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

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1 But the full integration of special needs students has a long way to go , and requires much more commitment to the adaptation and modification of plans and a further shift of resources to those whose need is greatest .
2 There was a sinister and often rehearsed entrance wearing a long cloak and looking like Count Dracula .
3 The interpretation of ‘ mind ’ as information processing with a self-monitoring facility called consciousness goes a long way towards resolving the problem of body — mind interaction which Popper and Eccles ( 1978 ) have recently revived .
4 We get people coming a long way , in the car .
5 The political and economic origins of this approach to soil conservation go a long way to explaining it .
6 This trend will be most prevalent among larger companies that find downsizing takes a long time due to the complexity of their computing environment .
7 This trend will be most prevelant among larger companies that find downsizing takes a long time due to the complexity of their computing environment .
8 A dislike by Irish clerics for such an explicit and direct church — state relationship has a long tradition and comes out best in De Tocqueville 's ( 1957 ) conversations with Irish clergy on his visit to Ireland in 1834 .
9 The recently published book Collecting Lustreware goes a long way to correct such assumptions , for it gives a comprehensive account of all British pottery and porcelain manufacturers who are known to have made and/or decorated lustreware — and there was no shortage of them .
10 Little was known about the products of many of these areas , and much research still needs to be done but Collecting Lustreware goes a long way to redressing the balance .
11 For example , the ( now held to be correct ) notion that prolonged lactation was likely to delay impregnation had a long resonance .
12 By putting car parks a long way from vulnerable spots , it 's hoped the long ‘ walk-in ’ will mean fewer people reach places under threat .
13 Single gas instantaneous water heaters have their place alongside a storage system ; the main problem with relying on a gas multi-point heater to provide all the house 's hot water is the low flow rate which means baths take a long time to fill .
14 ‘ I love watching lights twinkling a long way away .
15 Most of all we need action to find a long term solution .
16 In the never-never land of unreal prices , widespread subsidies and easy bank loans , using resources efficiently to make profits comes a long way down the list of priorities .
17 Baby mesomorphs have a large appetite , and like to make feeds last a long time .
18 Seb determined he would find time to have a long talk with her when his present hectic spell of work came to an end .
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