Example sentences of "a [adj] way [to-vb] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Keeping your farmyard and the surrounding area well lit with security floodlights at night is a cost-effective way to help keep criminals away .
2 A closer look at the supposed benefits of object-oriented technology reveals that we still have a long way to go to realise them fully .
3 They saw the boom falling , but still have a long way to go to fill the hole that the decline of the mainframe is about to open up .
4 I am sure that all hon. Members will welcome that increase , although there is clearly still a long way to go to reflect the fact that women constitute 51 per cent .
5 But he has a long way to go to close down Sir Teddy 's 15,000 majority .
6 I got a long way to go to get to high class .
7 Ordinary wild plants , it seems , are weedier than crops , but both have a long way to go to catch up with the real pests .
8 The birth was on July 1st and at 7 lb 7 oz he 's got a long way to go to catch up to dad .
9 Anne : he had a long way to go do you think he 's done enough to survive ?
10 He 's got a long way to go to find it .
11 Clearly we still have a long way to go to understand just how InsP 3 acts to open individual channels .
12 You have a long way to go to win them back .
13 Today 's graduates have a long way to go to match the service of the RAF 's longest serving ex-apprentice .
14 Britons join pasta set BRITONS are eating more pasta than ever before but they still have a long way to go to match their continental neighbours , according to a survey by pasta makers Buitoni .
15 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 .
16 It will be a long way to wait to have your place .
17 Well he came a long way to get chucked out did n't he ?
18 And if you walk in pleasant surroundings , you 'll find it a good way to let go of stress , too .
19 This is a good way to make known the University and a good way too to remind graduates of their Nottingham connection .
20 Aerial photographs are often a useful way to start to approach these historic landscapes and townscapes .
21 He ladles out the contents of the pot while I am wondering if the laibon thinks it was a handy way to get rid of a rival .
22 However , it is a painless way to get started for the novice and will quickly introduce the user who is already familiar with the earlier version to the new features .
23 It was a monstrous way to have to work in such a complex field .
24 Pension campaign leader Ken Trench last night said : ‘ It 's a shoddy way to try to stop us fighting for our rights . ’
25 Raymond Salisbury-Jones 's aviation company is offering a new way to entertain demanding business clients — but only if you have a fairly weighty expense account .
26 I say borrow but the cash was never refunded and I expect Dad thought it was a cheap way to get rid of him .
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