Example sentences of "a long [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those that need a long day-length to complete their life-cycle often refuse to bloom in the shade . |
| 2 | But the low priority still given to gender , and the position of women in the foothills of the profession , ( see BSA , 1986 ) together with increased competition for the limited funding available for sociological research in the present political climate , suggest that feminists still face a long struggle to put women 's issues onto sociology 's mainstream agenda . |
| 3 | Dr Vijayan also reports that after a long struggle to arouse their interest , Pakistani environmentalists are aware of the threat to the bird . |
| 4 | We have a long journey to make to the south . |
| 5 | However , readers are advised to phone the Club Secretary on before a long journey to check on meeting and/or speakers etc . |
| 6 | I went to the sink and turned the cold tap on for a long drink to combat the dehydration . |
| 7 | Then there was a long drive to get to the house . |
| 8 | Reversed from previous years , the last 10 miles included a long climb to begin with and continued on higher ground , which was exposed to both direct sun and prevailing wind . |
| 9 | Drew had never been extravagant , but he could n't see the point of parsimony for parsimony 's sake , so he had decided to look for a patron , some ignoramus who would pay him a long salary to coach him and look after his ponies . |
| 10 | Gasgcoine is rather a long word to say so I suppose the boys at school call him Gazza . |
| 11 | Unlike un-historical nations , Poland had a long history to recall and refurbish . |
| 12 | And war , once started , has a long road to run . |
| 13 | Residents have fought a long campaign to stop some motorists using the roads as a race track . |
| 14 | After a long campaign to set the record straight , including an investigation by a House of Lords committee , Salter was eventually vindicated in 1990 when the Department of Energy agreed to adjust the figures in its official literature . |
| 15 | The investment represents a personal victory for the city 's Principal Arts Officer , Elizabeth Goodall , who has led a long campaign to educate local politicians of the cultural and economic rewards to be reaped from properly investing in the visual arts infrastructure . |
| 16 | A long campaign to avoid this consequence was waged by Anthony Wedgewood-Benn , as he was then known , when he inherited the Stansgate title . |
| 17 | After a long fight to beat inflation , the government does not feel sympathetic to these demands . |
| 18 | That was the other thing , it took me a long fight to get my eye drops . |
| 19 | Besides this , it goes a long way to account for their toughness , as we shall see in Chapter 9 . |
| 20 | ‘ I came a long way to say I 'm sorry , ’ Leonora reminded him . |
| 21 | Certainly we have gone a long way to improve the ‘ traditional ’ British Rail sandwich . ’ |
| 22 | I appreciate that the television companies have to get the best shots of the game or we 'd complain about that , but I think they should bear in mind those people who have paid to see the game and , in some cases like mine , travelled a long way to see the match . |
| 23 | Then the Bishop firmly gripped the King 's tunic round his chest and shook it violently , saying again , " You owe me a kiss because I have come a long way to see you . " |
| 24 | ‘ You would have to go a long way to see a better game than that . |
| 25 | But still a long way to go . |
| 26 | It may not be ready in time , I told her , there 's still a long way to go . |
| 27 | He is a free spirit , with a long way to go , who should be closely followed |
| 28 | ( Recovering them is a matter of great urgency ; and a start has been made , but there 's a long way to go — especially with Upward , whom oblivion has enveloped with a completeness that is startling and significant . ) |
| 29 | Rodgers knows there is a long way to go before the big one in December , but he has the makings of a strong , hard pack and the chance of additional talent behind them providing injury does not intervene . |
| 30 | There is a clear value in reducing the amount of chemical waste which has to be got rid of — and that thinking has a long way to go . |