Example sentences of "[verb] go a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we progress past the 2nd playing round in either — we tend to go a long way … otherwise we tendto get caught cold as it were … and in the FA cup draw the finalists/winners … |
| 2 | But you know as well as I do that you want to go a great deal further than that . ’ |
| 3 | I think that the genetic er , testing that was , that is now law , has to go a long way towards finding criminals , who once they 've been tested will find it very difficult to commit crime again , because they 're on record , and they 'll be on computer record . |
| 4 | It 's a million miles in style from our usual sweeping lawns and landscaped vistas , but in the latest in our series Summer Gardens , we visit the little piece of England where a little really HAS to go a long way . |
| 5 | While the press , led by The Hindu , has gone a long way to proving that Bofors handed out millions of dollars to Indian middlemen , the identity of the ultimate recipients of the money remains a mystery . |
| 6 | Indeed the latest text has gone a long way towards meeting the UK 's objections . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This minor impediment for the flanker is just sufficient to allow a fraction more time and space for the half-back to get things moving and has gone a long way to assist in opening the game up . |
| 9 | And in fact patient research has gone a long way towards resolving this knotty problem . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I think the Home Secretary has gone a long way to meet many anxieties which were expressed |
| 12 | Fortunately , our neutering scheme has gone a long way to alleviating this problem . ’ |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But he said : ’ You endeavoured to go a long way to cover your tracks by disposing of the apparatus . |
| 16 | Naturally , he was speechless with rage and he seemed to go a funny colour , rather like the top range of a steel tempering chart — cherry red . |
| 17 | And we 'd gone a roundabout way the last time we were there and I thought oh I 'll give it a go , anyway I walked straight down this road , have a look oh yes , turn up here anyway I , I sort of got me bearings and I thought oh yes it 's just down here he 's in the field just down there . |
| 18 | Vi let go a shuddering breath . |
| 19 | I think she 's going to go a long way — which she deserves to . ’ |
| 20 | Both the Littlewoods actually , Banbury and Oxford are putting up teams , and so are , we understand , fifteen of the NatWest banks in Oxfordshire , so there 's a lot going on and er we think the walks in Oxfordshire are going to go a long way towards raising this vitally needed million pounds for the rainforests this year |
| 21 | You 're bound to go a little bit too far or not quite far enough . |
| 22 | Some of us remember the times of fixed exchange rates under the Bretton Woods system when we used to hear in the House details of public expenditure cuts , of how we had to let go a great deal of our reserves , and of high interest rates — all at once . |
| 23 | However , the alleged principle appears to go a long way beyond authority . |
| 24 | But do n't pick up any more thorns , Hlao-roo , because we may have to go a long way . " |
| 25 | ‘ You would have to go a long way to see a better game than that . |
| 26 | You 're gon na have to go a long then , cos I 'm going up the pub , ha , ha . |
| 27 | Drivers coming from Teesside Airport and heading north would have to go a significant distance to use it . ’ |
| 28 | They must have gone a good two miles before they met another car . |
| 29 | In terms of the Midlands ' representation in the Premier League the game was wasted as Notts County 's victory is unlikely to save them while the three points would have gone a long way to ensuring Coventry 's place . |
| 30 | The mayor also outlined plans which , if implemented , would have gone a long way towards mopping up the demand for houses in Derry . |