Example sentences of "they have a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This Tokyo factory is the one that makes the modern Schecter guitars as well as the Casio synth guitars and Kramer electrics ( recently deceased ) so they 've a long history of making quality instruments . |
| 3 | They had a long discussion on the longevity of seeds and no doubt Kalm delighted in the Dictionary and later set out in his Diary a splendid commendation : |
| 4 | They had a long way to go . |
| 5 | They had a long way to go before that could happen . |
| 6 | They had a long chat in Afrikaans ; Herbert specially mentioned the language because it was only the survivors of the family 's oldest generation who still habitually spoke it . |
| 7 | It was a relief to all of them when at half-past ten Robina got up and declared firmly that they had a long journey and must now go . |
| 8 | They forced themselves to eat the porridge , the eggs fresh from the nest , for they had a long day before them . |
| 9 | ( They had a long argument over this . ) |
| 10 | Fortunately , Viktor valued him and they had a long association before he ever worked with Irina . |
| 11 | They had a long walk over the moor to Bingley and Alfred Carter could n't afford to wait for them if they were late . |
| 12 | One of the things we did n't mention , deliberately , which I , I know Richard said they had a long debate about was child labour . |
| 13 | Consequently 21 per cent of the population of Great Britain report that they have a long standing limiting illness ( 19 per cent of males and 22 per cent of females ) . |
| 14 | If uranium prices are going to swing in favour of fast reactors , they have a long way to go . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | They have a long way to go . |
| 17 | But they have a long way to recover . |
| 18 | They have a long agenda that includes the GATT trade talks and a host of foreign issues , including Iraq , Bosnia , Russia and , to British embarrassment , Northern Ireland . |
| 19 | In the secondary sector they have a long history of influence as local employers . |
| 20 | They have a long history of use in planning practice , there is a wide measure of consensus about their use in control and , where covered by policy , it tends to be as broad , flexible statements in structure or local plans , amplified in detail in supplementary planning guidance . |
| 21 | Left unprocessed , they have a long storage life if kept dry . |
| 22 | They have a long tradition of solid trade union organisation . |
| 23 | Because of their composition , multiplicity of functions , procedures and restricted access to information , modern legislatures are limited in their struggle with bureaucracy even when , like the UK Parliament , they have a longer history , stronger tradition , higher status within the political culture and more central constitutional significance than most . |