Example sentences of "to be a long and [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He settled in for what seemed likely to be a long and gloomy winter : there was really nothing he could do except to carry on with his job and perhaps do some unpaid war work . |
| 2 | This is going to be a long and difficult task ; difficult , but in my view , absolutely essential . |
| 3 | Not just at the beginning but throughout what may prove to be a long and difficult journey of recovery . |
| 4 | It proved to be a long and painful process , starting at nine o'clock in the morning and ending at around three in the afternoon . |
| 5 | One thing is very clear : the road to constitutional change via a Bill of Rights , a written constitution , and an attack on parliamentary sovereignty is likely to be a long and bitter haul . |
| 6 | This is to be a longer and harder fight than any of them have ever witnessed at Sinatra 's or the Rainbow or any one of dozens of warehouses and car parks . |