Example sentences of "it is [art] long " in BNC.

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1 I thoroughly recommend it but it is a long route , so take a water bottle and a good look at the weather .
2 In the book we have in front of us — and it is a long one — he never does .
3 It is a long way short of defining the format , but gives the flavour .
4 It is a long English tradition , which is not going to change .
5 It is a long time since any potential national leader in Britain leapt up from the starting-blocks in quite such a dramatic way .
6 It is a long list , but the SPSSX stepwise procedure seldom selected more than a few predictors as having a significant influence upon perceptions .
7 It is a long , long way . ’
8 It is a long lonely walk down to where the Wheelbarrow now sits , forlornly peering at the fencepost .
9 ‘ And a trip on the S-Bahn , it is a long time since I had one . ’
10 It is a long time since politics were more vibrant , at least for anyone who is not a professional Conservative .
11 It is a long way from that to his limp affirmation of the central tenets of Islam .
12 It is a long time since I went outside .
13 But it is a long way from the recognition of such local features to the interpretation of whole scenes .
14 It is a long piece of detailed , even pedantic , research on higher education in Britain , which makes numerous descriptive comparisons between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge , and attempts to understand the differences , similarities and changing natures of the two institutions .
15 ‘ The result should be known before the end of the season but it is a long , drawn-out procedure under Olympic rules . ’
16 Spectacularly shot in Amazonia under the most arduous physical conditions , it is a long , beautiful , serious-minded and profoundly sad film which does full justice to the complex forces at work in the hidden world of the Amazon Indians .
17 This is the best that can be hoped for , even if it is a long way from a fully satisfying life .
18 It is a long fence , and a large site .
19 It is a well-known fact that clipping is done in the shade as it is a long and sweaty business for man and sheep , and was especially so before the days of electric clipping .
20 It is a long flight from the early days when pilots taking off from Cricklewood in North London looked out of the cockpit and saw the number sixteen bus overtaking them .
21 It is a long term problem of course , but it creates a vicious circle that only ends when you discard the circle entirely and approach the situation from a completely new angle .
22 It is a long hot summer 's day .
23 It is a long book giving the dates and details of rulers , officers of state , archbishops and bishops , dukes and marquesses , parliaments and assemblies , and councils of the Church of England .
24 It is a long way from swings and roundabouts .
25 It is a long term solution to fitness and health .
26 It is a long , low , curving building typical of his designs , being some five storeys high with ramps connecting upper and lower floors .
27 It is a long way off . ’
28 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 .
29 ‘ But of course , it is a long time .
30 It is a long way from London to Al Ain .
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