Example sentences of "we have a long " in BNC.

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31 er , I did n't see a nun at , most of them were just ordinary nursing staff , just popped in to see how I was and we had a long chat about
32 Because we had a long discussion about training needs , audits and all this sort of thing .
33 ‘ We are going to develop inducements and encouragements for a major expansion of research and development , because if we are going to rival our major competitors we have a long way to go in catching up with them .
34 We know from our informal discussions with politicians of all shades of opinion that we have a long way to go , but many have been sympathetic to our aims .
35 A Union of Democratic Forces spokesman , Mr Georgi Spassov , said : ‘ This demonstrates that we have a long way to go before we have true democracy in Bulgaria . ’
36 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 .
37 So it is clear we have a long way to go before we can store up all the experiences of humankind .
38 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 .
39 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 .
40 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 ’ .
41 Perhaps we are just beginning to see how the brain works , but we have a long way to go .
42 We have a long and honourable tradition of public service and I know that this quality will prevail in the months ahead . ’
43 After all we have a long and tiring afternoon ahead of us ? ’
44 So , we have a long , hard task before us . ’
45 We have a long ride ahead of us tomorrow .
46 This leads me to believe that the questions surrounding male/female relationships are not simple , and we have a long way to go before we can simply pursue the ‘ if only men would ’ formula .
47 However , we have a long and enduring experience of wider responsibility in the world .
48 It will be aware also that we have a long , deep and bitter disagreement with the Government over their whole political and security policy in Northern Ireland .
49 We have a long journey to make to the south .
50 I do n't know it may be that I 'll be the only member er that talks in terms of a specific Euro seat er in any detail but it does matter in our area and we have a long history of arguing that case .
51 ‘ You ladies take far too long over your drinks , and we have a long drive ahead of us . ’
52 We have a long narrow area and the motorway has cut it in half .
53 We have a long narrow area and the motorway has cut it in half .
54 ‘ We have somewhere between £22,000 and £23,000 in the bank and there is cash still to come in , but we have a long way to go . ’
55 In an ideal world we would be recycling and re-using everything , but this is n't possible and we have a long way to go before we can turn all our waste into a resource .
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