Example sentences of "[noun] was [adv] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ford personnel director John Hougham said he believed industrial action was still a long way off . |
| 2 | The war was now a long distance away ; everything was quiet , except for a very faint rumble of artillery in the distance , in the direction of the River Seine . |
| 3 | The use of videos for updating purposes was probably a longer term aim . |
| 4 | But our first win was certainly a long time coming . ’ |
| 5 | We did n't go on the motorbike that time , since Darlington was rather a long way and the general unreliability of the machine argued against using it . |
| 6 | The shelter was quite a long way away , and there would n't be time to come back to the steps . |
| 7 | Even so , Basque autonomy was still a long way from being achieved when , during 1933 , the left 's grip on power started to loosen . |
| 8 | Five years after the FMI 's launch , in other words , full implementation was still a long way off and ultimate success was far from assured . |