Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | As with the blacks , sport for Jews became a possible way out of the dreadful circumstances which beset their lives . |
| 2 | A little of Giles goes a long way . |
| 3 | The perpetuation of the old sources of strife goes a long way towards explaining why party conflict continued after the Glorious Revolution , which will be the theme of the following chapter . |
| 4 | Such a use of sub-committees goes a long way towards achieving an ‘ open ’ management process . |
| 5 | It might be a bottle of wine , but a bottle of wine goes a long way , and everybody , you stand up and you get your bottle of wine , and everybody goes , yes , feel good . |
| 6 | I think , I think , that I think that the children and the pensioners and the sick people of Britain come a long way before income tax cuts next year , or for many years to come . |
| 7 | The lights of Soufrière twinkled a long way off as they set off into the black , and headed north for Marigot Bay . |
| 8 | Events in March went a considerable way towards determining the outcome of the contests for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations . |
| 9 | Similarly you list all the phone calls , meetings , documents produced and processed and other activities such as specific work contacts in order to devise a better way of coping with these factors . |
| 10 | But it did mean that in order to understand a particular way of thinking — for instance that of the theist — it was necessary to pay careful attention to the way in which theists actually spoke . |
| 11 | The Principal responded initially by agreeing to redesignate courses as full-time , and explaining that the Academic Board had come into existence after departments had been constructed to match DipTech requirements , but had in fact gone a long way towards the Council 's view — further than the report on the June quinquennial visit had acknowledged . |
| 12 | Final victory over Germany appeared a long way off . |
| 13 | In the West , where many people have lost the will to create a faith for themselves and where many have fallen into despair , Julian 's imaginative approach to religion shows a possible way forward . |
| 14 | She has strong ideas about where pressures on girls to look a certain way begin . |
| 15 | However the cause is not simply too many Eurocrats in Brussels , directors of the commission are often sensible and come in general terms to Britain suggesting a simple way of dealing with the problem . |
| 16 | The problems faced by princes go a long way to explaining their activities during the lifetimes of their fathers , especially their hostility to their stepmothers . |