Example sentences of "have a long way [to-vb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The Oxenhope Straw Race has a long way to go before it reaches its centenary , but the aims of the people who organise it and take part are the same as those who in the nineteenth century began the hospital sings at Holmfirth and Mapplewell .
2 The DTI still has a long way to go before it can seriously contest the Treasury 's hegemony over matters economic .
3 Kubota has at least half a dozen Alpha chips in the labs , but says it still has a long way to go before there is sufficient software support to bring out the Titan 2.0 .
4 Mister Grant has a long way to go before he will fully recover from his injuries .
5 ‘ But I rather think my modest , high-minded , fastidious , idealistic wife has a long way to go before she qualifies for that description . ’
6 Romania has a long way to go before it can even begin to climb out of its paralysis .
7 Such difficult transition demands time and balance and Romania has a long way to go before it is comfortable with its new identity .
8 Nevertheless , Mr Lamont has a long way to go before he can recover the confidence of Scottish business leaders .
9 He has a long way to go but will keep playing as an amateur and then try to qualify for the Britsh open …
10 He has a long way to go but will keep playing as an amateur and then try to qualify for the Britsh open …
11 He has a long way to go but he has the right attitude . ’
12 This young man has a long way to go if he 's to earn a PhD in Biology like his mum .
13 And no matter how fresh the lads might get they 'll have a long way to go before they reach your handling , wo n't they , Andrew ? ’
14 They 've a long way to go if one of these youngsters are to compete at Sydney in the year 2 000 … but already they 've claimed a notable scalp .
15 I 've a long way to go when it comes to these explanations .
16 The majority of people were sympathetic , but we had a long way to go before people would be shouting ‘ Honte à la reine Britannique ’ in the streets .
17 Being a mere apprentice was boring and carried no cachet , and Lydia was dauntedly aware that she had a long way to go before she achieved the skills and ease of perfection .
18 She still had a long way to go and championship victories in Stuttgart , Rome , Seoul and Split followed , plus city marathons in Rotterdam , Chicago , Boston , Osaka and then London last year .
19 The University of Utah team made it clear that they still had a long way to go and would like another year to eighteen months to continue their research before announcing it .
20 The mounted soldier still had a long way to go and his influence was very considerable in the whole period covered by this book .
21 We had a long way to go and to start by knocking the monarchy would n't go down too well at home .
22 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 . ’
23 But markets provide useful competition with local banks , which have a long way to go before they learn to allocate capital efficiently .
24 Sadly one has to conclude , if the illustrations of lessons reported in the published text are anything to go by ( and one can hardly conceive that the team held back good lessons ) then we still have a long way to go before we can claim with confidence that drama on the curriculum guarantees good education .
25 So it is clear we have a long way to go before we can store up all the experiences of humankind .
26 We have a long way to go before society really shifts in attitude , and both men and women assume that caring is not only a woman 's job .
27 Unfortunately , as this book points out , some of the alternatives may look good on paper but they have a long way to go before they can match the tokamak .
28 ‘ We have a long way to go before we are able to record and translate accurately such imprints of ourselves left behind in the void of time .
29 The Welsh lads have a long way to go before they match that sort of consistency , but it only needs one to become a permanent fixture for everything to change .
30 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 .
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