Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [vb pp] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed the latest text has gone a long way towards meeting the UK 's objections . ’ |
| 2 | VICTIM SUPPORT has come a long way from the six-month experiment set up 10 years ago by a group of concerned professionals in Bristol . |
| 3 | As most of you will know , Queens Park has had a long standing partnership with the Baptist Church in Doolay Falls near Wichita , Kansas . |
| 4 | Such a measure has taken a long time to appear . |
| 5 | The industry has come a long way since the day 's of men selling cornets from the back of bicycles . |
| 6 | One-room living has come a long way from the old bed-sitter image with its general note of poverty and desperation . |
| 7 | And in fact patient research has gone a long way towards resolving this knotty problem . |
| 8 | The pyramid has taken a long time to crumble . |
| 9 | But once again this ‘ temporary ’ extension of power and influence has lasted a long time , and the relative weighting of Diet , Cabinet , Bureaucracy and Judiciary remains a debated issue . |
| 10 | Mr Fallon said : ‘ The Dyslexia Institute has come a long way since 1973 and has raised the profile of dyslexia in the country . |
| 11 | The Community has gone a long way towards achieving that central purpose ; towards taming nationalism without suppressing patriotism ; towards sharing sovereignty without destroying nations ; and towards putting the magic of markets to work for society in a stable democratic setting . |
| 12 | But the industrial robot has come a long way since the early sixties when Joe Engelberger set up Unimation , the world 's first industrial robot making company . |
| 13 | Himalayan skiing has had a long and painfully slow gestation period beginning with the activities of various Indian Army Officers in the early part of the century . |
| 14 | Air refuelling has come a long way from the first attempts in the thirties where the co-pilot literally popped out and grabbed the hose . |
| 15 | The Iraqi leader 's threatened a long range missile strike on Israel if it does n't leave the occupied territories after yesterday 's violence that left nineteen Palestinians dead . |
| 16 | Visual art education has had a long tradition of emphasizing the practical , so it was not surprising to find similar sentiments being expressed by the visual art teachers interviewed . |
| 17 | Today 's theme will serve us satisfactorily as a basis for our meditation , because water has had a long association with such images of healing , blessing and anointing . |
| 18 | It sounds like the Fire Service has come a long way from the early years . |
| 19 | American Pentecostalism has travelled a long way from its roots in the southern states . |
| 20 | The humble fryer has come a long way since the days when it was little more than a heating element and a thermostat . |
| 21 | ‘ The dog 's come a long way , ’ said another man . |
| 22 | This union has got a long history of , this union 's got a long history of amalgamations , some conducted more successfully than others . |
| 23 | I think the Home Secretary has gone a long way to meet many anxieties which were expressed |
| 24 | One candidate is the building just inside the north gate at Thorpe-by-Newark , identifiable on the aerial photographs as a much bolder outline than any other structure in the town.58 Excavation has revealed a long rectangular structure , constructed with substantial walls , but no more than mud floors , which was divided longitudinally into two very unequal parts by an internal wall ( see figs. 91 and 92 ) . |
| 25 | This union has got a long history of , this union 's got a long history of amalgamations , some conducted more successfully than others . |
| 26 | Curtain hardware has come a long way since the days of the narrow brass rod and rings . |
| 27 | Even if men 's fashion has come a long way since the Sixties , the overwhelming inspiration , Cerruti concedes , is still the archetypal English businessman 's suit . |
| 28 | By anyone 's standards Dick Print has had a long innings . |
| 29 | FOR years , unemployment has cast a long dark shadow over Northern Ireland . |
| 30 | Contemporary psychology has come a long way from the time when J. B. Watson , the first behaviourist , forbade the consideration of non-observable entities . |