Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] go a [adj] way " 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 | 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 . |
4 | For me , a little bit of race watching goes a long way . |
5 | 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 ? |
6 | I think the Home Secretary has gone a long way to meet many anxieties which were expressed |
7 | Fortunately , our neutering scheme has gone a long way to alleviating this problem . ’ |
8 | However , the alleged principle appears to go a long way beyond authority . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | The transactions completed to date have gone a considerable way towards achieving these objectives . |
11 | By the middle of the fourth century , Christianity had gone a long way towards assimilating the dominant culture of pagan Romans . |