Example sentences of "[vb -s] go a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Indeed the latest text has gone a long way towards meeting the UK 's objections . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And in fact patient research has gone a long way towards resolving this knotty problem . |
| 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 | I think the Home Secretary has gone a long way to meet many anxieties which were expressed |
| 10 | Fortunately , our neutering scheme has gone a long way to alleviating this problem . ’ |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | However , the alleged principle appears to go a long way beyond authority . |
| 14 | A little really does go a long way , so apply sparingly , by dotting on minute amounts and rubbing in well — only re-apply every three hours or so . |
| 15 | A little smut , it must be said , does go a long way . |
| 16 | I think he 's gone a dumb . |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | ‘ No , I 've still got Dad , but he does n't count for much now , poor love , he 's gone a little bit silly . ’ |
| 19 | Ooh looks it 's gone a funny colour ! |