Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] a long [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the low priority still given to gender , and the position of women in the foothills of the profession , ( see BSA , 1986 ) together with increased competition for the limited funding available for sociological research in the present political climate , suggest that feminists still face a long struggle to put women 's issues onto sociology 's mainstream agenda . |
| 2 | Sadly one has to conclude , if the illustrations of lessons reported in the published text are anything to go by ( and one can hardly conceive that the team held back good lessons ) then we still have a long way to go before we can claim with confidence that drama on the curriculum guarantees good education . |
| 3 | A spokesman from Body Positive , a support group for people with the virus justified the campaign : ‘ We still have a long way to go because the general public is still very ignorant and there 's a lot of misinformation around . ’ |
| 4 | Continued help in learning Spanish — I can now communicate , but still have a long way to go in fully understanding what people are saying to me |
| 5 | Clearly we still have a long way to go to understand just how InsP 3 acts to open individual channels . |
| 6 | A closer look at the supposed benefits of object-oriented technology reveals that we still have a long way to go to realise them fully . |
| 7 | They saw the boom falling , but still have a long way to go to fill the hole that the decline of the mainframe is about to open up . |
| 8 | Others , focusing on issues such as the inequality in the wages paid to men and women or the violence that women receive at men 's hands , argue that women still have a long way to go before they are fully liberated . |
| 9 | I believe delegation and empowerment is starting to show improvements but we still have a long way to go . |
| 10 | Others still have a long way to go and a lot to learn about their disabilities . |
| 11 | Richard Spindler and Julia Verity know they still have a long way to go . |
| 12 | Britons join pasta set BRITONS are eating more pasta than ever before but they still have a long way to go to match their continental neighbours , according to a survey by pasta makers Buitoni . |
| 13 | Det Insp Gordon Williams added : ‘ We still have a long way to go before we reach our target . |
| 14 | But even with the successful , and still limited legislation , backed up with the pressure of millions of pounds recovered in compensation by our union , we still have a long way to go . |
| 15 | Florida will suffer because it is a centre of the fertiliser industry ; Pennsylvania , because it has a concentration of steel and cement works ; Kansas , because farmers use a lot of fuel ; California , because its residents habitually drive a long way to work . |
| 16 | Ordinary wild plants , it seems , are weedier than crops , but both have a long way to go to catch up with the real pests . |
| 17 | We often take a long time to hear of what is going on in the outside world and when we do find out , it can take even longer to get into the field . |