Example sentences of "a long [noun] to go before it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Oxenhope Straw Race has a long way to go before it reaches its centenary , but the aims of the people who organise it and take part are the same as those who in the nineteenth century began the hospital sings at Holmfirth and Mapplewell . |
| 2 | The DTI still has a long way to go before it can seriously contest the Treasury 's hegemony over matters economic . |
| 3 | There 's a long way to go before it sounds natural . ’ |
| 4 | A great deal of the plant is now under computerised control although there is still a long way to go before it is as automated as other maltings in the group . |
| 5 | Romania has a long way to go before it can even begin to climb out of its paralysis . |
| 6 | Such difficult transition demands time and balance and Romania has a long way to go before it is comfortable with its new identity . |