Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] go a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed the latest text has gone a long way towards meeting the UK 's objections . ’ |
| 2 | And in fact patient research has gone a long way towards resolving this knotty problem . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | For me , a little bit of race watching goes a long way . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | I think the Home Secretary has gone a long way to meet many anxieties which were expressed |
| 9 | Fortunately , our neutering scheme has gone a long way to alleviating this problem . ’ |
| 10 | However , the alleged principle appears to go a long way beyond authority . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The transactions completed to date have gone a considerable way towards achieving these objectives . |
| 13 | Tenison 's face had gone a blotchy pink ; his eyes were staring . |
| 14 | By the middle of the fourth century , Christianity had gone a long way towards assimilating the dominant culture of pagan Romans . |