Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] a [adj] way [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plan 's changes should go a long way to drag Lloyd 's up to the standards of other financial markets . |
| 2 | Inspection of ( 47 ) , repeated here for convenience as ( 65 ) ( 65 ) would lead us a priori to expect , first , that the language might provide a simple way to question the noun phrase and adjective taken as a unit , and second that , if there are simple interrogations for the noun phrase alone and for the adjective alone , these would take a form parallel to that for the subject and ( ordinary ) predicative adjective of a normal copular clause . |
| 3 | And no matter how fresh the lads might get they 'll have a long way to go before they reach your handling , wo n't they , Andrew ? ’ |
| 4 | But if you learn semaphore or the Morse code , you 'll have a fun way to send messages — without paying a penny ! |
| 5 | Aristocratic rivalries might go a long way to explain the ineffectiveness of English armies , as one of the chronicler 's few detailed descriptions of internal affairs indicates . |
| 6 | Now I suggested that they might find a quicker way to count the sticks . |
| 7 | For families who gather for breakfast and for those ‘ morning people ’ , a conservatory built on a southeast wall of the house would provide a bright way to start the day . |
| 8 | This may seem a macho way to treat the hair but it is also a sure way for pulling the hair out . |
| 9 | Nonetheless , the changes in employment by product sectors which we have reported at Table 5.3 , that is , changes in national ‘ industrial structure ’ , will go a long way to explain the concentration of de-industrialization in regions of the ‘ North ’ , with all its effects on population ( Chapter 4 ) . |
| 10 | When they thud through the letter-box , £150 will go a long way to ease your mind . |
| 11 | The government 's measures to secure more planning permissions for housing development will go a long way to remedy the shortage of building land and so remove the occasion for windfall profits based on scarcity values . |
| 12 | ‘ This will go a great way to help victims of future atrocities in the Province . ’ |