Example sentences of "[conj] a long [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally , I 'm at that mysterious , precarious stage somewhere close to and a long way from that miraculous first sentence . |
| 2 | Frenchay is quiet — and a long way from Bath Road . |
| 3 | The mound was no mound at all , but actually a deer ; a very dead deer , and a long way from fresh . |
| 4 | A crop of injuries and a long break from competition militate against England 's Lisa Opie successfully defending the women 's title , for which Susan Devoy , of New Zealand , seven times champion , is the firm favourite . |
| 5 | Last year 3,284 were killed or seriously injured , which is down on the figure of 4,302 in 1981 , but a long way from the Department of Transport 's aim of cutting it to below 3,000 . |
| 6 | Apart from cases such as those we have been discussing , where the industries are nearly perfectly contestable , there are other , more traditional cases where the industry is a natural monopoly but a long way from being naturally contestable . |