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7 | But by the third edition Spock had withdrawn a longish way from the doctrine that natural loving care cures all ills .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 | 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 ! |
14 | It sounds like the Fire Service has come a long way from the early years . |
15 | American Pentecostalism has travelled a long way from its roots in the southern states . |
16 | The humble fryer has come a long way since the days when it was little more than a heating element and a thermostat . |
17 | ‘ The dog 's come a long way , ’ said another man . |
18 | 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 ? |
19 | I think the Home Secretary has gone a long way to meet many anxieties which were expressed |
20 | Curtain hardware has come a long way since the days of the narrow brass rod and rings . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | The working-class youth had inherited a traditional way of watching a match , |
24 | 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 . |
25 | Contemporary psychology has come a long way from the time when J. B. Watson , the first behaviourist , forbade the consideration of non-observable entities . |
26 | Fortunately , our neutering scheme has gone a long way to alleviating this problem . ’ |
27 | BED and Breakfast has come a long way since the days when fearsome dragon landladies belched fire and brimstone over their terrified guests . |
28 | A car enthusiast has found a new way of making money out of Minis … he 's turning them into furniture . |
29 | A car enthusiast has found a new way of making money out of Minis … he 's turning them into furniture.He 's making sofas which he calls driving seats … and they 're selling all over the world.Richard Barnett reports : |
30 | AIR travel has come a long way at Aldergrove since the first wide-eyed civilian passengers flew there 30 years ago . |