Example sentences of "it has [verb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if a child mutates in a big way , so that it has moved a long distance away from its parent in genetic space , what are the odds of its being better than its parent ? |
| 2 | Another dealer explained : ‘ There are some punters who will buy a stock just because it has fallen a long way . ’ |
| 3 | It has had a long and complicated history ; but , at the present day , the form required by law for the creation and transfer of estates and interests in land is both uniform and simple . |
| 4 | France has had no super-communications ministry ; but it has had a long tradition of state control , planning and Jacobin centralism . |
| 5 | It has come a long way in the last decade . |
| 6 | One of these types is the de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou and over the years it has attracted a long list of very satisfied customers . |
| 7 | It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control . |
| 8 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 9 | ‘ It has taken a long 10 years ' work to get Australia to where we are now yet it can disappear so quickly . |
| 10 | ‘ It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added . |
| 11 | Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic . |
| 12 | It has taken a long time for such unashamed aspiration to reach these shores , yet now , that mentality which is increasingly being demanded by the British in pursuance of their leisure activities , has finally arrived . |
| 13 | It has taken a long time for those engaged in mainstream adult education to attribute any significance to the Women 's Movement . |
| 14 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |