Example sentences of "[noun] a long [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relief work and voluntary aid continues , which is what brought truck drivers Dick and Ray a long way from their Oxford homes to deliver important equipment to the struggling hospitals and orphanages . |
| 2 | These cells have their origin a long distance from the sex organs . |
| 3 | If you do much watering by can a long way from a tap , get a matching pair , each holding 2 gallons . |
| 4 | Charles was taking the job a long way from the safe arena of charitable patronage and ribbon-cutting and into politically dangerous areas , where constitutionally , he ought not to be . |
| 5 | Toilets a long distance from the classroom and shared with older children |
| 6 | Waterford as highly encouraging — exploration between Kilmeaden and Kilmacthomas found primary gold traces of nearly two ounces per tonne — though this is of course a long way from a commercial proposition . |
| 7 | Finally I arrived at Ballinasloe , to find the station a long way from the town . |
| 8 | The privilege of addressing the House on a Friday morning and of winning the ballot to present a private Member 's motion is , however , something of a mixed blessing for hon. Members like myself who represent constituencies a long way from London . |
| 9 | Scenes a long way from the serenity of New College , Oxford , where the Howard League for Penal Reform is hosting a conference examining the nature , causes and treatment of violence . |
| 10 | He turns up the Holloway Road , with its rows of pubs for men a long way from home . |
| 11 | In Germany , where the authorities have wisely allocated digital phones a slot a long way from that used by their analogue brothers , there are other worries . |
| 12 | But 29-year-old Davey , who now lives in a lavish Florida mansion a long way from the two-up two-down terraced house he was brought up in , has no guarantees of success . |