Example sentences of "a long way off " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of higher clergy in Ulster and many of its lay intellectuals stand a long way off from protestant — loyalist politics and are in fact politically dissociated from them . |
| 2 | She 's dizzy , she 's a long way off . |
| 3 | Sleep came to the distant noise of a ship 's siren , blown once , but echoing , a long way off . |
| 4 | Tony offered to walk back towards the vehicle , now a long way off , and left me to think about it all . |
| 5 | During the night I hear the harsh squeal of a fox , a long way off , answered by a staccato bark from one of the dogs . |
| 6 | One day when he was old this would be a nutcracker face but that was a long way off . |
| 7 | Extending the debate over minimum standards to new trading partners in the East is a long way off . |
| 8 | Add this to the illness of Hun Sen , the only member of the Cambodian regime who appears willing to risk his future to give peace a chance , and Cambodian peace looks a long way off . |
| 9 | London futures prices rose 15% to £670 ( $1,170 ) a tonne , but fell within hours : coffee is plentiful and a new international deal on export quotas is a long way off . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's ever such a long way off , ’ said Dot . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Sadly , we agreed , such prospects lie a long way off . |
| 14 | Right now she was hearing as though from a long way off , the sounds somehow muffled . |
| 15 | But there are more fundamental reasons why unity with either Rome or the Orthodox is still a long way off . |
| 16 | They stopped only to pick up Cheryl , who saw them coming a long way off and ran down to the road to meet them . |
| 17 | The possibility of anything like that happening to the Germans seemed a long way off in those days . |
| 18 | Although I could see marriage appearing in the distance , it was still a long way off . |
| 19 | Unhappily , the conditions needed for the reaction to proceed with reasonable rates and good selectivity are so stringent ( 300C and 500–1000 atmospheres pressure ) that commercialisation is probably a long way off . |
| 20 | But other campaigners , such as Professor Derek Bryce-Smith from Reading University , believe victory may be a long way off . |
| 21 | The old man was shouting hoarsely , and someone a long way off was answering — and running , too , for she could feel the vibration of rapid footsteps . |
| 22 | Final results are , as yet , a long way off . |
| 23 | From a long way off she heard a voice say : ‘ Green as a piece of ripe Stilton … ’ and then the room disappeared . |
| 24 | For the guerrillas of Guatemala 's URNG , peace and a return to party politics are a long way off . |
| 25 | But an historic compromise remains a long way off . |
| 26 | Ruth heard Mrs Peterson 's voice from a long way off . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It is a long way off . ’ |
| 29 | Note the defence shown at point 2 above , when the offender has no reason to believe anyone was within hearing or seeing distances who was likely to be caused harassment , alarm or distress , e.g. if some people could see him , but they were a long way off . |
| 30 | But while he was still a long way off … |