Example sentences of "[vb base] a [adj] way go " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , if you 've a long way to go , it 's better to get there slowly than not at all . ’ |
| 2 | We 've a long way to go , pet , and you 've had an exciting day ’ , Tamar said firmly . |
| 3 | I 've a long way to go when it comes to these explanations . |
| 4 | You 've a long way to go yet and a lot to learn . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ We are going to develop inducements and encouragements for a major expansion of research and development , because if we are going to rival our major competitors we have a long way to go in catching up with them . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Ordinary wild plants , it seems , are weedier than crops , but both have a long way to go to catch up with the real pests . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | If uranium prices are going to swing in favour of fast reactors , they have a long way to go . |
| 11 | I 'm fifty and have a long way to go . |
| 12 | You have a long way to go to win them back . |
| 13 | But markets provide useful competition with local banks , which have a long way to go before they learn to allocate capital efficiently . |
| 14 | Sadly one has to conclude , if the illustrations of lessons reported in the published text are anything to go by ( and one can hardly conceive that the team held back good lessons ) then we still have a long way to go before we can claim with confidence that drama on the curriculum guarantees good education . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | So it is clear we have a long way to go before we can store up all the experiences of humankind . |
| 17 | We have a long way to go before society really shifts in attitude , and both men and women assume that caring is not only a woman 's job . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | They have a long way to go . |
| 20 | Although I feel I have a long way to go , I 'm a lot more aware of myself , so whenever I get twinges of pain I adjust accordingly and the pain immediately eases . |
| 21 | If the comments published in your magazine are typical , even the canoeing fraternity there have a long way to go . |
| 22 | A spokesman from Body Positive , a support group for people with the virus justified the campaign : ‘ We still have a long way to go because the general public is still very ignorant and there 's a lot of misinformation around . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We have a long way to go before we are able to record and translate accurately such imprints of ourselves left behind in the void of time . |
| 24 | Continued help in learning Spanish — I can now communicate , but still have a long way to go in fully understanding what people are saying to me |
| 25 | The Welsh lads have a long way to go before they match that sort of consistency , but it only needs one to become a permanent fixture for everything to change . |
| 26 | 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 ’ . |
| 27 | The research findings indicate that many authorities have a long way to go before their procedures come close to what one might reasonably describe as a partnership with parents . |
| 28 | Clearly we still have a long way to go to understand just how InsP 3 acts to open individual channels . |
| 29 | A closer look at the supposed benefits of object-oriented technology reveals that we still have a long way to go to realise them fully . |
| 30 | They saw the boom falling , but still have a long way to go to fill the hole that the decline of the mainframe is about to open up . |