Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] a long way " in BNC.
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| 1 | " The grave seems a long way off . " |
| 2 | The possibility of anything like that happening to the Germans seemed a long way off in those days . |
| 3 | If the chemical diffuses a long way it is more like shouting and a larger number of cells could receive the signal . |
| 4 | Thus the Act goes a long way in smoothing the path of the prosecutor . |
| 5 | At first , the war seemed a long way away , and the Otago CA reported that the 1914–15 summer promised to be a most successful one , with the ‘ services of world-renowned player , J.N. Crawford ’ ensuring that Otago cricket would be second to none in New Zealand . |
| 6 | The ball runs a long way so you will probably get the distance you require . |
| 7 | It seems to me that this difference in the structure of the schedules goes a long way towards explaining in industrial terms the relative stasis of British television subgenres like sitcom , crime series and soap opera , and the drive towards innovation found in the corresponding genres on US television . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The incident goes a long way to explaining Chapman 's later enthusiasm for floodlit football . |
| 10 | After all , that is the first thing about us that others see and a well-groomed , well-dressed image reflected back at us from the mirror goes a long way to bolstering our private and public confidence . |
| 11 | The company came a long way in the 1980s , but only because the leopard changed its spots by making the transition from selection to search . |
| 12 | The agreement went a long way towards meeting demands of organizations such as the World Wide Fund for Nature and Greenpeace , which had staged lengthy public campaigns in favour of preserving the Antarctic as the planet 's last great wilderness . |
| 13 | Proponents claim that the plant goes a long way toward addressing the heavily oil dependent state 's energy needs , and , would entail the destruction of at most 2 percent of the Wao Kele tract . |
| 14 | Because she had been reluctant to meet up with Celeste again , she had sat in a public stand a long way away from the private seating , the grid , the pits , but now she raced back towards them . |
| 15 | The actual construction of a carpet goes a long way to determining how long it will keep its original appearance . |