Example sentences of "a long way before " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few of us may become angry , but most of us have to be pushed a long way before we abandon our normal passivity . |
| 2 | You 've got to start back a long way before you get to the final decisions on costs and budgets . |
| 3 | The centre 's directors recognise that the price of a microcomputer still has to fall a long way before the machines can play an important role in Third World education . |
| 4 | and the problem of access to the flats , and sometimes the necessity to walk quite a long way before you can get out onto the street , which would be a problem for young mothers with , with , with small children , as equally it would be a problem for elderly people or disabled people . |
| 5 | Careful attention to engine mounting and sound insulation means that the large engine sounds almost as though it belongs to the car in front — a remote burbling noise that seems to have travelled a long way before it reaches the driver 's ear . |
| 6 | But er we , we had quite a difficulty , very , very difficult , we used to have to walk a long way before we could get to a telephone . |