Example sentences of "we [vb base] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In this study , we report the long term results of dilatation in these patients .
2 In this report we assess the long term ( 5–7 year ) survival , exercise capacity , perceived quality of life , and employment in these 18 patients .
3 We ride a long way and in late afternoon ( sun time rather than clock time , which has long ceased to be important to us ) we stop for coffee so that Odd-Knut can work out a route .
4 As we begin the long curve and haul out of the city , rain spots the windshield .
5 The problem simply Mr Mayor is that during the morning peak period traffic enters the city via causeway , going erm I think erm this traffic that 's coming over the is joined by local traffic from roads leading off causeway and the result of that is that er on many occasions er we get a long tailback of traffic er waiting to turn right at the junction of causeway and road .
6 We go the long way ; who knows how long it will be before we come this way again ?
7 Then there 's what we call the long tour , which has got seven characters from the house 's history on it .
8 We 've a long day ahead of us tomorrow , ’ Travis agreed , but there was something in his voice that alerted Paige to the fact that he had more to say , and that it was n't particularly good news .
9 We 've a long way to go , pet , and you 've had an exciting day ’ , Tamar said firmly .
10 I know that we 've a long way today er to go today but would you just bear that in mind colleagues .
11 And we take a long range view if you 're heading on the motorways this afternoon .
12 ‘ Have n't we come a long way ? ’ he said , and collapsed .
13 ‘ You ladies take far too long over your drinks , and we have a long drive ahead of us . ’
14 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 .
15 ‘ 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 .
16 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 .
17 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 . ’
18 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 .
19 So it is clear we have a long way to go before we can store up all the experiences of humankind .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 ’ .
23 Perhaps we are just beginning to see how the brain works , but we have a long way to go .
24 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 .
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 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 .
27 We have a long journey to make to the south .
28 We have a long ride ahead of us tomorrow .
29 Following this we have the long period of isostatic emergence , rapid weathering of the new mountains with the formation of molasse-type deposits , widespread red bed sedimentation and also perhaps a period of glaciation , before peneplanation , widespread marine transgressions and the recommencement of the cycle in new troughs .
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