Example sentences of "[vb -s] go a " in BNC.
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1 | I think that the genetic er , testing that was , that is now law , has to go a long way towards finding criminals , who once they 've been tested will find it very difficult to commit crime again , because they 're on record , and they 'll be on computer record . |
2 | It 's a million miles in style from our usual sweeping lawns and landscaped vistas , but in the latest in our series Summer Gardens , we visit the little piece of England where a little really HAS to go a long way . |
3 | This is great as far as it goes , but it needs to go a lot farther ! |
4 | Monika said yesterday : ‘ He needs to go a lot further for me to be happy — but these letters are certainly a start . ’ |
5 | While the press , led by The Hindu , has gone a long way to proving that Bofors handed out millions of dollars to Indian middlemen , the identity of the ultimate recipients of the money remains a mystery . |
6 | Indeed the latest text has gone a long way towards meeting the UK 's objections . ’ |
7 | UK manufacturer Input has gone a step further and coiled not just one , but two 5m flexible cables into the same body , and instead of just the one socket on the body of the reel , they have but another socket on the end of the second trailing lead . |
8 | Cuba has gone a long way to reducing gender inequalities , though power relations still clearly favour men , a fact of which all Cubans , including their leaders , are very aware . |
9 | Dad has gone a bit funny about sex . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | BT has gone a few steps further , and begun trials of its own telephone robot , capable of handling many of the routine tasks usually dealt with by its 25,000 human operators . |
12 | And in fact patient research has gone a long way towards resolving this knotty problem . |
13 | MOST HISTORIANS simply rely on archives — Peter Wynne-Thomas has gone a step further by creating one . |
14 | BBC network television has gone a step further and introduced a sexual harassment hotline , which , though it sounds like one of the services advertised in David Sullivan 's tabloid journals , is intended to root out rather than promote unwanted lubricity . |
15 | And so , hours later , when the room has gone a dusky grey from winter twilight and the smoke of our cigarettes , a most blank and bovine nurse accompanies Jackie 's husband into the room , and he indeed bears an armful of Sainsbury 's . |
16 | The Labour party has had similar problems and has gone a step further . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | Finally , it is worth pointing out that in some modern societies there is considerable reason to suppose that , as yet , the ego and superego-degradation has gone a lot further then the externalization of the superego functions of the state , but that there is no reason why in these circumstances the externalization process should not rapidly catch up . |
19 | Im all for giving an attacker the chance and boosting his confidence by allowing to play even after a couple of no-scoring games — but in the Deane case i feel it has gone a little to far . |
20 | I think the Home Secretary has gone a long way to meet many anxieties which were expressed |
21 | For Jeffery Taylor , arts correspondent for the Mail on Sunday claims the Northern Ballet Theatre has gone a touch too far . |
22 | Fortunately , our neutering scheme has gone a long way to alleviating this problem . ’ |
23 | And , indeed , as befits someone who 's hovering on the edge of idolatry , even her vocabulary has gone a little pagan ‘ Till dieted by thee I grow mature in knowledge as the Gods who all things know ’ , and then what I think is a brilliant touch on Milton 's part , the very next line says to us ‘ Though others envy what they can not give ’ . |
24 | The saga of Hereford Cathedral 's Mappa Mundi has gone a stage further . |
25 | but er it tends to go a bit out of your head . |
26 | However , the alleged principle appears to go a long way beyond authority . |
27 | ‘ That means going a little way into the mountains and I do n't see how you could get lost on a mountain road . |
28 | Perhaps he does go a little over the top with the rubato in the slow movement of K332 , but no-one could really object to such sincere intentions when they are delivered with such conviction and zest . |
29 | A little really does go a long way , so apply sparingly , by dotting on minute amounts and rubbing in well — only re-apply every three hours or so . |
30 | A little smut , it must be said , does go a long way . |