Example sentences of "be a long way [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whitaker also had Gammon entered in the World Cup final but , as his wife Claire said yesterday : ‘ It would have been a long way to go with just one horse . |
| 2 | We are a long way removed from the 1929 Larousse dictionary 's definition of the term : ‘ act or way of cultivating the soil or certain plants ’ , with the added gloss : ‘ this word is sometimes used , like the German word Kultur , to mean civilisation , though with particular reference to the Germanic peoples ’ ! |
| 3 | It will be a long way to wait to have your place . |
| 4 | ‘ We want to win for as long as we can because it would be a long way to go for just one game . |
| 5 | ( Recovering them is a matter of great urgency ; and a start has been made , but there 's a long way to go — especially with Upward , whom oblivion has enveloped with a completeness that is startling and significant . ) |
| 6 | The early signs are encouraging — but there 's a long way to go . |
| 7 | ‘ I have just got it confirmed , but these things take time , and there 's a long way to go yet . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It 's a long way to go for a 45-minute service and a reception — even if you 're not 92 years old , ’ said one of her aides , who insisted that her absence was not intended as a snub . |
| 9 | I 'm not getting into a fight over some silly little first-year whether she 's your sister or not , and if you 'll excuse me , this porridge is bad enough hot , but cold it 's inedible and there 's a long way to go till lunchtime . ’ |
| 10 | We are sitting in a good position now but there 's a long way to go . |
| 11 | ‘ There 's a long way to go before we break down the ‘ them up at Salisbury attitude ’ |
| 12 | It 's a long way to go . |
| 13 | It 's a long way to go if he 's just round the corner . ’ |
| 14 | There 's a long way to go before it sounds natural . ’ |
| 15 | When are we gon na have rules revisions , there 's a long way to go and as the , the er General Secretary said , be careful , because I 've been to talks with , on , from the Regional Committee with the T & G yes we got on lovely with them , they 're fine , they , they gave us a nice big er commemorative medal of the dockers ' strike and it 's got my granddad and my great granddad on it cos they was there in the other union mind you while we 've done all the striking and that they stood by , but nevertheless they 're not bad lads anyway and as John said we must be careful that we are not the ones that are gon na be taken over , because I remember that old song of the fifties , never smile at a crocodile |
| 16 | ‘ Buck thinks he has it in the bag , but there 's a long way to go yet . ’ |
| 17 | There 's a long way to go because many of these companies that we 've mentioned are gon na fight fierce competition from Europe and we need to assist them . |
| 18 | But there 's a long way to go . |
| 19 | Police say this year overall car crime 's on the wane in the county … but they admit there 's a long way to go |
| 20 | But he 's a long way to go before I 'd consider him a success . |
| 21 | ‘ I see in it a big step towards the achievement of these goals knowing that still it 's a long way to go with obstacles on the road that we shall have to remove — and it is possible to remove them , ’ Rabin added . |
| 22 | There 's a long way to go yet . |
| 23 | I mean he 's , he 's a long way to go . |
| 24 | It 's a long way to go . |
| 25 | I still think there 's a long way to go and there 's a very , very variable standard if you take motorway service areas . |
| 26 | There 's a long way to go yet before full-scale resource management comes into the health service in Oxford . |
| 27 | It 's certainly better than nothing , indeed it is yes , but there 's a long way to go . |
| 28 | But there 's a long way to go yet ; U N observers were in Cambodia earlier this year , but without unanimous support , they achieved very little . |
| 29 | IT 'S a long way to hitch from Down Under … but now they 're here , it looks as if Neighbours ' twins Gillian and Gayle Blakeney are here to stay . |
| 30 | It 's a long way , it 's a long way to come and pop in see without you knowing him as well as I do he , he , Rudy 's so hard to move , I mean I 'd love , I 've said that |