Example sentences of "we have [verb] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | If we can achieve this , we have gone a long way towards solving the axe typology problem since groups of similarly shaped axes would appear as distinct clusters on the page and could be easily identified by eye . |
2 | Certainly we have gone a long way to improve the ‘ traditional ’ British Rail sandwich . ’ |
3 | We have travelled a long way from the traditional " dualist " and " monist " views of style outlined in Chapter 1 . |
4 | We have travelled a long way from the original accelerationist hypothesis as set out in Friedman 's Presidential Address . |
5 | Truly , we have travelled a long way from the high hopes and higher hyperbole of the 1980s , when inward investment offered a fast-track escape route from a crumbling manufacturing base . |
6 | What follows may suggest that we have moved a long way from the consideration of reading . |
7 | Will my hon. Friend please comment on the cost of that and on the fact that , 50 years after the Beveridge report , we have moved a long way from the principle of paying into the kitty through insurance before being allowed to draw out of it ? |
8 | ‘ We have waited a long time to have car tax taken off , but VAT is still 17.5 per cent , ’ he says . |
9 | ‘ We have to go a long way south before we get to Alaska , ’ he said . |
10 | So if , as seems likely , we have to wait a long time for a follow up to the triumphant Glyndebourne production , we should be all the more grateful for occasions like the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 's concert performance ( sponsored by English Estates ) . |
11 | We have got a long road ahead but he will get fit because he is so determined . ’ |
12 | Wigan chairman Jack Robinson said : ‘ We have had a long period of success under a lot of good coaches and we are confident John can do a great job for us . ’ |
13 | I just want to briefly introduce this , I do n't want to speak in any great , we have had a long debate in house do you if you wish to engage in a long debate again in view of the time tonight . |
14 | We have come a long way . |
15 | We have come a long way since the idealism of Lord Devlin — and that was only twenty years ago . |
16 | We have come a long way since then , and one of the greatest stresses in the world today is loneliness . |
17 | There are still many gaps , but we have come a long way . |
18 | We have come a long way since then , thanks to the vast amount of public investment over the last century . |
19 | We have come a long way since then , writes Dr David Breeze , Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments . |
20 | We have come a long way in this preliminary discussion without saying anything about what actually counts as data in the social sciences . |
21 | We have come a long way since the days of the ice cream van and the Medau tunic . |
22 | ‘ We demonstrated that we have come a long way since our first game in Zimbabwe . |
23 | Liz Brookes , from the Dyslexia Institute , said : ‘ We have come a long way during the last year and progress is being made , but it is not enough . |