Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] go a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed the latest text has gone a long way towards meeting the UK 's objections . ’ |
| 2 | Finally , it is worth pointing out that in some modern societies there is considerable reason to suppose that , as yet , the ego and superego-degradation has gone a lot further then the externalization of the superego functions of the state , but that there is no reason why in these circumstances the externalization process should not rapidly catch up . |
| 3 | And in fact patient research has gone a long way towards resolving this knotty problem . |
| 4 | I admit , the figure 's gone a bit , but then it started going when I was still twenty-five . |
| 5 | Mind 's gone a bit , I suppose . |
| 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 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | BBC network television has gone a step further and introduced a sexual harassment hotline , which , though it sounds like one of the services advertised in David Sullivan 's tabloid journals , is intended to root out rather than promote unwanted lubricity . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | For Jeffery Taylor , arts correspondent for the Mail on Sunday claims the Northern Ballet Theatre has gone a touch too far . |
| 13 | I think the Home Secretary has gone a long way to meet many anxieties which were expressed |
| 14 | I might have guessed you 'd something worked out in the way of revenge , but your timing 's gone a bit wrong . |
| 15 | I think Stuart 's gone a bit mad ! |
| 16 | Fortunately , our neutering scheme has gone a long way to alleviating this problem . ’ |
| 17 | Dad has gone a bit funny about sex . |
| 18 | MOST HISTORIANS simply rely on archives — Peter Wynne-Thomas has gone a step further by creating one . |
| 19 | BT has gone a few steps further , and begun trials of its own telephone robot , capable of handling many of the routine tasks usually dealt with by its 25,000 human operators . |
| 20 | However , the alleged principle appears to go a long way beyond authority . |
| 21 | The saga of Hereford Cathedral 's Mappa Mundi has gone a stage further . |
| 22 | UK manufacturer Input has gone a step further and coiled not just one , but two 5m flexible cables into the same body , and instead of just the one socket on the body of the reel , they have but another socket on the end of the second trailing lead . |