Example sentences of "long way to go [conj] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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1 | The immediate political crisis had been averted , but there was still a long , long way to go before we could claim victory . |
2 | Sadly one has to conclude , if the illustrations of lessons reported in the published text are anything to go by ( and one can hardly conceive that the team held back good lessons ) then we still have a long way to go before we can claim with confidence that drama on the curriculum guarantees good education . |
3 | So it is clear we have a long way to go before we can store up all the experiences of humankind . |
4 | Only in the last few years have real efforts been made to equalize provision for different groups of the disabled and there is still a long way to go before we can claim to have adequate social security in this area . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | In spite of very real gains in knowledge , there is a long way to go before we can fully understand why one person is more likely to become mentally ill than another . |
7 | There is still an awful long way to go before we can start talking Premierships . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Unfortunately , as this book points out , some of the alternatives may look good on paper but they have a long way to go before they can match the tokamak . |
10 | The manner of Biggs 's defeat was to say the least surprising and on this evidence Mason has still a long way to go before he can think of himself as a genuine contender for the world championship . |
11 | Nevertheless , Mr Lamont has a long way to go before he can recover the confidence of Scottish business leaders . |
12 | Mister Grant has a long way to go before he will fully recover from his injuries . |
13 | You 've got a long way to go before you can set up on your own . |
14 | But he 's a long way to go before I 'd consider him a success . |
15 | The DTI still has a long way to go before it can seriously contest the Treasury 's hegemony over matters economic . |
16 | Romania has a long way to go before it can even begin to climb out of its paralysis . |
17 | ‘ But there is still a long way to go and we will keep on striving to end injustices against consumers . |
18 | However there is still a long way to go and I would like to ask all Assay readers to keep the fund raising ideas and , most importantly , the money coming in ! |