Example sentences of "have come a long [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He has come a long way since he worked as a production runner with James Wong Howe and Martin Ritt in a coal-mining village in Pennsylvania . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Geldof has come a long way since his first single with the Boomtown Rats , a hymn to selfishness called Looking After Number One . |
| 5 | The industry has come a long way since the day 's of men selling cornets from the back of bicycles . |
| 6 | Packaging technology has come a long way since the founder opened his first shop in 1869 , and the requirements of today 's customer are very different from those of the Victorian housewife . |
| 7 | Er psychiatry has come a long way and er certain diagnostic st studies and diagnostic tests are taken of the individual erm and the doctors conclude whether or not the the work contributed to the problem or not . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've come a long way since the U.2 fiasco . ’ |
| 9 | We 've come a long way since a 1953 bride-to-be wrote a despairing plea to a weekly magazine for someone to offer a more varied menu than cold ham , salad and trifle for her wedding breakfast . |
| 10 | But I 've come a long way and er so I 'll go back next er Wednesday to the department and er er if people will bear with me and put up with it er I 'll take it er fairly slowly to start with but I dare say there will come a time when er erm you wo n't notice much difference . |
| 11 | Rufus had come a long way since the Goblander days and the car he got into to drive himself to the hospital he attended two mornings a week was a Mercedes , not yet a year old . |
| 12 | She had come a long way and as far as she could see it would take much longer even to reach the foothills . |
| 13 | Wintec and Thorowgood saddles have come a long way since early designs and Thorowgood also make wipe-clean bridles that look smart enough for most occasions . |
| 14 | Microwave ovens have come a long way since they first appeared in our kitchens about 20 years ago , but how do you know which type will suit your style of cooking ? |
| 15 | Of course photographic techniques HAVE come a long way since Ponting 's day . |
| 16 | THE greeting cards , gift wrap and stationery people T&A Thompson Cards have come a long way since it all began for them in a garage about 15 years ago — they have just opened a superb new outlet in the Ravenhill Business Park . |
| 17 | it 's come a long way since we had Lego . |