Of course , the Planck energy is a very long way from the energies of around a hundred GeV , which are the most that we can produce in the laboratory at the present time . |
| 10 | Now Prague is a very long way from Epernay . |
| 11 | It was a horribly long way from the ground . |