Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [verb] a long way " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a clear value in reducing the amount of chemical waste which has to be got rid of — and that thinking has a long way to go . |
| 2 | This decision goes a long way towards demonstrating the untenability of the marital-rape exemption in modern times . |
| 3 | ‘ The writer of this article lives a long way from Washington and would not know the answers to these questions . ’ |
| 4 | He called in his full executive to meet us and I 'm sure at the end of the day that this meeting went a long way to the tour going ahead instead of being cancelled ’ . |
| 5 | follow the pattern , but there again this stuff goes a long way |
| 6 | It might be early days but this approach falls a long way short of forging a relationship with the viewer and when he turned to the big screen to ask a reporter a single question , it came across as completely contrived . |
| 7 | The same research also shows , however , that the ‘ class ’ basis of support for the parties is now weakening significantly , and that even at its peak this phenomenon fell a long way short of the Marxist conception of political ‘ class consciousness ’ . |
| 8 | Sadly , we agreed , such prospects lie a long way off . |
| 9 | These facts go a long way towards explaining why the bream is not generally recognised as a hard-fighting fish . |
| 10 | The research findings indicate that many authorities have a long way to go before their procedures come close to what one might reasonably describe as a partnership with parents . |
| 11 | It is in fact the commercially provided infrastructure that is most lacking , and many people live a long way from a shop , although this is to some extent made up for by mobile shops . |
| 12 | Many children live a long way from their grandparents , so relationships with non-related older people need to be encouraged . |
| 13 | Many folks go a long way up the Bulger to fix a high runner and top-rope the move , but this is a bit naughty , and it wo n't help you on the upper slab . |
| 14 | ‘ Your own stories go a long way towards doing that . ’ |
| 15 | His own voice sounded a long way away , and muffled . |