Example sentences of "[conj] we [vb base] a long " in BNC.
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1 | I know that we 've a long way today er to go today but would you just bear that in mind colleagues . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . ’ |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | And we take a long range view if you 're heading on the motorways this afternoon . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | ‘ You ladies take far too long over your drinks , and we have a long drive ahead of us . ’ |
10 | 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 . |
11 | However , the difference in performance between foreign- and UK-owned plants disappears if we take a longer time-span . |
12 | Perhaps we are just beginning to see how the brain works , but we have a long way to go . |
13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |