Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such judgements , however , are best made as close to the action as possible rather than on a theoretical basis a long way away . |
| 2 | Nesting on a high ledge a long way above our tent were two lammergeirs — yellow-bellied vultures . |
| 3 | Soon Downes had reached the last carriage , in front of the diesel locomotive , staring quickly through the windows of the compartment as the few doors still remaining open were banged shut and a whistle blew , and with a slight chug and then with a mighty heave the long , north-bound train began slowly to move forward , gradually picking up a little speed , before moving out and away along the curving stretch of line that led to Banbury . |
| 4 | All your stock , crop and equipment would become part of a vast operation , you and your staff would be workers operating to a master plan created in a central office a long way off . |
| 5 | ‘ Charlie was one of the sort that make a little go a long way . |
| 6 | Considering that Coward and Lawrence only ever appeared together twice in adult life , in Private Lives and Tonight at 8.30 , Mr Morley manages to make a little go a long way . |
| 7 | That time , last year , it rose in a great cloud a long way away , and stayed in the sky for two weeks . |
| 8 | Which is not to say he 's a hippy soul surfer , a revivalist sporting a long Malibu board and casually riding a wave 's length as if strolling in the park . |
| 9 | Moreover , writers such as Poulantzas ( e.g. 1978 ) pointed out that the state was not just called upon to meet the needs of capitalist accumulation ; in a class-divided society the long term stability of the system depended on the state 's being able to act as a force of cohesion and stand as a ‘ symbol of legitimacy ’ for all sections of society . |
| 10 | Not as clearly defined as the one back at his office , more like a study really , with a desk and filing cabinet , a bookcase against one wall , and beneath a wide window a long , narrow work-top cluttered with various pieces of gadgetry . |