Example sentences of "be a long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It 'll be a long day for him wo n't it ?
2 Tomorrow will be a long day in the auction house with no room to move .
3 Since each baboon interacts with many others , and since there may be a long delay between action and reciprocation , stability requires that a baboon should recognise individuals , and remember how each has behaved , or , at the very least , associate with each individual a positive or negative sign , depending on how it has behaved .
4 In any event , it will be a long haul for the Cape Verdian people to escape their poverty trap even if things go well .
5 At present they ‘ share ’ the offence of indecent assault with many minor forms of misconduct , such as giving an unwanted kiss or fondling clothes being worn by someone else , for which the penalty is likely to be a long way down the scale .
6 The ‘ cat in the hat ’ effort that will see the Macintosh environment on other RISC processors , appears to be a different effort again , and may be a long way down the road , licensing issues aside .
7 The ‘ cat in the hat ’ effort that will see the Macintosh environment on other RISC processors , appears to be a different effort again , and may be a long way down the road , licensing issues aside .
8 The RENFE train station must be a long way from the centre , I thought , just as we began to enter the acid neon groves of the darkening city , through a narrow glade of brightly lit shops , the Corrielo , then through a vast archway — a policeman 's shrill whistle — and the bus was rolling and swinging right into the grand Plaza Mayor , which it circled slowly , triumphantly hooting .
9 The place where the water leaves the ground may be a long way from where recharge occurs .
10 We appear to be a long way from finding effective means of primary prevention of attempted suicide .
11 Sometimes the image they create may be a long way from expressing their real character but the search is on — through fashions , chats with friends , reactions from boyfriends — to find a style that suits their temperament and physical type .
12 Behind my annoyance the self-preserving part of my mind was pointing out that the sooner I got going , the sooner I could be a long way from Fraxilly farmland .
13 They may be a long way from performing in the Greatest Show on Earth , but getting there has certainly got them in a spin .
14 Even though Climent and Bardolet appear to be a long way in front — over 250 points — Meeke explains that Spain uses a European-style co-efficient scoring system .
15 A refugee from the Colette-Willy ménage of the early nineteen hundreds , from what promised to be a long stint of sterile work as Willy 's secretary and as yet another among the throng of that extraordinary man 's unacknowledged collaborators , the young Marcel Boulestin fled the malicious gossip , the dramas and scandals in which these two now legendary figures were for ever involving each other and their friends .
16 You might think that there would be a long line of officials queuing up to undertake such a testing spying mission — and apparently there was .
17 ‘ It is the first in what we hope will be a long line of animation series from HTV .
18 Instead it was understood that there would be a long period of commodity circulation and all that that implied .
19 The committees are empowered to suggest amendments , and the bill which is returned to the house ( if it ever is ) may be substantially different from its original form ; there may be a long period of debate between representatives of the two houses of the Legislature and the Executive before consensus can be reached .
20 ‘ We are in the early stage of what will be a long debate in Europe , ’ she said .
21 ‘ It 'll be a long job at his age , ’ said his Mum .
22 I think it 's going to be a long summer with a lot of killings . ’
23 But if character assassination were a crime , there 'd be a long list of suspects .
24 Erm Oh dear this is going to be a long list of things I was supposed to do but did n't .
25 That is just one of many anomalies in what will be a long list in Committee .
26 Well it 's gon na be a long time off that yet , another half an hour
27 The TRW group is working on the same lines-but it will be a long time before GI Joe puts his faith in orders from General Computer .
28 Three years can be a long time in a young life , Bernice concluded , and three years in Bernice 's century had certainly changed Ace .
29 We shall be a long time in Isvik .
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