Example sentences of "[noun prp] 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 | Clough has waited a long time for a decent run to establish himself after more than two years as squad makeweight . |
| 3 | Afghanistan has had a long history of neutrality and non-alignment which Soviet leaders have assiduously fostered . |
| 4 | Ayrshire has had a long association with the aeroplane , mainly centred on Prestwick Airport and the companies which have built aircraft on the site . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Chopper an' Frankie 's got a long walk 'ome , ’ Tony said . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | The loss of Davies to Widnes last January has cast a long shadow over British rugby . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | Marius had written a long one to his mother and sister , at home in Kalmar . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Mike ( Twid ) Turner had added a long ( 65m ) pitch on The Pinnacle , Cloggy . |
| 14 | Jones and Brewer have had a long series of injuries , but both are near enough to fitness and form . |
| 15 | Gemma 's got a long way to go before she gets to eighty |
| 16 | Teclis was stronger now , the potions of the Loremasters had gone a long way towards giving him mortal strength . |
| 17 | Ballylumford had had a long , bitter industrial dispute a few months earlier and the scars were raw and unhealed . |
| 18 | Phil 's got a long way to go actually |
| 19 | Kapil has advanced a long way since he burst onto the international scene in the late 1970s . |
| 20 | Geldof has come a long way since his first single with the Boomtown Rats , a hymn to selfishness called Looking After Number One . |
| 21 | Anna has come a long way from the Romanian orphanage where she spent the first two years of her life , a malnourished , incontinent infant with a shaven head . |
| 22 | Northwich-Winsford in mid-Cheshire has had a long record of stable employment provided by companies like ICI and Foden . |
| 23 | Miss Lodsworth had had a long day . |
| 24 | It was St Patrick 's Night , 1912 , and Sergeant O'Neil had had a long day , what with the parade and all . |
| 25 | If we wish to measure the past in terms of life-expectancy , poverty , ignorance , disease , education , comfort and leisure , then there is no doubt that the modern world in the West has come a long way . |
| 26 | ‘ Eric has come a long way since then , ’ said McAllister . |
| 27 | Western Europe had come a long way since 1945 . |
| 28 | This is a bit odd cos Banbury 's got a long way to travel |
| 29 | MacMillan has come a long way since 1963 but Hermanas can still grip when done as well as this . |
| 30 | Darlington had waited a long time for a shopping centre , she said , but the wait had its advantages . |