Example sentences of "have a very long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But both research and theory into the structure and mechanisms of conversation have a very long way to go .
2 I think we still have a very long way to go erm but
3 Bivalves seem generally to have evolved at a slow canter rather than a brisk gallop ( see ammonites pp. 73–6 ) and some living bivalves have a very long ancestry ; the small sized genus ( Nucula ) has relatives in Ordovician rocks not very different from Recent species .
4 For analogue sound-recording , experience has shown that the metal masters used in the process of pressing disc copies have a very long life .
5 Earth science papers have a very long period of use , compared to physics or engineering , but there is variation between sub-disciplines .
6 It 's definitely a possession of other people , I have a very long list of things I want to do . ’
7 Such horses often have a very long coat of hair , a ‘ malnutrition coat ’ , which the horse grows against cold , as it does not have the normal layer of fat under its skin to protect it .
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