Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] be a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MOTHERWELL Civic Hall is a long way from Las Vegas , but when Gary Jacobs defends his Commonwealth welterweight title there tonight against Donovan Boucher , the Canadian champion , he will be aiming to take the international spotlight from old stagers like Lloyd Honeyghan and Kirkland Laing . |
| 2 | That the social sciences are a long way from devising scales which even approximate to the temperature scale is not to be wondered at . |
| 3 | The Extended Phenotype is a long book and its argument can not easily be crammed into one chapter . |
| 4 | In the time of Diocletian the principal apartment was a long gallery on the south side facing the sea on whose façade a magnificent colonnade stretched along the Adriatic . |
| 5 | The generally accepted idea was a long blockade , said an article by an author specialising in defence ( including attack , of course ) and that the winter season ensured that conventional military tactics would ‘ fly out of the window ’ . |
| 6 | In fact I thought the whole fairy-palace effect was a long way over the top and painfully unoriginal . |
| 7 | A fully integrated policy 's a long way down the road |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A Ford spokesman said he believed industrial action was a long way off . |
| 10 | The Corporation would argue that attracting future private sector-led employment is a long term aim and that , given the nature of the task it is too soon to assess the success of its strategy . |
| 11 | Naked heel 's a long fight . |
| 12 | Viewed from the adjacent lane is a long wall showing various features from different periods of the mill 's history . |
| 13 | The dock of a criminal court was a long way from the line ups Guppy is used to . |
| 14 | In theory , the use of Arabic as the medium of instruction in the medical schools of the Arab world is a long term objective decided upon by all Arab governments . |
| 15 | Illuminative evaluation is a long process involving the collection of a large amount of data and opinions , much of which will be conflicting and difficult to synthesize . |
| 16 | as you 'd expect , the big attraction is the nightlife and the main drag is a long procession of bars . |
| 17 | Wise men are a long time in the ship |