Example sentences of "[is] a long and " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I wo n't go through the rest of it , it 's a long and er it 's just brought us on the same sort of thing , but what it proves is that we are getting somewhere and that is what I thought was rather important news , which I want to do . |
| 2 | It 's a long and drawn out affair — one minute of cartoon can take weeks to build . |
| 3 | It 's a long and patient wait for a moment of fame . |
| 4 | When I first loaded up the pack I really thought it would be a bit top heavy — it 's a longer and slimmer pack than most British models — but I was delighted to discover that my fears were unfounded . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , watching the AX 's fuel gauge fall to empty is a long and tedious vigil . |
| 6 | Cheesemaking by hand is a long and tiring process — it sounds idyllic but is very hard , physical work . |
| 7 | The raising of a mentally handicapped child is a long and hard road , but then many would say so is bringing up any child . |
| 8 | It is a well-known fact that clipping is done in the shade as it is a long and sweaty business for man and sheep , and was especially so before the days of electric clipping . |
| 9 | A stream of lava is a long and complicated object and a great many things can happen to it , depending on its own physical condition and the sort of ground it is moving over . |
| 10 | The lateral membrane and the central membrane are two variations of the pneumatic press , the principle being the same for both : the membrane is a long and large taste-free rubber balloon which inflates when the press is full , gently crushing the grapes against the inside of the horizontal cylinder which has channels and ducts . |
| 11 | It 's just that we feel the human body can take so much and the English season is a long and punishing one as it it . |
| 12 | There is a long and distinguished history of studying the visual system using ‘ psychophysical ’ procedures in which variations in subjective visual experience with variations in visual input are studied . |
| 13 | The bacterial reduction of organic materials to simple compounds that dissolve in the water content of the soil is a long and slow process . |
| 14 | There is a long and useful section on making the best of your snap-shots when you return home . |
| 15 | As well as adding to the old part of the story , the continuators brought it up to date till the death of Geoffrey le Bel , occasionally slipping into detailed narrative of events : there is a long and useful excursus on the politics of 1118 . |
| 16 | Piers Rodgers , the Academy 's Secretary , makes the point that this is a show about art , not politics : ‘ There is a long and distinguished history of art and culture in Tibet and that civilisation is under threat at the moment . |
| 17 | Persian tolerance of Hews is a long and honourable tradition . |
| 18 | Which is a long and irrelevant preamble to saying it 's an obvious priority , and more congenial , to write to you and acknowledge with warm thanks and much acclamation the copy of Litterära Strövtåg i London , which arrived yesterday and is already much browsed-through . |
| 19 | Polybius concludes with a Homeric line which he would never have used for Rome , however suitable the adaptation might have been : " To Egypt is a long and dangerous road " ( Odys. 4.483 ) . |
| 20 | The history of social measurement is a long and fascinating one , certainly too considerable to do justice to here . |
| 21 | Study and classification of the Bearsden finds is a long and laborious business but Dr Michael Coates of Cambridge hopes very shortly to be able to publish the names and details in scientific journals . |
| 22 | 1992 ) there is a long and contentious road to travel . |
| 23 | ‘ It is a long and slow process , ’ said a senior RUC officer . |