Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [vb pp] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed the latest text has gone a long way towards meeting the UK 's objections . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | For the 30-year-old air liaison officer with the British force in the Croatian port of Split has introduced a novel way to get around . |
| 4 | The industry has come a long way since the day 's of men selling cornets from the back of bicycles . |
| 5 | One-room living has come a long way from the old bed-sitter image with its general note of poverty and desperation . |
| 6 | And in fact patient research has gone a long way towards resolving this knotty problem . |
| 7 | But by the third edition Spock had withdrawn a longish way from the doctrine that natural loving care cures all ills . |
| 8 | Mr Fallon said : ‘ The Dyslexia Institute has come a long way since 1973 and has raised the profile of dyslexia in the country . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But the industrial robot has come a long way since the early sixties when Joe Engelberger set up Unimation , the world 's first industrial robot making company . |
| 11 | An inventor has developed a high-flying way of scaring birds away from growing crops . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | CRISIS has become an uncomfortable way of life for the National Health Service … racked by a row which is dominating all the others . ’ |
| 14 | The addition of the words " The Editor " are still not going to solve the problem , since the editor of a national Newspaper is hardly likely to be interested in the launch a new kettle or the fact that your organisation has discovered a new way to process cheese ! |
| 15 | A taxi driver with a passion for art has found an original way of keeping his passengers amused . |
| 16 | It sounds like the Fire Service has come a long way from the early years . |
| 17 | American Pentecostalism has travelled a long way from its roots in the southern states . |
| 18 | The humble fryer has come a long way since the days when it was little more than a heating element and a thermostat . |
| 19 | ‘ The dog 's come a long way , ’ said another man . |
| 20 | I mean , you can go along and always think ‘ Oh there 's nothing to this ’ , but then for some reason or other somebody has a complaint 's gone a big way round and ends up right at the top , and then , of course cascading down comes the ‘ Why ? |
| 21 | I think the Home Secretary has gone a long way to meet many anxieties which were expressed |
| 22 | Curtain hardware has come a long way since the days of the narrow brass rod and rings . |
| 23 | Even if men 's fashion has come a long way since the Sixties , the overwhelming inspiration , Cerruti concedes , is still the archetypal English businessman 's suit . |
| 24 | ONE type of wild potato has developed a novel way of protecting itself from the ravages of aphids — by producing the chemical that aphids themselves use as an alarm signal . |
| 25 | The working-class youth had inherited a traditional way of watching a match , |
| 26 | Yet by the time Gorbachev became General Secretary in 1985 , the historical profession had advanced a long way from the crudities of Stalin 's era . |
| 27 | Contemporary psychology has come a long way from the time when J. B. Watson , the first behaviourist , forbade the consideration of non-observable entities . |
| 28 | Fortunately , our neutering scheme has gone a long way to alleviating this problem . ’ |
| 29 | BED and Breakfast has come a long way since the days when fearsome dragon landladies belched fire and brimstone over their terrified guests . |
| 30 | A car enthusiast has found a new way of making money out of Minis … he 's turning them into furniture . |