Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [verb] a long way " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a real advantage when using the A2 live and also goes a long way to keeping the engineer happy in the studio , without taking precious minutes to reprogram . |
| 2 | Continued help in learning Spanish — I can now communicate , but still have a long way to go in fully understanding what people are saying to me |
| 3 | They saw the boom falling , but still have a long way to go to fill the hole that the decline of the mainframe is about to open up . |
| 4 | Ordinary wild plants , it seems , are weedier than crops , but both have a long way to go to catch up with the real pests . |
| 5 | Mr Gandhi has an election coming up and a big one-day cricket tournament not only goes down well with the electorate , but also goes a long way towards providing a short-term solution to the unemployment problem . |