Example sentences of "long way [verb] before [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Union of Democratic Forces spokesman , Mr Georgi Spassov , said : ‘ This demonstrates that we have a long way to go before we have true democracy in Bulgaria . ’ |
| 2 | The immediate political crisis had been averted , but there was still a long , long way to go before we could claim victory . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | So it is clear we have a long way to go before we can store up all the experiences of humankind . |
| 5 | ‘ We have a long way to go before we are able to record and translate accurately such imprints of ourselves left behind in the void of time . |
| 6 | ‘ There is a long way to go before we break down the ‘ them up at Salisbury ’ attitude . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ There 's a long way to go before we break down the ‘ them up at Salisbury attitude ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | There is still an awful long way to go before we can start talking Premierships . |
| 12 | Det Insp Gordon Williams added : ‘ We still have a long way to go before we reach our target . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But markets provide useful competition with local banks , which have a long way to go before they learn to allocate capital efficiently . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The Welsh lads have a long way to go before they match that sort of consistency , but it only needs one to become a permanent fixture for everything to change . |
| 17 | Others , focusing on issues such as the inequality in the wages paid to men and women or the violence that women receive at men 's hands , argue that women still have a long way to go before they are fully liberated . |
| 18 | At present , we are the only party prepared to grasp the nettle and to recognise that consumers ' interests require both effective competition in the marketplace — the Government have a long way to go before they create that — and effective regulation where the market can not produce a solution . |
| 19 | And no matter how fresh the lads might get they 'll have a long way to go before they reach your handling , wo n't they , Andrew ? ’ |
| 20 | Actors explain that although ’ Family Pride ’ sets a good precedent , there is still a long way to go before they get more mainstream parts . |
| 21 | The research findings indicate that many authorities have a long way to go before their procedures come close to what one might reasonably describe as a partnership with parents . |
| 22 | Being a mere apprentice was boring and carried no cachet , and Lydia was dauntedly aware that she had a long way to go before she achieved the skills and ease of perfection . |
| 23 | ‘ But I rather think my modest , high-minded , fastidious , idealistic wife has a long way to go before she qualifies for that description . ’ |
| 24 | Gemma 's got a long way to go before she gets to eighty |
| 25 | It would seem to be that there is still an enormously long way to go before anyone can predict with even a reasonable amount of confidence that the security of the event will not be a problem . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The day left Anselm in possession of the pastoral staff , but there was still a long way to go before he was a fully consecrated archbishop . |
| 28 | Mister Grant has a long way to go before he will fully recover from his injuries . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , Mr Lamont has a long way to go before he can recover the confidence of Scottish business leaders . |
| 30 | Er and that is , that is one of the problems within the flats , that having got , once got into the complex you might have quite a long way to go before you actually find where you 're going . |