Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | This decision goes a long way towards demonstrating the untenability of the marital-rape exemption in modern times . |
| 2 | WHATEVER YOU 'RE PLANNING TO BUY YOUR MONEY GOES A LONG WAY WITH ABBEY NATIONAL |
| 3 | Bourdieu goes a long way to remedying this defect in his treatment of actual practices in his structure ( fields ) . |
| 4 | Although this technique has a long ancestry in the Old World it was unknown in the Americas until the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century . |
| 5 | The basic rule is that if the second syllable of the verb contains a long vowel or diphthong , or if it ends with more than one consonant , that second syllable is stressed . |
| 6 | The convent has a long tradition of illustrating cards and books with delicate hand-crafted watercolours and inscriptions . |
| 7 | If the final syllable of the stem contains a long vowel or diphthong , or if it ends with more than one consonant , that syllable receives the stress . |
| 8 | Literature has a long history of feminist interest , but film and media studies are certainly as central to feminist cultural debates . |
| 9 | Talk of a realignment on the centre-left of the spectrum has a long history . |
| 10 | A little amiability goes a long way , it would seem , and many of those present felt that Reebok was the unluckiest loser of the night in this category . |
| 11 | The interpretation of ‘ mind ’ as information processing with a self-monitoring facility called consciousness goes a long way towards resolving the problem of body — mind interaction which Popper and Eccles ( 1978 ) have recently revived . |
| 12 | There seems to be a lot of blood , but , you know , a little blood goes a long way . |
| 13 | The Association has a long history ( dating back to the end of the last century ) , and the ESRC funded project will complement existing work on the period before 1946 . |
| 14 | ‘ The horse has a long neck , and that helped me get back in the saddle , ’ he added . |
| 15 | Labour has a long list of priorities : a £3 billion pledge on pensions — presumably health comes after that ; health presumably comes after Labour 's £1 billion recovery programme and it presumably comes after Labour 's £8 billion housing pledge . |
| 16 | There is a clear value in reducing the amount of chemical waste which has to be got rid of — and that thinking has a long way to go . |
| 17 | The Social Work Department has a long tradition of working in collaboration with other service providers . |
| 18 | The technique of biomass gasification by partial combustion has a long history . |
| 19 | This kind of research has a long history in psychology and education but is relatively undeveloped in the rest of social science . |
| 20 | Biological research has a long and distinguished tradition in the University and the excellence of research within the Division is recognised nationally and internationally . |
| 21 | The tobacco industry plans a long time ahead . |
| 22 | Holbein sounds a long way away from Braque but I think it 's a question of visual patterns , the division of the area . |
| 23 | This trend will be most prevalent among larger companies that find downsizing takes a long time due to the complexity of their computing environment . |
| 24 | This trend will be most prevelant among larger companies that find downsizing takes a long time due to the complexity of their computing environment . |
| 25 | If the chemical diffuses a long way it is more like shouting and a larger number of cells could receive the signal . |
| 26 | By putting car parks a long way from vulnerable spots , it 's hoped the long ‘ walk-in ’ will mean fewer people reach places under threat . |
| 27 | That was attached to for the July Course the Jockey Club runs a long way right near round on to the Swaffham Road , yeah see runs right up , right up to the Swaffham Road , you see . |
| 28 | Thus the Act goes a long way in smoothing the path of the prosecutor . |
| 29 | Local government audit has a long history . |
| 30 | The Queen heads a long list of lenders of the more than 700 objects in the exhibition . |