Example sentences of "go [prep] [adj] length " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is almost impossible to keep such a tight regime going for any length of time . |
| 2 | The tank is large one — 56″ × 15″ × 36 ’ , but the Oscar has killed everything I have put in for company — even after going to great lengths to see if they 'll get on . |
| 3 | If you asked for a special audit they would probably welcome it , as an indication that the bank was going to great lengths not to put them out of business . " |
| 4 | Of all the animals that sham dead it is the snakes that are the star performers , some of them going to amazing lengths to convince their assailants that they are truly deceased . |
| 5 | It is obvious , too , that all three designers are exceptionally choosy in their selection and commissioning of both photographs and drawn illustrations , habitually going to extraordinary lengths to secure the right image . |
| 6 | The media were going to enormous lengths to lure ‘ the people ’ away from their revolutionary destiny into the gaudy sideshows of consumerism . |
| 7 | Software suppliers are going to some lengths to make their Windows product sets work in a uniform way , with the same icons , toolbars and so forth . |
| 8 | Certainly , Mr Wheeler convinced me that his company was going to huge lengths to keep itself clean . |
| 9 | I 'm not going to go into any length about the community arts budget , that is one area of service provision that we feel , and I 've said for the last two years , does not provide value for money . |
| 10 | But in order to justify termination of your services on this basis , the employer would certainly have to go to great lengths to treat you in a caring and reasonable manner . |
| 11 | I hope and pray that you will win — God willing , you will because you have all the ability in the world — but I have discovered over the last few days that there are people prepared to go to great lengths to stop you . |
| 12 | You are mad , Robyn told herself , during the five hours of driving , five hours of deliberately concentrating , deliberately forgetting , to go to such lengths , just so you do n't have to face him again . |
| 13 | To go to such lengths to stop me gaining custody ! ’ |
| 14 | I personally think you must be a very unhappy man if you have to go to such lengths to find fault with things . ’ |
| 15 | Gough could always write back to the Scottish League — as he is obliged to do this week in response to the management committee 's request for his views on United 's complaint over Ferguson — and point out that being forced to go to such lengths to contain his opponent proves he was correct to covet the forward for his team . |
| 16 | Although companies are not expected to go to unreasonable lengths to accommodate someone who is not able to carry out his job to the full extent , an employer who disregards altogether the possibility of finding you some other position and is unwilling to consider any other form of compromise may be vulnerable to an unfair dismissal claim . |
| 17 | So strong is traditional archaeology 's faith in the uniqueness of cultural forms and the rarity of innovations that it is prepared to go to inordinate lengths in the quest for similarities in design and style . |
| 18 | Even Mary Vetsera has only one wish , to be possessed by him , and is prepared to go to any lengths to achieve that end . |
| 19 | And she was prepared to go to any lengths to get what she wanted — and almost always succeeded . |
| 20 | To fulfil this ambition he was prepared to go to any lengths , no matter how underhand or devious they might be . |
| 21 | The preceding sentence , " They are not at fault ; they " seem to have been born that way " is itself an honest acceptance that addictive disease is stronger in some people than in others and that the acceptance of defeat and the wish " to go to any lengths " to get into recovery is ultimately a personal decision for each sufferer and not something that can be imposed by anyone else . |
| 22 | Melanie was furious , and desperate enough to go to any lengths to terminate the pregnancy . |
| 23 | Such a concern is explained by the fact that these countries had repeatedly demonstrated their willingness to go to enormous lengths ( in effect taxing imports of capital , encouraging exports of capital and , even in the case of Japan , organizing plans for importing huge stockpiles of raw materials ) in order to prevent an upward movement of their currencies . |
| 24 | In chapter 27 , when Jacob steals his blessing , the writer goes to great lengths , as we have indicated already , to evoke our sympathy for Esau , and to help us share his anguish . |
| 25 | My farrier , Robert Hall , goes to great lengths to soak leather pads in oil before putting them on our horses front hooves under the shoes . |
| 26 | This does n't just mean doing a sedentary job but refers rather to the type of person ( who could well be a housewife , doing a basically non-sedentary type of job ) who calls the children to bring something from the next room rather than getting up herself , or who goes to great lengths to avoid journeys up and down stairs , or who will drive round for five minutes to find a parking spot near the exit of the car park rather than walk for two minutes … |
| 27 | ‘ After a day he will know the names of everyone on the set and he goes to great lengths to make sure we all enjoy ourselves , organising lunches and so on . |
| 28 | He goes to great lengths to maintain these contacts , telephoning them at regular intervals to find out how things are going , to express a genuine interest in their welfare , to see if he can help in any way . |
| 29 | But whereas the plant makes the flesh of its fruit easily available to animals , it goes to great lengths to protect its seeds from pilferers , usually enclosing them in armour of some sort . |
| 30 | In fact he goes to great lengths to argue that the most important consequences of educational progress actually require ‘ sensitive judgment ’ using ‘ interpretative reasoning ’ , and that in the arts this means that valid and reliable assessment can only be achieved through what Best calls ‘ inter-subjective agreement ’ . |