Example sentences of "[be] a long and " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this would have been a long and painful process . |
| 2 | By now , the negotiations had been a long and tedious process . |
| 3 | It has been a long and widely held assumption that crime is very much more frequent among those of low social status . |
| 4 | It has been a long and winding road for the much-travelled Quinn to achieve fully-fledged Premier League status , even though his career record is better than a goal every two games . |
| 5 | Billie was fast asleep ; it had been a long and boring trip for someone crammed in the back . |
| 6 | However , there had been a long and consistent course of dealing which was adhered to on this occasion . |
| 7 | It had been a long and exhausting day , and she had to admit that she felt as tired as he looked . |
| 8 | I suspect you were disguised as a personable young man , a merry companion for the Gascons , after what must have been a long and gruelling journey . |
| 9 | Being the sinless character that I am , my quest for a sin has been a long and arduous task ( which started five minutes ago ) . |
| 10 | This partnership with City and Guilds is the latest collaboration in what has been a long and fuitgul relationship . |
| 11 | There has been a long and fruitful interplay between the two branches : Pure Mathematics develops methods used in Applied Mathematics ; Applied Mathematics has in turn raised problems which have ultimately led to the creation of whole areas of Pure Mathematics . |
| 12 | There has been a long and rather pointless debate on this question . |
| 13 | It had been a long and eventful day . |
| 14 | They take ponies to carry the stags down the hill — nevertheless , it can be a long and exhausting day out . |
| 15 | The killing can then be a long and slow process , and the animals often have to endure hours trapped in the midst of the bloody massacre of their family , awaiting their own agonising mutilation . |
| 16 | After years of foraging and running wild , Sadie was given one last chance to start a new life , but the learning process proved to be a long and challenging one |
| 17 | It can be a long and weary job — especially if you 've got more than one location — but there is no way to plan a conference , exhibition , rally or any other special event without proper advancing . |
| 18 | But we did win and it was the first game of what will be a long and demanding season . |
| 19 | You can also defrost and clean your fridge and freezer with the Steamatic , making short work of what can often be a long and messy job . |
| 20 | Breaking in a war boar can be a long and dangerous business , but fortunately Orcs have thick skulls and do n't feel pain much . |
| 21 | The cold was already making Gentle 's bruised bones ache fiercely , and in such a condition the two blocks back to Jude 's apartment would be a long and painful trek . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Producing several hundred pages of hard copy with a desk-top computer and printer would be a long and tedious business . |
| 24 | They had made her realize that even with proved adultery it would be a long and uncertain fight before she would be allowed to take away both children as the Italian courts would be reluctant to let the prince 's son be brought up outside his own country . |
| 25 | This is going to be a long and difficult task ; difficult , but in my view , absolutely essential . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Just as I am drawing his attention to the point and beginning what I know will be a long and wearying discussion , Mirsal , who has been fighting the cabman about his fare outside , appears and lets loose such a torrent of thumbnail word portraits of the clerk 's family that , used as I am to his powers in this respect , I am struck dumb with admiration . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | We are strong supporters of the peace process , but I hope that the House will recognise that it will be a long and difficult road . |
| 30 | The launch of any new product , in whatever industry , can be a long and complicated process . |