Example sentences of "[art] [noun] have [verb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had quite liked the thought of being fit and athletic some time in the future , although the signs had taken a long time coming . |
| 2 | The industry has come a long way since the day 's of men selling cornets from the back of bicycles . |
| 3 | The pyramid has taken a long time to crumble . |
| 4 | The CNAA had come a long way since 1964 : ‘ from being a shy bureaucracy it has become an important and an innovatory force in higher education ’ . |
| 5 | The Inspirals have come a long way from 1989 's full-tilt three-minute organ romp early days . |
| 6 | The Community has gone a long way towards achieving that central purpose ; towards taming nationalism without suppressing patriotism ; towards sharing sovereignty without destroying nations ; and towards putting the magic of markets to work for society in a stable democratic setting . |
| 7 | Teclis was stronger now , the potions of the Loremasters had gone a long way towards giving him mortal strength . |
| 8 | She wore another severe suit , grey this time over a white blouse , but perhaps in honour of the occasion had added a long twisted rope of coral , pearls and crystal . |
| 9 | ‘ The dog 's come a long way , ’ said another man . |
| 10 | It showed that the junior had driven a long pin right through the patient 's brain . |
| 11 | ‘ The players , myself and the staff have come a long way together and are not about to let all the hard work go down the drain . ’ |
| 12 | If we wish to measure the past in terms of life-expectancy , poverty , ignorance , disease , education , comfort and leisure , then there is no doubt that the modern world in the West has come a long way . |
| 13 | Today the Garrett manufacturing vase shows the company to have come a long way from the first detectors built on the garage bench . |
| 14 | The Carolingians had come a long way from the single ancestral beer-hall : the chief officers would invite groups of the young men to their houses ( mansiones ) for dinner , " not to encourage gluttony , but for the sake of promoting true rapport ; and rarely would a week go by without each [ youth ] receiving one such invitation from someone " . |
| 15 | Such a measure has taken a long time to appear . |