Example sentences of "but [pron] [be] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is a long way to go . |
| 2 | But there is a long way to go . |
| 3 | This change of attitude is significant , but there is a long road still to travel between the discussion of these ideas in high places and their transmission into action at the level of the village school . |
| 4 | Recommended remedy : He should try for an appointment with Relate ( ‘ but there is a long waiting list ’ ) or even a local branch of the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council . |
| 5 | He added : ‘ She is going to make it but there is a long way to go and she is still seriously ill . |
| 6 | We have surprised even ourselves this season , but there is a long way to go yet . ’ |
| 7 | Candice Riberon who was in a thriller called Le Métro is his favourite so far , but there is a long way to go . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've made a positive start , but there is a long way to go . |
| 9 | ( Recovering them is a matter of great urgency ; and a start has been made , but there 's a long way to go — especially with Upward , whom oblivion has enveloped with a completeness that is startling and significant . ) |
| 10 | The early signs are encouraging — but there 's a long way to go . |
| 11 | We are sitting in a good position now but there 's a long way to go . |
| 12 | ‘ Buck thinks he has it in the bag , but there 's a long way to go yet . ’ |
| 13 | But there 's a long way to go . |
| 14 | It 's certainly better than nothing , indeed it is yes , but there 's a long way to go . |
| 15 | But there 's a long way to go yet ; U N observers were in Cambodia earlier this year , but without unanimous support , they achieved very little . |
| 16 | ‘ But they 're a long way away . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But they were a long way ahead now , and his mother would never guess what he was up to . |
| 21 | But he 's a long way to go before I 'd consider him a success . |
| 22 | I thoroughly recommend it but it is a long route , so take a water bottle and a good look at the weather . |
| 23 | But it is a long way from the recognition of such local features to the interpretation of whole scenes . |
| 24 | ‘ The result should be known before the end of the season but it is a long , drawn-out procedure under Olympic rules . ’ |
| 25 | Some day we will be married ; I am certain of it , but it is a long time to wait till I am of age and we must think of some other way before then . |
| 26 | But it is a long way to upper Strath Conon , especially from the Welsh Marches , whence my companion had drive . |
| 27 | The revolution must give women their place but it is a long process which wo n't happen immediately . |
| 28 | ‘ I have worked for many centuries to lift it , Nuadu , but it is a long hard task , for the punishment was to be eternal . ’ |
| 29 | Epilepsy may be understood today but it is a long way from being accepted in the same way as diabetes , let alone short sight . |
| 30 | In the cases that I have mentioned everything is in order — all the forms have been filled in and returned by the contractor , the work has been completed satisfactorily — but it is a long time before the cheque is processed and the contractor paid . |