Example sentences of "be [to-vb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes I I I would accept that as a general point yes that that that that that that the greater number of years , the more likely you are to get a long term trend . |
| 2 | To link small variations in a single protein with the existence of an all-purpose ‘ addictive personality ’ is to go a long way too far . |
| 3 | The normal method of securing is to drive a long nail through the end of the sleeper at an angle into the one beneath . |
| 4 | The net effect of these transactions is to establish a long position of $180 000 in a synthetic index future which comprises the thousand smaller shares quoted on the NYSE which are not in the S&P500 index . |
| 5 | Here the solution is to set a long net around the thicket so that it is totally surrounded and enclosed , in the hope that the rabbits can be bolted out and entangled in the net . |
| 6 | The next stage is to take a long , hard look at yourself . |
| 7 | This is to make a long , hard , thoughtful , and imaginative campaign sound simple , which it was n't . |
| 8 | For to believe in abstract principles of justice was to face a long series of disillusionments in everyday life , as the Goliardic poems , written by scholars trained in the new learning , amply demonstrated : |
| 9 | Finally , the question of national guilt and its expiation was to have a long history in relation to abolition and emancipation involving a definition of national interest as meeting national duty by observing the religious conception of proper order in the world . |
| 10 | There I was to have a long conversation with young Middleton , to whom I took a great shine , and was very impressed with him as a person and indeed his crew . |
| 11 | Finding this rare breed was to prove a long , uphill struggle . |