Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we progress past the 2nd playing round in either — we tend to go a long way … otherwise we tendto get caught cold as it were … and in the FA cup draw the finalists/winners … |
| 2 | The history of the SI is in some ways a struggle for recognition ( despite Debord 's evasions ) sustained by a radically negative critique which ultimately failed to find a middle way between Hegelian metaphysics and the dynamics of political organisation in the pursuit of its utopian objectives . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The centre 's directors recognise that the price of a microcomputer still has to fall a long way before the machines can play an important role in Third World education . |
| 6 | If you live in the centre of a large town , they may need to fly a long way . |
| 7 | In 1987–88 a new module , Graduate Careers , was introduced , designed to offer a new way in which student consciousness of this important issue can be raised . |
| 8 | Mostly musicians spend their time jerking off in front of others and guitar and bass-playing readers are basically fans of the idea of that , but the truth is that it 's all individual — every neck on every guitar just has to feel a certain way . |
| 9 | While the ducal lament graphically highlighted some of the problems of the past it failed to chart a new way ahead for the industry . |
| 10 | While the ducal lament graphically highlighted some of the problems of the past it failed to chart a new way ahead for the industry . |
| 11 | But he said : ’ You endeavoured to go a long way to cover your tracks by disposing of the apparatus . |
| 12 | And yet on the face of it , the inner route seemed to offer a better way of meeting the need than performing the functions that you seek for the relief road to perform in that part of Harrogate Knaresborough . |
| 13 | I think she 's going to go a long way — which she deserves to . ’ |
| 14 | Both the Littlewoods actually , Banbury and Oxford are putting up teams , and so are , we understand , fifteen of the NatWest banks in Oxfordshire , so there 's a lot going on and er we think the walks in Oxfordshire are going to go a long way towards raising this vitally needed million pounds for the rainforests this year |
| 15 | Whitelaw , concerned as ever to be the mediator , strove to find a middle way between Heseltine and those who did not want a penny extra for the cities for fear of being seen to reward rioters . |
| 16 | We 've got to find a better way . |
| 17 | In both , Schleiermacher can be seen attempting to chart a middle way between traditional orthodoxy and cold rationalism , to find a means of re-stating classical Christian convictions in a fresh and modern way which will not reduce them or dilute them , but rather uncover their real force and depth . |
| 18 | I said I 'd like to walk a little way with Bill Lawrence when he left . |
| 19 | Dr. Briant says he was born to have a nice way with him . ’ |
| 20 | However , the alleged principle appears to go a long way beyond authority . |
| 21 | But do n't pick up any more thorns , Hlao-roo , because we may have to go a long way . " |
| 22 | ‘ You would have to go a long way to see a better game than that . |
| 23 | And I suppose , thought Fenella , with a sidelong glance at her companion , that I shall have to find a suitable way , an acceptable way , of explaining about Nuadu to Caspar . |
| 24 | If you 're taking a holiday more than a three-hour drive from here , he thought , I 'll have to find a different way of doing this . |
| 25 | They are most grateful for a pump within yards of their homes , instead of having to walk a long way to a dirty water-hole . |
| 26 | And I think it w w was quite difficult for people because they 'd either have to walk a long way to try and make a telephone call . |
| 27 | We might have to look a long way back . ’ |
| 28 | A trainer may frequently have to change a preconceived way of educating a horse to avoid some problem or bad habit that he or she ‘ senses ’ will arise . |
| 29 | But they vary considerably in their anatomy and , as is often the case when considering the simpler members of a group , it is sometimes difficult to decide whether a characteristic represents a truly primitive survival or is secondarily reduced to suit a particular way of life . |
| 30 | So I did , and I managed to rise a little way , but my wing hurt and the sea wind tugged at it and below me there suddenly flew some hooded crows and I was afraid and panicked , and nearly fell from the sky . |