Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 ’ . |
| 32 | Perhaps we are just beginning to see how the brain works , but we have a long way to go . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | Similarly , in the Philippine language Samal , we have a four way distinction based on four kinds of participant role : ( i ) close to speaker , ( ii ) close to addressee , ( iii ) close to audience ( other members of Conversational group ) , ( iv ) close to persons present but outside the COnversational group that consists of speaker , addressee(s) and audience . |
| 37 | Thus we have a precise way of establishing the validity of non-local effects in quantum phenomena . |
| 38 | If we have a principled way of discerning the stable sub-assemblies , thereby distinguishing them from merely arbitrary collections of parts , then we can as it were see the evolutionary pedigree of a complex structure . |
| 39 | Thus even if we accept that the duty of directors to act in the best interests of shareholders can be equated with a duty to maximize profits this does not provide us with any real assurance that the wishes of the shareholders are being executed by the directors or that we have a satisfactory way of controlling the discretion accorded to directors in the name of the Rule of Law . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | It means in effect that they had a quasi-sensuous way of seeing abstractions . |
| 42 | It means , in effect , that they had a quasi-sensuous way of seeing abstractions . |
| 43 | They had a long way to go . |
| 44 | They had a long way to go before that could happen . |
| 45 | If uranium prices are going to swing in favour of fast reactors , they have a long way to go . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | They have a long way to go . |
| 48 | But they have a long way to recover . |
| 49 | They have a curious way of sitting on the back seat , unfamiliar with the correct posture . |
| 50 | He has a long way to go before equalling last year 's prize money of £42,399 , but the wonder horse proved that he is again in irresistible form when opening Whitaker 's account with a first prize of £3,700 . |
| 51 | But he has a long way to go to close down Sir Teddy 's 15,000 majority . |
| 52 | Obviously he has a long way to mature physically , but he 's surpassed our hopes . |
| 53 | He has a long way to go but will keep playing as an amateur and then try to qualify for the Britsh open … |
| 54 | He has a long way to go but will keep playing as an amateur and then try to qualify for the Britsh open … |
| 55 | He has a long way to go but he has the right attitude . ’ |
| 56 | But he is derisive about English defenders and he has a descriptive way of saying so . |
| 57 | No BBC stooge , he has a sharp way with erring broadcasters . |
| 58 | Thankfully , ‘ Dirty ’ , the Sonics ' recent Geffen album , entered the UK Top Ten during the first week of release and , even if it has a long way to go to equal the sales of ‘ Nevermind ’ , things could be taking a turn for the better . |
| 59 | He had a curious way of stressing words in the wrong place , sometimes swallowing them completely , but there was a hypnotic singsong quality to his voice which made it very hard to concentrate on what he was actually saying . |
| 60 | mind he had a Milky Way bar and then afterward he had a mini Milk |