Example sentences of "a long [noun] go " in BNC.
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| 61 | Downing Street admitted : ‘ There is a long way to go . |
| 62 | ‘ It would be stupid to rule out promotion because there is a long way to go and we are now looking a decent team , ’ he said . |
| 63 | But Smith said bluntly : ‘ The League race is only at the half-way stage and there is still a long way to go . ’ |
| 64 | We have surprised even ourselves this season , but there is a long way to go yet . ’ |
| 65 | With two matches against Brugge , then the important trip to Marseille and the last game against the Russians , there is still a long way to go . |
| 66 | Continued help in learning Spanish — I can now communicate , but still have a long way to go in fully understanding what people are saying to me |
| 67 | I 'm not getting into a fight over some silly little first-year whether she 's your sister or not , and if you 'll excuse me , this porridge is bad enough hot , but cold it 's inedible and there 's a long way to go till lunchtime . ’ |
| 68 | True , she probably still had a long way to go . |
| 69 | We are sitting in a good position now but there 's a long way to go . |
| 70 | There 's still a long way to go . |
| 71 | The dt route suddenly appeared to be promising , though there is still a long way to go as it takes 20 to 40 times this to make a muon in a particle accelerator . |
| 72 | The University of Utah team made it clear that they still had a long way to go and would like another year to eighteen months to continue their research before announcing it . |
| 73 | Yet there is a long way to go , particularly in breaking down some of the fixed images of early Anglo-Saxon society . |
| 74 | But he said : ‘ We 're not getting carried away — there 's still such a long way to go . ’ |
| 75 | Shearer has not proved himself yet and has a long way to go . ’ |
| 76 | Thankfully , ‘ Dirty ’ , the Sonics ' recent Geffen album , entered the UK Top Ten during the first week of release and , even if it has a long way to go to equal the sales of ‘ Nevermind ’ , things could be taking a turn for the better . |
| 77 | But they explained there was still a long way to go . |
| 78 | The Welsh lads have a long way to go before they match that sort of consistency , but it only needs one to become a permanent fixture for everything to change . |
| 79 | ‘ We want to win for as long as we can because it would be a long way to go for just one game . |
| 80 | The sponsorship money will be used to upgrade facilities at the Stoop Memorial Ground because , according to chairman Roger Looker , ‘ We recognise we have a long way to go towards what we consider to be adequate facilities , particularly if we sustain our growth ’ . |
| 81 | In 1926 , on any economic criterion , they still had a long way to go , when , pacified by the placebos of the previous year , they claimed a moral victory , and vanished into the archives of oblivion . |
| 82 | The day left Anselm in possession of the pastoral staff , but there was still a long way to go before he was a fully consecrated archbishop . |
| 83 | From their point of view they still had a long way to go in rescuing their past . |
| 84 | Without this slow agricultural revolution , which still had a long way to go in many European countries in 1880 , food production would not have been able to keep up with population growth . |
| 85 | Such distinctions mattered more in Russia or the Dual Monarchy , where the capitalist and professional classes had still a long way to go before winning social acceptance by the old nobility . |
| 86 | The research findings indicate that many authorities have a long way to go before their procedures come close to what one might reasonably describe as a partnership with parents . |
| 87 | But the full integration of special needs students has a long way to go , and requires much more commitment to the adaptation and modification of plans and a further shift of resources to those whose need is greatest . |
| 88 | Although he realises there is still a long way to go , he does believe that the UK 's second year results indicate a sustainable turnaround , adding that last year 's performance was very close to budget . |
| 89 | The DTI still has a long way to go before it can seriously contest the Treasury 's hegemony over matters economic . |
| 90 | But there was still a long way to go , for the intransigent opposition not only refused to give way but put intense private pressure on Paul to reject this pernicious doctrine of collegiality . |