Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [verb] [vb pp] a long " in BNC.

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1 First we felt that women have come a long way given the very radical and novel nature of their demands to enter public life as individuals in their own right .
2 It may be that osteopathy or chiropractic could help ; and both osteopaths and chiropractors have had a long training which includes medical education and qualifies them to give valuable help with backache .
3 If children have had a long period without normal feeding experiences they find difficulty in accepting oral food , chewing , and swallowing .
4 Both the founders sold out , and over the last decade Heidrick and Struggles has undergone a long and painful reorganisation .
5 Our cosmetics and toiletries have come a long way since the days when Elizabeth I used highly toxic lead powder to whiten and enhance her complexion !
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 So , how does the G M B best get over the message to the mem non- members because unions have progressed a long way since our founder , Will Thorne , collected subs in a bucket .
9 It was agreed this was not easy to do and it illustrated that deciding whether pupils had attained a long list of criteria would be a very considerable task .
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