Example sentences of "is quite a long [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Yes , erm , and , and we , were prepared to subsidise as far as our finances would allow , you know people who are going , but Ex Exeter is quite a long way , so the travel is going to be something is n't it ? |
2 | Well it 's , it is quite a long way |
3 | This is quite a long way down for coins of this period and it would explain why I was n't finding anything earlier . |
4 | I , I think I would be unwise too to make a forecast , so all , all I can say is there are some enquiries around of er , people who appear to be interested but erm , er , you know , the burden hangs quite a lot , you know the burden 's still , the is quite a long way away still , but it 's not impossible we could sell some more land . |
5 | Not very much because the moon is quite a long way away but there is amount of attraction . |
6 | Box Hill Tunnel is quite a long tunnel . |
7 | is quite a long course as well . |
8 | As the PAL:YPE recalls , this impression was based on a combination of physical environment , staff vision , and an existing commitment to an infrastructure including a permanent part-time library assistant : School A I was impressed with , because they too had already started to talk about resource-based learning and they already had as far as I remember … ( now my memory is fairly vague now because it is quite a long time ago ) … but as far as I remember they had a Headmaster , who was extremely interested , very keen indeed , and they had a committee already set up , I think to look into this . |
9 | The minutes of the last meeting , the twentieth , the nineteenth of October , which is quite a long time ago , did anyone have any particular comments ? |
10 | Which is quite a long time . |
11 | What we 've done , is we 've set up an answer phone to pick up these calls after 13 seconds , after 13 rings sorry , about 30 seconds , which is quite a long time . |
12 | Er mainly the proposal and then everybody came back on the sixth which is quite a long break in Christmas but we do need that break till we organize ourselves after Christmas |