Example sentences of "they [be] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | they are a long arrow |
| 2 | The new appointments demonstrate a commitment by the Saatchi brothers to restore the company 's fortunes and suggest they are a long way from turning their backs on the business they built . |
| 3 | Indeed in many cases they are a long way away from having done so . |
| 4 | Such interviews provide an index of ‘ psychological malaise ’ but they are a long way from producing the more concrete statistics provided by medical consultation , prescription levels and mortality rates . |
| 5 | ‘ Ah well , my dear , you must remember they 're a long way from home , and many of them have n't had much feminine company for a while . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course , they look smaller when they 're a long way off , ’ Masklin muttered . |
| 7 | They 're a long way away . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But they 're a long way away . ’ |
| 9 | It 's mainly the feeling of insecurity when they 're a long way out from a telephone . |
| 10 | They 're a long interview as well . |
| 11 | Far from suggesting that the two sides were moving towards a new spirit of co-operation , the diplomats said they were a long way from calling for a ceasefire . |
| 12 | We tried to solve this with management and supervisory boards based in the department but they were a long way from the boards of industry . |
| 13 | They were a long way out of Thirkett now . |
| 14 | Note the defence shown at point 2 above , when the offender has no reason to believe anyone was within hearing or seeing distances who was likely to be caused harassment , alarm or distress , e.g. if some people could see him , but they were a long way off . |
| 15 | But they were a long way ahead now , and his mother would never guess what he was up to . |
| 16 | Now er clay pipes , we used to dredge up and they got dredged up down opposite Pinmill , and they were a long pipe , but cos the , the stem a lot of them had been broken off and wh how they got down there nobody know , I think they used to be like in ballast with the ships , I think . |
| 17 | So when we say we want the laws of physics perhaps to stay constant in time , when we observe these objects a long way away we 're observing the laws of physics as they were a long time ago . |
| 18 | You can see those rows of abbots on either side and behind them is a long tradition of succession of abbots including great saints and I suppose a few sinners as well . |