Example sentences of "a long way [to-vb] in [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know that some British civil servants are making considerable efforts to improve erm in these terms but erm I think we 've still got a long way to go in appreciating the importance of at least being able to understand somebody else 's language , erm even if you ca n't always erm communicate in it as well as you can in your own . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | From their point of view they still had a long way to go in rescuing their past . |
| 4 | But he says there is still a long way to go in ridding the educational system of what he labels ‘ institutional racism ’ . |
| 5 | This minor impediment for the flanker is just sufficient to allow a fraction more time and space for the half-back to get things moving and has gone a long way to assist in opening the game up . |