Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb base] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you say what we want to hear , or you take a long walk . |
| 2 | And then these overall evaluations change too , so you have a long evolutionary process here , you see , the working out of human evaluations , and while you wo n't get you wo n't get total agreement that the you will erm some sort of co-ordination and the particularly I argue that while there 's an area sort of in the middle , as it were , where you can get away with all sorts of things , you see , there are cliffs . |
| 3 | I know that we 've a long way today er to go today but would you just bear that in mind colleagues . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It will be aware also that we have a long , deep and bitter disagreement with the Government over their whole political and security policy in Northern Ireland . |
| 8 | Consequently 21 per cent of the population of Great Britain report that they have a long standing limiting illness ( 19 per cent of males and 22 per cent of females ) . |
| 9 | This Tokyo factory is the one that makes the modern Schecter guitars as well as the Casio synth guitars and Kramer electrics ( recently deceased ) so they 've a long history of making quality instruments . |
| 10 | And I mean a long time ! ’ |
| 11 | Add the possible problem with the wart , her upset at being all but mobbed by the crowd on a very hot day , and her apparently being carried off a true course in the straight by Achilles , and you have a long menu of excuses or explanations . |
| 12 | And you have a long walk . ’ |
| 13 | For instance , if you 've a long way to go , it 's better to get there slowly than not at all . ’ |
| 14 | If you require a long , technical explanation of how pre-flash works together with such terms as ‘ Gamma ’ and ‘ Exponential Progression ’ Gene 's book , ( Chapter 12. ) will explain it . |
| 15 | If you require a long , technical explanation of how pre-flash works together with such terms as ‘ Gamma ’ and ‘ Exponential Progression ’ Gene 's book , ( Chapter 12. ) will explain it . |
| 16 | But she put it up here , I think probably to make it easier , I mean if anyone 's had , I do n't know if anyone had children in the seventies when it was the fashion to wear very long skirts , or even as I find going up and down stairs in my nightie , you 're more than likely to fall and break a leg and the baby 's neck at the same time , if you wear a long skirt . |
| 17 | If you need a long term home we will help you to find somewhere where the costs can be met by the Department . |
| 18 | And we take a long range view if you 're heading on the motorways this afternoon . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I do n't know it may be that I 'll be the only member er that talks in terms of a specific Euro seat er in any detail but it does matter in our area and we have a long history of arguing that case . |
| 21 | ‘ You ladies take far too long over your drinks , and we have a long drive ahead of us . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The new proposals on water competition were introduced following our discussion in Committee , and they go a long way to improving competition in the water industry . |
| 24 | Perhaps we are just beginning to see how the brain works , but we have a long way to go . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 26 | Beans , pulses and grains feature increasingly in a healthy diet , but they take a long time to cook , even using a microwave . |
| 27 | These may seem trivial examples , but they go a long way towards helping teachers assess the success of different parts of the school in which they work and , ultimately , that of the whole institution . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | But they have a long way to recover . |
| 30 | Well , we can do that Saturday because they take a long time to get across . |