Example sentences of "[vb -s] go [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " 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 Indeed the latest text has gone a long way towards meeting the UK 's objections . ’
3 And in fact patient research has gone a long way towards resolving this knotty problem .
4 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 .
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 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 Fortunately , our neutering scheme has gone a long way to alleviating this problem . ’
8 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 .
9 However , the alleged principle appears to go a long way beyond authority .
10 ‘ That means going a little way into the mountains and I do n't see how you could get lost on a mountain road .
11 Maggie 's gone the opposite way from Tesco 's ; her heels are sinking into grass .
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