Example sentences of "long [noun] to go [subord] [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | Others , focusing on issues such as the inequality in the wages paid to men and women or the violence that women receive at men 's hands , argue that women still have a long way to go before they are fully liberated . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've got a long way to go before I 'm thirty , ’ she 'd say . |
| 5 | And I 'm afraid that as all I 've seen is one miscalculated mishap after another you 've got an awful long way to go before I 'm convinced of anything . |
| 6 | A great deal of the plant is now under computerised control although there is still a long way to go before it is as automated as other maltings in the group . |
| 7 | Such difficult transition demands time and balance and Romania has a long way to go before it is comfortable with its new identity . |
| 8 | After all we are only half way through this year 's Charity of the Year programme and there is still a long way to go if we are to raise enough to fully fund the training of a Macmillan Nurse . |
| 9 | It 's a long way to go if he 's just round the corner . ’ |
| 10 | This young man has a long way to go if he 's to earn a PhD in Biology like his mum . |