Example sentences of "[modal v] be [art] long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This declaration proved to be premature , although a recommendation that there should be a longer term for the candidate stage towards full party membership must have provided a useful mechanism for sifting the wheat from the chaff . |
| 2 | The RENFE train station must be a long way from the centre , I thought , just as we began to enter the acid neon groves of the darkening city , through a narrow glade of brightly lit shops , the Corrielo , then through a vast archway — a policeman 's shrill whistle — and the bus was rolling and swinging right into the grand Plaza Mayor , which it circled slowly , triumphantly hooting . |
| 3 | It 'll be a long day for him wo n't it ? |
| 4 | ‘ It 'll be a long job at his age , ’ said his Mum . |
| 5 | Behind my annoyance the self-preserving part of my mind was pointing out that the sooner I got going , the sooner I could be a long way from Fraxilly farmland . |
| 6 | But if character assassination were a crime , there 'd be a long list of suspects . |
| 7 | Since each baboon interacts with many others , and since there may be a long delay between action and reciprocation , stability requires that a baboon should recognise individuals , and remember how each has behaved , or , at the very least , associate with each individual a positive or negative sign , depending on how it has behaved . |
| 8 | The ‘ cat in the hat ’ effort that will see the Macintosh environment on other RISC processors , appears to be a different effort again , and may be a long way down the road , licensing issues aside . |
| 9 | The ‘ cat in the hat ’ effort that will see the Macintosh environment on other RISC processors , appears to be a different effort again , and may be a long way down the road , licensing issues aside . |
| 10 | The place where the water leaves the ground may be a long way from where recharge occurs . |
| 11 | Sometimes the image they create may be a long way from expressing their real character but the search is on — through fashions , chats with friends , reactions from boyfriends — to find a style that suits their temperament and physical type . |
| 12 | They may be a long way from performing in the Greatest Show on Earth , but getting there has certainly got them in a spin . |
| 13 | The committees are empowered to suggest amendments , and the bill which is returned to the house ( if it ever is ) may be substantially different from its original form ; there may be a long period of debate between representatives of the two houses of the Legislature and the Executive before consensus can be reached . |
| 14 | You might think that there would be a long line of officials queuing up to undertake such a testing spying mission — and apparently there was . |
| 15 | Instead it was understood that there would be a long period of commodity circulation and all that that implied . |
| 16 | Er there would be a walkout , there would be a wa there would be no long discussion of it . |
| 17 | In a week 's time it would be the longest day of the year when , in these latitudes , a gunner could accurately sight a twelve-pounder at half-past nine of an evening . |
| 18 | We shall be a long time in Isvik . |
| 19 | In any event , it will be a long haul for the Cape Verdian people to escape their poverty trap even if things go well . |
| 20 | Tomorrow will be a long day in the auction house with no room to move . |
| 21 | That is just one of many anomalies in what will be a long list in Committee . |
| 22 | ‘ We are in the early stage of what will be a long debate in Europe , ’ she said . |
| 23 | ‘ It is the first in what we hope will be a long line of animation series from HTV . |
| 24 | The TRW group is working on the same lines-but it will be a long time before GI Joe puts his faith in orders from General Computer . |
| 25 | Three years can be a long time in a young life , Bernice concluded , and three years in Bernice 's century had certainly changed Ace . |