Example sentences of "they [am/are] a [adj] 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 | It says two Darlington pubs the Hole in the Wall and Lascelles Park are operating well under the new leases and that they are a unique way of putting pubs on a proper commercial footing . |
| 5 | I would also like to thank everyone who helped at the summer festivals : they are a valuable way to promote our branch as well as raising funds . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Of course , they look smaller when they 're a long way off , ’ Masklin muttered . |
| 8 | They 're a long way away . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But they 're a long way away . ’ |
| 10 | It 's mainly the feeling of insecurity when they 're a long way out from a telephone . |
| 11 | They 're a good way of starting off your suntan before you go on holiday . |
| 12 | No that , I I just walk like that Sir , they 're suede , they 're a special way of walking . |