Example sentences of "a [adj] way [to-vb] before it " in BNC.
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1 | The Oxenhope Straw Race has a long way to go before it reaches its centenary , but the aims of the people who organise it and take part are the same as those who in the nineteenth century began the hospital sings at Holmfirth and Mapplewell . |
2 | The DTI still has a long way to go before it can seriously contest the Treasury 's hegemony over matters economic . |
3 | There 's a long way to go before it sounds natural . ’ |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Romania has a long way to go before it can even begin to climb out of its paralysis . |
6 | Such difficult transition demands time and balance and Romania has a long way to go before it is comfortable with its new identity . |
7 | ‘ Rock ’ climbing has already overtaken shopping as the number one leisure pursuit in most parts of the developed world — and still has a good way to go before it peaks . |