Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] [verb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | But those old ideas do take a long time to die . |
| 2 | Modern petrological studies have gone a long way towards answering this question : polished hard-rock axes seem to have been made from stone obtained from a limited number of outcrops . |
| 3 | The Social Democrats have come a long way since the early 1980s when , newly tossed into opposition , the party was crippled by defeatism . |
| 4 | Most , if not all , of the more seriously disadvantaged areas have experienced a long history of marginalisation and of dependence on distant or alien authorities . |
| 5 | Of course photographic techniques HAVE come a long way since Ponting 's day . |