Example sentences of "seem [art] long way " in BNC.
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1 | It all seemed a long way from his flat in Whalley Range . |
2 | The possibility of anything like that happening to the Germans seemed a long way off in those days . |
3 | Surgical techniques for an artificial penis and scrotum were still experimental and any success there seemed a long way in the future . |
4 | It seemed a long way , though , from the summer perfume of myrtle and orange-blossom , the brilliance of white fluted marble , the wreathing steam , the orderly practices of the sugar-yards , the worksongs of the scything and the vintage , the glory of the sun setting , of the sun rising out of the sea . |
5 | Despite the Conservatives ' election victory and the easing of rates since their high point in August 1990 , recovery seemed a long way off even before the events of Black Wednesday . |
6 | At first , the war seemed a long way away , and the Otago CA reported that the 1914–15 summer promised to be a most successful one , with the ‘ services of world-renowned player , J.N. Crawford ’ ensuring that Otago cricket would be second to none in New Zealand . |
7 | My posting to the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes seemed a long way away . |
8 | He seemed a long way off . |
9 | By the end of that first trip , our goal still seemed a long way off . |
10 | it seemed a long way away |
11 | Gateshead and the Reed family seemed a long way away . |
12 | But Samantha 's freedom still seemed a long way off . |
13 | Her sleepless , restless night seemed a long way off . |
14 | It seemed a long way away and he focused his mind with an effort . |
15 | He seemed a long way off . |
16 | Humankind and human structures seemed a long way away . |
17 | It seemed a long way away but before we knew it we were paying the last of the deposits . |
18 | It 's something you use to get you from A to B , I guess , and right now that seemed a long way to me . |
19 | It seemed a long way to the building , but eventually she heard his footsteps on wood and knew they had arrived . |
20 | With the rain teeming down at the Manor , Italy seemed a long way off — too far for United . |
21 | At the other end of the size scale , Fiat Geotech 's takeover of Ford New Holland has now been signed , though changes to the two product lines still seem a long way off . |
22 | But Llewellyn 's retainers with Twiston-Davies and Tim Forster , plus attractive rides for David Nicholson and Nick Gaselee , make those dark days when the phone never rang seem a long way off . |
23 | The Tyneside star , who has recovered from a groin injury , admitted afterwards : ‘ The Olympic Games seem a long way away . |
24 | It had seemed a long way away , but in some ways it might be quite close . |
25 | Thankfully that day still seems a long way off . |
26 | " The grave seems a long way off . " |
27 | ‘ North seems a long way away , and they tell me it 's cold there . ’ |
28 | Many of the most important and prominent proteins of the synaptic membrane are of the class known as glycoproteins , which , if the description I gave in Chapter 3 now seems a long way back , can best be summed up as molecules made in two parts ; an amino acid chain embedded in the membrane , to which is attached a further chain made of sugar molecules such as glucose , fucose and galactose , sticking out from the membrane into the extracellular space beyond . |
29 | Her head seems a long way away . |
30 | ‘ By the road , it seems a long way , but I need only to walk a kilometre across the fields beyond the farm . |