Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] gone a " in BNC.
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1 | Indeed the latest text has gone a long way towards meeting the UK 's objections . ’ |
2 | 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 . |
3 | And in fact patient research has gone a long way towards resolving this knotty problem . |
4 | I admit , the figure 's gone a bit , but then it started going when I was still twenty-five . |
5 | Mind 's gone a bit , I suppose . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 ’ . |
8 | Anyway , everyone knows that training shoes have gone a bit crazy in the past few years . |
9 | 3M have gone a step further with the Privacy Plus Filter . |
10 | 3M have gone a step further with the Privacy Plus Filter . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Teclis was stronger now , the potions of the Loremasters had gone a long way towards giving him mortal strength . |
14 | The Thatcher governments have gone a long way towards puncturing claims about the power of the unions . |
15 | Sims 's smile had gone a little rueful and he was looking down at his hands , turning a gold-tipped cigarette in his small fingers . |
16 | Most people agreed that things had gone a bit far when he told the Church , in 1982 , to ‘ Face north-west whenever possible . ’ |
17 | Modern petrological studies have gone a long way towards answering this question : polished hard-rock axes seem to have been made from stone obtained from a limited number of outcrops . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | I mean , you can go along and always think ‘ Oh there 's nothing to this ’ , but then for some reason or other somebody has a complaint 's gone a big way round and ends up right at the top , and then , of course cascading down comes the ‘ Why ? |
20 | For Jeffery Taylor , arts correspondent for the Mail on Sunday claims the Northern Ballet Theatre has gone a touch too far . |
21 | I think the Home Secretary has gone a long way to meet many anxieties which were expressed |
22 | The new German government had gone a stage further , adopting a target of a net reduction in C02 emissions of between 25 and 30 per cent by the year 2005 . |
23 | Whereas the Victorians had gone a bit ‘ foreign ’ with some of their house designs , Inglewood was as English as you could get , and looked like a clean , clear-cut , practical version of Cheshire 's most famous half-timbered house , Little Moreton Hall . |
24 | I might have guessed you 'd something worked out in the way of revenge , but your timing 's gone a bit wrong . |
25 | I think Stuart 's gone a bit mad ! |
26 | Fortunately , our neutering scheme has gone a long way to alleviating this problem . ’ |
27 | Dad has gone a bit funny about sex . |
28 | MOST HISTORIANS simply rely on archives — Peter Wynne-Thomas has gone a step further by creating one . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | The fact that the party 's final net loss was only eight seats indicated that Clinton 's popularity had gone a considerable way towards offsetting the effects of reapportionment . |