Example sentences of "a long [noun] go " in BNC.
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| 31 | But markets provide useful competition with local banks , which have a long way to go before they learn to allocate capital efficiently . |
| 32 | The stock still has a long way to go before its regains the 780p level at which its stood in early April before a warning of a slow-down in sales . |
| 33 | The other part , communication , still has a long way to go . |
| 34 | Sadly one has to conclude , if the illustrations of lessons reported in the published text are anything to go by ( and one can hardly conceive that the team held back good lessons ) then we still have a long way to go before we can claim with confidence that drama on the curriculum guarantees good education . |
| 35 | Clearly there is a long way to go , and this lack of financial resources is not helping . |
| 36 | But there is a long way to go . |
| 37 | The woman was in black stilettoes , walking slowly and evidently in pain — as if she had walked into the country in inappropriate shoes and was blistered and had a long way to go , as if this hot summer wind from the chalk hills was almost too much for her . |
| 38 | It is sad that a man with so many good qualities should have led so many down the wrong path , damaging the sport he obviously loves , but I feel that the Charlie Francis story still has a long way to go . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | There is a long way to go . |
| 41 | They had a long way to go . |
| 42 | Eventually , as the generalizations are built up ( and in this field of research there is still a long way to go ) a ‘ theory ’ of social aspects of theatre can be built which will be based on social empirical foundations rather than shaky speculation or sweeping generalizations . |
| 43 | So it is clear we have a long way to go before we can store up all the experiences of humankind . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | They have a long way to go . |
| 47 | Although I feel I have a long way to go , I 'm a lot more aware of myself , so whenever I get twinges of pain I adjust accordingly and the pain immediately eases . |
| 48 | If the comments published in your magazine are typical , even the canoeing fraternity there have a long way to go . |
| 49 | But that does not mean Britain can rest on its laurels — there is still a long way to go . |
| 50 | But even Heathrow has a long way to go . |
| 51 | He 's got a long way to go home , ’ said Ray Shepherd quietly . |
| 52 | A spokesman from Body Positive , a support group for people with the virus justified the campaign : ‘ We still have a long way to go because the general public is still very ignorant and there 's a lot of misinformation around . ’ |
| 53 | The Oxenhope Straw Race has a long way to go before it reaches its centenary , but the aims of the people who organise it and take part are the same as those who in the nineteenth century began the hospital sings at Holmfirth and Mapplewell . |
| 54 | We 've a long way to go , pet , and you 've had an exciting day ’ , Tamar said firmly . |
| 55 | Which is where Wales would love to be now — though , not withstanding the obvious improvement , there is a long way to go before the benefit of a more productive line-out provided by Anthony Copsey and Gareth Llewellyn and more solid scrummage based on Mike Griffiths , Garin Jenkins and Laurance Delaney is complemented by corresponding forward mobility and the consequent winning of clean , quick loose ball . |
| 56 | She still had a long way to go and championship victories in Stuttgart , Rome , Seoul and Split followed , plus city marathons in Rotterdam , Chicago , Boston , Osaka and then London last year . |
| 57 | ‘ 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 . |
| 58 | ‘ But there is still a long way to go and we will keep on striving to end injustices against consumers . |
| 59 | ‘ It 's a long way to go for a 45-minute service and a reception — even if you 're not 92 years old , ’ said one of her aides , who insisted that her absence was not intended as a snub . |
| 60 | He added : ‘ She is going to make it but there is a long way to go and she is still seriously ill . |