Example sentences of "be a long [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been a long resistance to accepting that , in spite of the logical stringency with which laws in science are formulated , interrelated and tested , their origin has never ceased to be the same . |
| 2 | It had been a long ride to an enclosure full of low single-storeyed huts of corrugated iron with cinder paths around , and all set in a large flat field of sparse greying grass . |
| 3 | It would have been a long walk to here , and no doubt some other person would have been offering a dubious lift by the time she arrived . |
| 4 | It 's a long way to Tipperary , Mandalay and Bedford Square . |
| 5 | The hit song of the year was ‘ It 's A Long Way to Tipperaray ’ but old Ireland was singing an older song and building up a hidden army . |
| 6 | It 's a long way to the pawnshop — |
| 7 | It 's a long way to the pawnshop — |
| 8 | And it 's a long way to where we came in . |
| 9 | After the ship 's foghorn had blasted out six times , they set sail from Dover , one thousand men huddled together on the deck of HMS Resolution singing , ‘ It 's a Long Way to Tipperary ’ . |
| 10 | She said , feeling angry with herself , ‘ It 's a long drive to London . |
| 11 | ‘ I fancy it very much , ’ she said , and checked her watch , ‘ but it 's well past three and it 's a long drive to Lisbon , so should n't you make a start ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It 's a long time to me . |
| 13 | That 's a long time to be shopping . ’ |
| 14 | That 's just That 's a long time to be You must be the oldest family in do you think . |
| 15 | It 's a long time to be at work . |
| 16 | It 's a long walk to Meall Corranaich and just before the top , the ridge splits away to the west which causes some confusion in poor visibility . |
| 17 | But it is a long way to upper Strath Conon , especially from the Welsh Marches , whence my companion had drive . |
| 18 | ‘ It is a long way to the Greshorns , ’ Guillamon said . |
| 19 | It is a long way to Talisker , and there are fewer beasts to be met on the river than on the land these days . |
| 20 | The intuition behind this result is that , when there is a long time to the delivery date , there is still much time for new information to affect the delivery price , and therefore any single piece of information is relatively unimportant . |
| 21 | The current yield is therefore only really useful when there is a long time to maturity , in which case the capital gain or loss element will be small . |
| 22 | ‘ Ten months is a long time to be apart and then to be brought together to compete against such a good , experienced team as the Lions , ’ said Grant Fox , New Zealand 's masterly goal kicker . |
| 23 | It was a long way to Cornwall . |
| 24 | They will have experienced distance ( ‘ It was a long way to the seaside ’ ) ; time ( ‘ Please can I stay up longer ? ) ; quantity ( ‘ Can I have some more sweets ? ) ; capacity ( ‘ My glass is empty ’ ) and comparison ( ‘ I 'm taller than John ’ ) . |
| 25 | It was a long way to sunset , but the air in the tower seemed to be getting colder by the moment . |
| 26 | It was a long way to Hackballs Cross , and she hated herself for going , spat hatred at herself as she threw the Metro southwards . |
| 27 | It was a long drive to Dresden . |
| 28 | It was a long journey to Alum Bay . |
| 29 | And first , there was a long interruption to normal service at Prime Minister 's Question Time when two Tory backbenchers threw themselves in front of the House and got mown down by the Opposition roaring with ridicule . |
| 30 | It was a long walk to the chair in front of the desk . |