Example sentences of "[am/are] a long [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | when you go into the villa , A you 've , got to have a car because there 's not a shop and B you 're a long way from the airport and if you get taxis you 're talking about fifty pound a touch from the airport , so that 's twice , so there 's a hundred pound gone already |
| 2 | If you keep him quiet you are a long way down the road to achieving some success at Leeds . |
| 3 | Products are a long way down the line . |
| 4 | We are a long way from the time where a computer could pass a reasonable judgement on the quality of an electronic document . |
| 5 | The bulk of this chapter has been taken up with a discussion of the relationship between the undergraduate curriculum and just two of Lawton 's eight ‘ cultural sub-systems ’ — the social and the economic although the latter has led us into areas which are a long way from the purely economic , and seems to yield a useful typology of undergraduate courses . |
| 6 | ‘ And the Buskett Gardens are a long way from the back streets of Valletta . ’ |
| 7 | Such ideas are a long way from the truth ; Paul was a Christian , just like us . |
| 8 | Wise men are a long time in the ship |