Example sentences of "has come a [adj] way " in BNC.

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31 Either way he has come a long way in a very short time , especially for someone who left journalism for PR at the age of 22 after failing to break into daily newspapers .
32 It sounds like the Fire Service has come a long way from the early years .
33 Er psychiatry has come a long way and er certain diagnostic st studies and diagnostic tests are taken of the individual erm and the doctors conclude whether or not the the work contributed to the problem or not .
34 The former RAF engineer , of Eskdale , Skelmersdale , has come a long way since 1982 when he suffered a serious heart attack and his health then gradually deteriorated to the point where surgeons at Wythenshawe Hospital , Manchester , eventually decided that a heart transplant was Mr Brownrigg 's only chance .
35 Packaging technology has come a long way since the founder opened his first shop in 1869 , and the requirements of today 's customer are very different from those of the Victorian housewife .
36 Air refuelling has come a long way from the first attempts in the thirties where the co-pilot literally popped out and grabbed the hose .
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