Example sentences of "was a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The end of year deadline for eradication of asbestos-contaminated rolling stock , agreed many years ago between BR and the unions , was quietly and mutually forgotten when it was realised it was a long way from being achieved unless services were decimated . |
| 2 | The principle indicated in those cases was a long way from the circumstances of the present case and was far from warranting the conclusion that by making a photocopy of a document which in the hands of the maker of the photocopy was not privileged , and then sending the photocopy to a solicitor for the purposes of obtaining advice , privilege was thereby cast on the copy sent to the soicitor . |
| 3 | Even though one was a long way from primitive promiscuity , binding individual marriage had not yet appeared . |
| 4 | One day when he was old this would be a nutcracker face but that was a long way off . |
| 5 | Singapore , however , had one military drawback : it was a long way from the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf . |
| 6 | Along the main road , though lit , it was a long way ; across the seemingly vast open field , pitch dark , might lie rape , and murder , or freezing to death . |
| 7 | But the vision was a long way off from Britain , for which the first two years of the Fifties were a continuation of wartime in civilian clothes . |
| 8 | It was a long way home via Shearbridge Road . |
| 9 | Down the stairs , followed by the cat , was a long way , and the mirror on the landing showed up in full light the pouches beneath her eyes . |
| 10 | Fiji 's scintillating performance was a long way from their fumbling 15-aside showing in France during the World Cup and one of their newcomers , Mesake Rasari , ensured the player of the tournament award by scoring three tries against New Zealand . |
| 11 | It was a long way down . ’ |
| 12 | With figures like these the WEA , here as elsewhere , was a long way from being the body of ‘ middle-class ’ students pursuing ‘ soft options ’ which its critics liked to allege . |
| 13 | It was a long way down . |
| 14 | At that time , September was a long way away , in fact I was n't really thinking beyond the date that my baby was due , the 6th of April . |
| 15 | After a spell at the rehabilitation centre , Guy 's parents realized it was a mistake , and tried to have him transferred to a specialist stroke rehabilitation centre in London , even though this was a long way from home . |
| 16 | This morning she had started out late for Pack Meeting , so instead of going by the woodland path , which was a long way round , she 'd taken the direct route by road and arrived in time . |
| 17 | He was a long way from being an alcoholic , but he was vulnerable to heavy social drinking and was a sucker for the old Scottish adage ‘ One For The Road ’ . |
| 18 | Practice was a long way from the standard understanding of the concept of budgets based on explicit workloads and levels of activity . |
| 19 | It was a long way from Brewer Street . |
| 20 | ‘ It was a long way carrying the baby . ‘ |
| 21 | I had reached the 11th but was a long way off the green . |
| 22 | There was a narrow , poky cupboard and a jug and basin from early times but possibly necessary still today since the bathroom was a long way away . |
| 23 | It was a long way to Cornwall . |
| 24 | A Ford spokesman said he believed industrial action was a long way off . |
| 25 | The dock of a criminal court was a long way from the line ups Guppy is used to . |
| 26 | But Cook was a long way off selection when the South Africans picked their side for the World Cup and the subsequent mini-tour of the West Indies , which featured the Republic 's only other Test since the dismantling of apartheid . |
| 27 | He was a long way off the ground when she released him and he plummeted to earth and hit the floor and bounced like a football . |
| 28 | But Titan was a long way off . |
| 29 | This was a long way from the ‘ silent suffering ’ and ‘ passive protest ’ which the NCOAP had sought to articulate . |
| 30 | They will have experienced distance ( ‘ It was a long way to the seaside ’ ) ; time ( ‘ Please can I stay up longer ? ) ; quantity ( ‘ Can I have some more sweets ? ) ; capacity ( ‘ My glass is empty ’ ) and comparison ( ‘ I 'm taller than John ’ ) . |