Example sentences of "have a long way to go " in BNC.
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| 31 | And no matter how fresh the lads might get they 'll have a long way to go before they reach your handling , wo n't they , Andrew ? ’ |
| 32 | For instance , if you 've a long way to go , it 's better to get there slowly than not at all . ’ |
| 33 | We 've a long way to go , pet , and you 've had an exciting day ’ , Tamar said firmly . |
| 34 | I 've a long way to go when it comes to these explanations . |
| 35 | You 've a long way to go yet and a lot to learn . |
| 36 | They 've a long way to go if one of these youngsters are to compete at Sydney in the year 2 000 … but already they 've claimed a notable scalp . |
| 37 | British officials denied the conditions were already virtually fulfilled by Serbia , saying that Mr Milosevic ‘ had a long way to go ’ before the EC would be satisfied . |
| 38 | The woman was in black stilettoes , walking slowly and evidently in pain — as if she had walked into the country in inappropriate shoes and was blistered and had a long way to go , as if this hot summer wind from the chalk hills was almost too much for her . |
| 39 | They had a long way to go . |
| 40 | She still had a long way to go and championship victories in Stuttgart , Rome , Seoul and Split followed , plus city marathons in Rotterdam , Chicago , Boston , Osaka and then London last year . |
| 41 | True , she probably still had a long way to go . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | From their point of view they still had a long way to go in rescuing their past . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | The mounted soldier still had a long way to go and his influence was very considerable in the whole period covered by this book . |
| 47 | We had a long way to go and to start by knocking the monarchy would n't go down too well at home . |
| 48 | The majority of people were sympathetic , but we had a long way to go before people would be shouting ‘ Honte à la reine Britannique ’ in the streets . |
| 49 | Being a mere apprentice was boring and carried no cachet , and Lydia was dauntedly aware that she had a long way to go before she achieved the skills and ease of perfection . |
| 50 | They had a long way to go before that could happen . |
| 51 | Travellers today said the Charter was a step forward , but BR still had a long way to go . |
| 52 | Anne : he had a long way to go do you think he 's done enough to survive ? |
| 53 | ‘ 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 . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | Ordinary wild plants , it seems , are weedier than crops , but both have a long way to go to catch up with the real pests . |
| 56 | 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 . ’ |
| 57 | If uranium prices are going to swing in favour of fast reactors , they have a long way to go . |
| 58 | I 'm fifty and have a long way to go . |
| 59 | You have a long way to go to win them back . |
| 60 | But markets provide useful competition with local banks , which have a long way to go before they learn to allocate capital efficiently . |