Example sentences of "[noun sg] has [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 | Mr Fallon said : ‘ The Dyslexia Institute has come a long way since 1973 and has raised the profile of dyslexia in the country . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | An inventor has developed a high-flying way of scaring birds away from growing crops . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | CRISIS has become an uncomfortable way of life for the National Health Service … racked by a row which is dominating all the others . ’ |
| 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 | A taxi driver with a passion for art has found an original way of keeping his passengers amused . |
| 15 | It sounds like the Fire Service has come a long way from the early years . |
| 16 | American Pentecostalism has travelled a long way from its roots in the southern states . |
| 17 | The humble fryer has come a long way since the days when it was little more than a heating element and a thermostat . |
| 18 | I think the Home Secretary has gone a long way to meet many anxieties which were expressed |
| 19 | Curtain hardware has come a long way since the days of the narrow brass rod and rings . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Contemporary psychology has come a long way from the time when J. B. Watson , the first behaviourist , forbade the consideration of non-observable entities . |
| 23 | Fortunately , our neutering scheme has gone a long way to alleviating this problem . ’ |
| 24 | BED and Breakfast has come a long way since the days when fearsome dragon landladies belched fire and brimstone over their terrified guests . |
| 25 | A car enthusiast has found a new way of making money out of Minis … he 's turning them into furniture . |
| 26 | 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 : |
| 27 | AIR travel has come a long way at Aldergrove since the first wide-eyed civilian passengers flew there 30 years ago . |
| 28 | Now , you 'll be pleased to learn , a Lincolnshire company has developed an inexpensive way of drastically reducing that particular hazard , as temporarily as necessary , for instance , while your children are young . |
| 29 | Tank decor has come a long way in recent years from the garish backdrop , and the odd lump of rock with a few dying plants . |
| 30 | Whitham has come a long way from April 16 , 1988 when he won the Enkalon 1,000cc race and became one of the few English riders to score at Kirkistown at that time . |