Example sentences of "[adv] go [art] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cheese is a protein of high biological value and a little goes a long way . |
| 2 | The other characteristic is that their influence seems out of all proportion to the amount present : a little goes a long way . |
| 3 | Although they can be expensive , essential oils are highly concentrated substances ; in practice , a little goes a long way . |
| 4 | It 's not cheap but the dispenser means a little goes a long way and it 's more hygienic than a pot . |
| 5 | I doubt if the soot would actively harm your fish , but a little goes a long way . |
| 6 | With leaves that are streaked with bright cream or marked in bold , gold blotches , a little goes a long way . |
| 7 | Yes , I have , but … but a little goes a long way . ’ |
| 8 | Yet a little goes a long way . |
| 9 | A little goes a long way ; too much is unbearably sentimental . |
| 10 | A LITTLE goes a long way with UNICEF . |
| 11 | So if it suddenly goes the other way round |
| 12 | For the first few trips outside , you should plan only to go a short way , so that the patient can get used to the distracting sights and sounds . |
| 13 | In Fox 's case , practice obviously goes a long way to making perfect . |
| 14 | ‘ That congregational aspect — which is a pretty Presbyterian word and I quite like the connotation — of the emotional effect of things happening to people while they 're gathered together , that was the big thing in the early acid clubs , that feeling that you were in a place with 200 people all going the same way as you , all into being there , enjoying being in this mass of people … … |
| 15 | He said hardly anything , I knew he really did n't want to be with us ( with Caroline ) but he 'd caught us up ; he ca n't have spotted from behind who we were , he was obviously going the same way . |
| 16 | I only go a fair way . |
| 17 | Europe , on this reading , will swiftly go the same way . |
| 18 | The ‘ Pater Nostra ’ organisation , which will care for physically and mentally handicapped people in Atea , expect to find that by owning their own tractor they will not only go a long way to becoming self-sufficient but will be able to hire out the tractor locally to enhance their income . |
| 19 | Top Nosh and air-conditioning servicing were shortly to go the same way . |
| 20 | She hoped with all her heart that he was not going the same way as his stepfather ; and yet , the signs were already there . |
| 21 | The tremolo is a two pivot-point semi-floating type and promises to be an improvement on the traditional design , while not going the whole way into the locking camp . |
| 22 | Those who run the game in Britain will hope fervently that the Cardiff solicitor 's daughter does not go the same way . |
| 23 | Determined that she should not go the same way as her sister , Jonadab Oaks had ruled Martha with a rod of iron ever since Tamar 's seduction by Sir William Forster . |
| 24 | In all , 255 young trees were planted , a huge task which was completed by the garden team at Nymans in ten days and which has already gone a good way towards restoring the diversity of colours , shapes and textures of conifers in their prime . |
| 25 | Owen Barfield , both in conversation and in writing , had already gone a long way in revealing to Lewis the fallacy of making sharp distinctions between ‘ myth ’ and ‘ fact ’ . |
| 26 | They also argue that the latest draft of the charter , drawn up by President Mitterrand , has already gone a long way to assuage Mrs Thatcher 's legitimate fears about the loss of British sovereignty . |
| 27 | The computerised exchange — known as Direct Dialling In ( DDI ) — has already gone a long way to reducing delays for the thousands of callers daily using the Essex Rivers Healthcare Trust switchboards . |
| 28 | The Profitboss might just go the other way and invest in revenue generation with a major advertising campaign . |
| 29 | ‘ This little oasis is a great pleasure to everyone in the area and it would be a travesty if it were ever to go the same way as everywhere else in the Newbury district — for commercial gain . ’ |
| 30 | Jessica had deliberately gone the other way — she wore old jeans and a denim shirt and scuffed brown flatties . |