Example sentences of "[is] a long [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's a long way from the roots of the sport . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's a long way from home . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It 's a long way from the back streets of Brixton to the green fields of Huntingdon , ’ he impressed on the county set . |
| 4 | It 's the closest we 're going to get to a rave tonight , but it 's a long way from the kind of thing Mister C is used to . |
| 5 | This is hardly a stream of invective and obscenity but it 's a long way from the stuffed shirt formality of the '50s interviews . |
| 6 | It 's a long way from completion , but Bill says he 's already approached ROBERT DE NIRO to play Elvis . |
| 7 | Ed Douglas looks at the continuing controversy surrounding plans to bolt parts of Land 's End and suggests that though the idea may be dead , it 's a long way from being buried |
| 8 | IT 'S A long way from the dark night vigils outside the Opera House when protesters railed against Godard 's ‘ blasphemous ’ ‘ Je Vous Salue Marie ’ and Scorcese 's ‘ Last Temptation of Christ ’ ! |
| 9 | After all , it 's a long way from Manchester . ’ |
| 10 | She 's a long way from any source of supply and if there 's something that has to be specially made , or is too bulky to fly out — a new engine , for instance … ’ |
| 11 | " Well , " the seneschal said , " it 's a long way from here to there . " |
| 12 | But I can assure you it 's a long way from the truth . ’ |
| 13 | I 'm afraid that 's a long way from the truth . ’ |
| 14 | It 's a long way from Washington , USA to Wing in Buckinghamshire , but Sandra Walker will tell you it 's a move worth making . |
| 15 | It 's a long way from the sturdy frames the technicians normally handle . |
| 16 | It 's a long way from the wild west ; more of a vale where the only horse around is the white one carved on a hill nearby , but Uffington has become the annual venue for the national gun slinging championships . |
| 17 | It 's a long way from the stiff formality of a normal Lord Lieutenant 's engagement . |
| 18 | It 's a long way from the killing fields of northern France seventy five years ago , but the City Of Oxford Theatre Group still want to pay tribute to the thousands who died in the Great War . |
| 19 | It 's a long way from the horrors of the war in the former Yugoslavia . |
| 20 | Lynda 's a long way from a full recovery yet . |
| 21 | Because Heyford 's a long way from Hinksey . |
| 22 | Well , it 's a long drive from Essex … |
| 23 | It 's a long road from here to there — at least as far as it was from there to here via Jamaica ! |
| 24 | Because it 's a long road from sad des desolation , being orphaned to true happiness . |
| 25 | I 've got some cyclists up at Haystock but years ago I mean when they coming up there , it 's a long road from Doncaster Market an an an deep old ditches |
| 26 | It 's a long walk from Otters ' Bay in the bad weather . |
| 27 | It 's a long walk from the Tower to Poplar . ’ |
| 28 | This is a long distance from the rural areas of Wyre and there would be substantial costs in time and money for magistrates , witnesses and police making the journey to Fleetwood . |
| 29 | The North Riding is a long way from London . |
| 30 | MOTHERWELL Civic Hall is a long way from Las Vegas , but when Gary Jacobs defends his Commonwealth welterweight title there tonight against Donovan Boucher , the Canadian champion , he will be aiming to take the international spotlight from old stagers like Lloyd Honeyghan and Kirkland Laing . |