Example sentences of "[vb -s] [det] way [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The encroachment of urban sprawl on the countryside may be cause for regret , but we are a nation of gardeners , and the English passion for gardening goes some way to ameliorate the impact of an increasing population on a small crowded island . |
| 2 | Surely a forlorn ambition , but it goes some way to explain , what would otherwise be so difficult to understand , why eminent members of the nascent |
| 3 | Indeed it is his support for Mosley , expressed on many occasions , which goes some way to account for the continuing neglect of his work by much of the literary establishment . |
| 4 | The model also goes some way to clarify the problem of the ‘ humanities ’ . |
| 5 | Not in a hundred per cent of the cases , er and we do have undesirables at the John Radcliffe , er but there has n't been an incident such as this er I think that goes some way to prove that we do have a reasonably tight security service , and we , we work to any way that we can to keep it as secure as possible . |
| 6 | It 's an ‘ intelligent ’ harmoniser and plays this way to follow the commonest chord sequences without any programming . |
| 7 | So on gaining the top , where the walkers are tucking into their second pork pie , the rock-climber needs some way to distinguish him or herself as greatly superior . |
| 8 | The Wanderers ' manager , Phil Neal , has some way to go before he can expect to be so honoured but he collected several brownie points after his side 's spirited performance . |
| 9 | Since then he has turned in some useful performances for the under-21 and England B sides but he has some way to go before becoming a player of real international class . |
| 10 | Coe tells me that he was attracted to writing some kind of thriller because it would help him tighten up his plotting , but he still has some way to go ; the book 's resolution is simply too arbitrary and fanatical . |
| 11 | BT believes it still has some way to go before it can match the performance of American telecommunications companies and is also anxious to stay ahead of European public sector rivals . |
| 12 | If a decision has to be made in April 1992 , then South Africa has some way to go yet before proving its case . |
| 13 | But the Scottish Rooflessness Initiative still has some way to go , especially in preventing young Scots becoming homeless and at risk in London , he told a seminar in Edinburgh . |
| 14 | For ‘ high risk ’ fetuses , waveform analysis of the electrocardiogram shows promise ; oximetry still has some way to go . |
| 15 | Although our productivity compares well with coal industries in Europe , it has some way to go before it is at the level of some of the coal industries outside Europe . |
| 16 | support among GPs , so it has some way to go in winning the argument . |
| 17 | But the big horse , ideally suited to Aintree , has some way to go before matching Red Rum 's unmatched achievements . |
| 18 | However , the academic literature still has some way to go . |
| 19 | He still has some way to go to earn a place in the golfing record books . |
| 20 | The saga still has some way to run . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , the Greek system still has some way to travel before it will be the sort of political machine a post-cold-war democracy requires . |
| 22 | Ruth Williams , who 's conservation officer for the region says some way has to be found of reducing pressure on the most popular beauty spots like Yat Rock . |
| 23 | ACROSS 1 Give bad reviews to dumb show — he might be in this ( 9 ) 6 Old-time US lawyer and rocker ( 5 ) 9 Reversing of French vehicle went quickly ( 5 ) 10 Dynamic object contains fungus ( 9 ) 11 Main entrance where he went Up the third time ? ( 3,5 ) 12 Baldwin shortly takes on church position ( 6 ) 14 The man himself ( 7,6 ) 16 New sandpit from E. Europe used to treat shoes ( 4,3,6 ) 21 Gauges placing a thousand rows ( 6 ) 22 Seller hears another way to say in other words ( 8 ) 25 Phone round Esquire readers with article on things observed ( 9 ) 26 One lady posed as the one with tattoos ( 5 ) 27 Equipment in ship for sketches he 's appeared in ( 5 ) 28 One put her away immediately ( 9 ) |
| 24 | There still remains some way to go in convincing the returnees that a good turnout of big houses is ultimately better for all concerned . |
| 25 | It is n't difficult Sid it 's just that you seem to , you want a torch that comes this way to see how you |
| 26 | ‘ If any of those Coventry supporters comes this way asking for petrol , ’ shouted Mick , ‘ I 'll tell 'em where to go . |