Example sentences of "they [am/are] a long way " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Indeed in many cases they are a long way away from having done so .
3 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 .
4 ‘ 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 .
5 ‘ Of course , they look smaller when they 're a long way off , ’ Masklin muttered .
6 They 're a long way away . ’
7 ‘ But they 're a long way away . ’
8 It 's mainly the feeling of insecurity when they 're a long way out from a telephone .
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