Example sentences of "has [verb] a long [noun] from " in BNC.

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1 American Pentecostalism has travelled a long way from its roots in the southern states .
2 VICTIM SUPPORT has come a long way from the six-month experiment set up 10 years ago by a group of concerned professionals in Bristol .
3 Contemporary psychology has come a long way from the time when J. B. Watson , the first behaviourist , forbade the consideration of non-observable entities .
4 She has come a long way from 1755 when John Whiston described her poetry as ‘ extremely fit for young ladies … ‘
5 Anna has come a long way from the Romanian orphanage where she spent the first two years of her life , a malnourished , incontinent infant with a shaven head .
6 He has come a long way from the rough-edged , bearded Glaswegian to the rich , Hollywood smoothie , all tan and haircut .
7 One-room living has come a long way from the old bed-sitter image with its general note of poverty and desperation .
8 Whitham has come a long way from April 16 , 1988 when he won the Enkalon 1,000cc race and became one of the few English riders to score at Kirkistown at that time .
9 It sounds like the Fire Service has come a long way from the early years .
10 Air refuelling has come a long way from the first attempts in the thirties where the co-pilot literally popped out and grabbed the hose .
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