Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | The recently published book Collecting Lustreware goes a long way to correct such assumptions , for it gives a comprehensive account of all British pottery and porcelain manufacturers who are known to have made and/or decorated lustreware — and there was no shortage of them . |
| 2 | Little was known about the products of many of these areas , and much research still needs to be done but Collecting Lustreware goes a long way to redressing the balance . |
| 3 | This decision goes a long way towards demonstrating the untenability of the marital-rape exemption in modern times . |
| 4 | WHATEVER YOU 'RE PLANNING TO BUY YOUR MONEY GOES A LONG WAY WITH ABBEY NATIONAL |
| 5 | Bourdieu goes a long way to remedying this defect in his treatment of actual practices in his structure ( fields ) . |
| 6 | Calvin turns a little way around but he does not speak or make eye contact . |
| 7 | Liberal attempts to find a middle way between radical demands for outright confiscation of noble land and conservative rejection of land reform failed to save the Second Duma . |
| 8 | In Committee , the Minister invariably points out that Parliament has a simple way of dealing with orders and that we should stick to it . |
| 9 | P&O Roadtanks Tanker Driver , Ian Newman found a novel way of training for the marathon |
| 10 | Romania has a long way to go before it can even begin to climb out of its paralysis . |
| 11 | Such difficult transition demands time and balance and Romania has a long way to go before it is comfortable with its new identity . |
| 12 | As with the blacks , sport for Jews became a possible way out of the dreadful circumstances which beset their lives . |
| 13 | No Hiding Place Sitting containers on pallets or bricks goes a long way toward preventing them from harbouring all kinds of pests under their bottoms . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | They 're added to marzipan to improve its flavour and keeping qualities , and a little oil of bitter almonds goes a long way in much confectionery . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | There seems to be a lot of blood , but , you know , a little blood goes a long way . |
| 18 | It is hoped that the following study goes a small way towards describing their experiences and situation , as well as highlighting what the inclusion of disabled professionals reveals about the orthodox professional/client relationship . |
| 19 | In broad terms , because soft systems thinking represents a unique way of encouraging an observer to learn about a situation , it should appeal to virtually anyone who has an enquiring mind , a notion reflected in the closing paragraphs of Systems Thinking , Systems practice ; as I have made frequent reference to this work throughout , it seems appropriate to finish my book with the following quote from Professor Peter Checkland , who says about soft systems thinking : |
| 20 | But classifying animals and plants , living and fossil , is more than just an attempt to find a convenient way of slotting them into different categories , like stamps in a stamp album , for neatness and convenience . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Military pressure on Mr Gorbachev to find a quick way of ending the war stems from a bigger worry : that , by letting America take over conduct of the war , the Soviet Union will see its influence suffer in the region , especially if American troops stay on once the fighting is over . |
| 23 | Shells exploded a long way away across Beirut , down by the port . |
| 24 | 1964 ) he maintained that Barth and Bultmann had come to represent the extremes of objectivism and subjectivism , and offered his own attempt to chart a middle way in which both the given truth of God and the need for it to be apprehended in the personal encounter of faith would be given their proper place . |
| 25 | In the West , where many people have lost the will to create a faith for themselves and where many have fallen into despair , Julian 's imaginative approach to religion shows a possible way forward . |
| 26 | The cell developed a new way of consuming oxygen to make carbon dioxide and water to release energy . |
| 27 | Holbein sounds a long way away from Braque but I think it 's a question of visual patterns , the division of the area . |
| 28 | If the chemical diffuses a long way it is more like shouting and a larger number of cells could receive the signal . |
| 29 | Stephen saw the police cars coming a long way off , three of them in a convoy coming up the white road from Hilderbridge . |
| 30 | DAMON Hill went a long way towards fulfilling the hopes of his family and army of fans when he grabbed provisional pole position for Sunday 's Monaco Grand Prix . |