Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] a long " in BNC.
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1 | Johnson Matthey has had a long and important involvement in the development of cisplatin and carboplatin , the platinum-based anti-tumour drugs used in the treatment of testicular and ovarian cancer . |
2 | Indeed the latest text has gone a long way towards meeting the UK 's objections . ’ |
3 | 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 . |
4 | As most of you will know , Queens Park has had a long standing partnership with the Baptist Church in Doolay Falls near Wichita , Kansas . |
5 | Such a measure has taken a long time to appear . |
6 | Clough has waited a long time for a decent run to establish himself after more than two years as squad makeweight . |
7 | The industry has come a long way since the day 's of men selling cornets from the back of bicycles . |
8 | Afghanistan has had a long history of neutrality and non-alignment which Soviet leaders have assiduously fostered . |
9 | Ayrshire has had a long association with the aeroplane , mainly centred on Prestwick Airport and the companies which have built aircraft on the site . |
10 | One-room living has come a long way from the old bed-sitter image with its general note of poverty and desperation . |
11 | And in fact patient research has gone a long way towards resolving this knotty problem . |
12 | The pyramid has taken a long time to crumble . |
13 | There were no regulations to prevent people from walking up the Balmoral side of the mountain when the Queen was not staying at the castle , and Richard had chosen a long ascent from the Balmoral side for the sake of privacy . |
14 | ‘ Chopper an' Frankie 's got a long walk 'ome , ’ Tony said . |
15 | The only difficulty you might face is in getting the right look — doors that match the style of your house — but manufacturers have come a long way from the early aluminium-framed types , and a range of styles is now available . |
16 | But manufacturers have come a long way from the aluminium-framed picture windows that disfigured so many homes in the early days of the replacement window boom , and a wide range of window styles is now available . |
17 | Cuba has gone a long way to reducing gender inequalities , though power relations still clearly favour men , a fact of which all Cubans , including their leaders , are very aware . |
18 | But once again this ‘ temporary ’ extension of power and influence has lasted a long time , and the relative weighting of Diet , Cabinet , Bureaucracy and Judiciary remains a debated issue . |
19 | Joyce Barker has had a long association with Trinity Mill and recalls that the gearing was so light and precise that , even as a child of five , she could easily control the milling process and the sack hoist ! |
20 | Mr Fallon said : ‘ The Dyslexia Institute has come a long way since 1973 and has raised the profile of dyslexia in the country . |
21 | The loss of Davies to Widnes last January has cast a long shadow over British rugby . |
22 | The CNAA had come a long way since 1964 : ‘ from being a shy bureaucracy it has become an important and an innovatory force in higher education ’ . |
23 | Marius had written a long one to his mother and sister , at home in Kalmar . |
24 | Washington had come a long way from the converted house of 1835 , the charmingly simple Italianate villa of 1851 , or even the pleasingly revivalist Baltimore and Potomac of 1873–7 . |
25 | Mike ( Twid ) Turner had added a long ( 65m ) pitch on The Pinnacle , Cloggy . |
26 | Most , if not all , of the more seriously disadvantaged areas have experienced a long history of marginalisation and of dependence on distant or alien authorities . |
27 | The Inspirals have come a long way from 1989 's full-tilt three-minute organ romp early days . |
28 | Jones and Brewer have had a long series of injuries , but both are near enough to fitness and form . |
29 | Gemma 's got a long way to go before she gets to eighty |
30 | 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 . |