Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a long [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 31 | We have travelled a long way from the original accelerationist hypothesis as set out in Friedman 's Presidential Address . |
| 32 | Truly , we have travelled a long way from the high hopes and higher hyperbole of the 1980s , when inward investment offered a fast-track escape route from a crumbling manufacturing base . |
| 33 | The only difficulty you might face is in getting the right look — doors that match the style of your house — but manufacturers have come a long way from the early aluminium-framed types , and a range of styles is now available . |
| 34 | The Inspirals have come a long way from 1989 's full-tilt three-minute organ romp early days . |
| 35 | But manufacturers have come a long way from the aluminium-framed picture windows that disfigured so many homes in the early days of the replacement window boom , and a wide range of window styles is now available . |
| 36 | It was then , and still is now , very much an island holiday paradise , but it 's come a long way from what were fairly basic beginnings and in addition to natural beauty can now offer resorts as modern and sophisticated as anywhere else in the Med . |
| 37 | Having successfully made the leap from television to the silver screen , she 's come a long way from her origins in Nowheresville , Nevada , but then Nowheresville , Nevada , sounds a little like Twin Peaks . |
| 38 | What follows may suggest that we have moved a long way from the consideration of reading . |
| 39 | Will my hon. Friend please comment on the cost of that and on the fact that , 50 years after the Beveridge report , we have moved a long way from the principle of paying into the kitty through insurance before being allowed to draw out of it ? |
| 40 | But I have gone a long way from my original fine lace and the number of strokes of the lace carriage . |