Example sentences of "a long [noun] to go " in BNC.

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1 But still a long way to go .
2 It may not be ready in time , I told her , there 's still a long way to go .
3 He is a free spirit , with a long way to go , who should be closely followed
4 ( Recovering them is a matter of great urgency ; and a start has been made , but there 's a long way to go — especially with Upward , whom oblivion has enveloped with a completeness that is startling and significant . )
5 Rodgers knows there is a long way to go before the big one in December , but he has the makings of a strong , hard pack and the chance of additional talent behind them providing injury does not intervene .
6 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 .
7 He has a long way to go before equalling last year 's prize money of £42,399 , but the wonder horse proved that he is again in irresistible form when opening Whitaker 's account with a first prize of £3,700 .
8 ‘ We are going to develop inducements and encouragements for a major expansion of research and development , because if we are going to rival our major competitors we have a long way to go in catching up with them .
9 The manner of Biggs 's defeat was to say the least surprising and on this evidence Mason has still a long way to go before he can think of himself as a genuine contender for the world championship .
10 We know from our informal discussions with politicians of all shades of opinion that we have a long way to go , but many have been sympathetic to our aims .
11 He believes it still has a long way to go .
12 The early signs are encouraging — but there 's a long way to go .
13 Ordinary wild plants , it seems , are weedier than crops , but both have a long way to go to catch up with the real pests .
14 A Union of Democratic Forces spokesman , Mr Georgi Spassov , said : ‘ This demonstrates that we have a long way to go before we have true democracy in Bulgaria . ’
15 The new chairman , Dr Gregor Gysi , told an emergency party congress at the weekend that the SED had made a start in ‘ breaking with Stalinism , ’ but added that there was still a long way to go in ‘ overcoming Stalinist structures ’ .
16 The new chairman , Dr Gregor Gysi , told an emergency party congress at the weekend that the SED had made a start in ‘ breaking with Stalinism , ’ but added that there was still a long way to go in ‘ overcoming Stalinist structures ’ .
17 ‘ I have just got it confirmed , but these things take time , and there 's a long way to go yet . ’
18 If uranium prices are going to swing in favour of fast reactors , they have a long way to go .
19 I 'm fifty and have a long way to go .
20 You have a long way to go to win them back .
21 There 's still a long way to go , but for both the major parties in the UK , computer campaigning in the constituencies is now widespread .
22 For instance , if you 've a long way to go , it 's better to get there slowly than not at all . ’
23 But there is a long way to go .
24 When the Congregational Union officially urged this new course on the colleges in 1902 there was still a long way to go : A. M. Fairbairn warned Sir Alfred Dale , then Principal of University College , Liverpool , ‘ I think one has to be very careful as to giving the theological colleges power over the regulation of degrees .
25 But he has a long way to go to close down Sir Teddy 's 15,000 majority .
26 British officials denied the conditions were already virtually fulfilled by Serbia , saying that Mr Milosevic ‘ had a long way to go ’ before the EC would be satisfied .
27 Questor Column : Still a long way to go for Waterford
28 Whitaker also had Gammon entered in the World Cup final but , as his wife Claire said yesterday : ‘ It would have been a long way to go with just one horse .
29 But markets provide useful competition with local banks , which have a long way to go before they learn to allocate capital efficiently .
30 The stock still has a long way to go before its regains the 780p level at which its stood in early April before a warning of a slow-down in sales .
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