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

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1 Mr Fallon said : ‘ The Dyslexia Institute has come a long way since 1973 and has raised the profile of dyslexia in the country .
2 Curtain hardware has come a long way since the days of the narrow brass rod and rings .
3 Packaging technology has come a long way since the founder opened his first shop in 1869 , and the requirements of today 's customer are very different from those of the Victorian housewife .
4 Air refuelling has come a long way from the first attempts in the thirties where the co-pilot literally popped out and grabbed the hose .
5 AIR travel has come a long way at Aldergrove since the first wide-eyed civilian passengers flew there 30 years ago .
6 For example , supposing you want to refer to the fact that the groom is a medical student and you have a story about a king dying in the Middle Ages who says the physician has killed him , tell this story but end it , ‘ Of course medicine has come a long way since those days , .
7 VICTIM SUPPORT has come a long way from the six-month experiment set up 10 years ago by a group of concerned professionals in Bristol .
8 It sounds like the Fire Service has come a long way from the early years .
9 Tank decor has come a long way in recent years from the garish backdrop , and the odd lump of rock with a few dying plants .
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