Example sentences of "[pron] have a long way " in BNC.

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1 I 've a long way to go when it comes to these explanations .
2 Although I feel I have a long way to go , I 'm a lot more aware of myself , so whenever I get twinges of pain I adjust accordingly and the pain immediately eases .
3 But markets provide useful competition with local banks , which have a long way to go before they learn to allocate capital efficiently .
4 " Do you have a long way to go ? "
5 For instance , if you 've a long way to go , it 's better to get there slowly than not at all . ’
6 You 've a long way to go yet and a lot to learn .
7 She had a long way , still , to go .
8 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 .
9 You have a long way to go to win them back .
10 We 've a long way to go , pet , and you 've had an exciting day ’ , Tamar said firmly .
11 I know that we 've a long way today er to go today but would you just bear that in mind colleagues .
12 We had a long way to go and to start by knocking the monarchy would n't go down too well at home .
13 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 .
14 ‘ 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 . ’
17 The revolution that resulted in molecular biology enabled us to begin to understand many of the processes in the cell at the molecular level , although it must be stressed that we have a long way to go .
18 So it is clear we have a long way to go before we can store up all the experiences of humankind .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 The sponsorship money will be used to upgrade facilities at the Stoop Memorial Ground because , according to chairman Roger Looker , ‘ We recognise we have a long way to go towards what we consider to be adequate facilities , particularly if we sustain our growth ’ .
22 Perhaps we are just beginning to see how the brain works , but we have a long way to go .
23 This leads me to believe that the questions surrounding male/female relationships are not simple , and we have a long way to go before we can simply pursue the ‘ if only men would ’ formula .
24 ‘ We have somewhere between £22,000 and £23,000 in the bank and there is cash still to come in , but we have a long way to go . ’
25 In an ideal world we would be recycling and re-using everything , but this is n't possible and we have a long way to go before we can turn all our waste into a resource .
26 If the comments published in your magazine are typical , even the canoeing fraternity there have a long way to go .
27 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 .
28 They had a long way to go .
29 They had a long way to go before that could happen .
30 If uranium prices are going to swing in favour of fast reactors , they have a long way to go .
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