Example sentences of "[be] a long and " in BNC.
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| 1 | They take ponies to carry the stags down the hill — nevertheless , it can be a long and exhausting day out . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But we did win and it was the first game of what will be a long and demanding season . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Producing several hundred pages of hard copy with a desk-top computer and printer would be a long and tedious business . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | This is going to be a long and difficult task ; difficult , but in my view , absolutely essential . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The launch of any new product , in whatever industry , can be a long and complicated process . |
| 18 | This can be a long and painstaking task and is usually undertaken by the venture capitalists themselves , supported by accountants and lawyers . |
| 19 | But for some who failed to master the course , it 'll be a long and lonely drive home . |
| 20 | Not just at the beginning but throughout what may prove to be a long and difficult journey of recovery . |
| 21 | As we said , we would n't be on the picket line now , and indeed the Union would not be backing us in what is proving to be a long and fairly expensive dispute , if we did n't believe that we had a very good chance of getting our jobs back and re-establishing the Union in Pergammon Press . |
| 22 | 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 . |