Example sentences of "seems a [adj] way [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ North seems a long way away , and they tell me it 's cold there . ’ |
| 2 | Her head seems a long way away . |
| 3 | ‘ And that seems a long way away . |
| 4 | Thankfully that day still seems a long way off . |
| 5 | " The grave seems a long way off . " |
| 6 | ‘ Winning a first Ulster senior cap next weekend will be a nice stepping stone , although the Inter Continental Cup seems a long way off , ’ says Lutton . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , the report went on , " agreement still seems a long way off " . |
| 8 | James Diamond and Thamesdown Council say they 're confident a solution will be found — right now that seems a long way off . |
| 9 | 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 . |