Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [art] long [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The investment represents a personal victory for the city 's Principal Arts Officer , Elizabeth Goodall , who has led a long campaign to educate local politicians of the cultural and economic rewards to be reaped from properly investing in the visual arts infrastructure . |
| 2 | This minor impediment for the flanker is just sufficient to allow a fraction more time and space for the half-back to get things moving and has gone a long way to assist in opening the game up . |
| 3 | I think the Home Secretary has gone a long way to meet many anxieties which were expressed |
| 4 | The pyramid has taken a long time to crumble . |
| 5 | Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic . |
| 6 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 7 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 8 | Such a measure has taken a long time to appear . |
| 9 | It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control . |
| 10 | But he said : ’ You endeavoured to go a long way to cover your tracks by disposing of the apparatus . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
| 12 | It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone . |
| 13 | ‘ You would have to go a long way to see a better game than that . |
| 14 | And I think it w w was quite difficult for people because they 'd either have to walk a long way to try and make a telephone call . |
| 15 | If she had said no he would have had a long way to jump . |
| 16 | Although you might have driven a long way to get there , do n't put yourself into a situation you ca n't handle . |
| 17 | Peel ( 1966 ) considered that these would have taken a long time to form and their unidirectional nature may indicate that the north-east trades have been blowing over this area for a very long time . |
| 18 | It took Rauschning a long time to realise that his standpoint was exactly opposite to Forster 's . |
| 19 | But those old ideas do take a long time to die . |
| 20 | You do take a long time to come out has not reached the non strikers and er , some said he had a little reading from who . |
| 21 | She really did have a long way to go , and she had not yet learned to recognise the precise lineaments , the demeanour and the shape of the shadow of Stan . |
| 22 | Development banks tend to take a long time to evaluate a project and are likely to impose conditions such as putting out all construction and equipment contracts to competitive tender . |
| 23 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’ |
| 25 | I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've got a long way to go before I 'm thirty , ’ she 'd say . |
| 27 | You 've got a long way to go before you can set up on your own . |
| 28 | As I say you 've er , you 've got a long way to go , okay , fine thank you . |
| 29 | mm , I 've got a long way to go yet then have I ? |
| 30 | It does n't need me to say that we 've got a long way to go . |