Example sentences of "[adj] [vb -s] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way , the learner will gain confidence , and this goes a long way to promoting safe practice if at a later time adequate guidance and support are lacking . |
| 2 | This goes a long way towards explaining the awkwardness felt by the foreign learner in conversation an awkwardness which does not seem wholly attributable to faulty or slow processing of grammar and vocabulary . |
| 3 | There is a problem with pollution with visual intrusion and noise intrusion which needs to be solved and this goes a long way towards solving it . |
| 4 | There are signs from some parts of the country that some authorities are already exploring , albeit gingerly , the possibilities of ‘ joint purchasing ’ and that this represents a good way forward . |
| 5 | This represents a clear way of connecting a school plan and the daily practices of its teachers . |
| 6 | This seems a useful way of understanding the impact of the Thatcherite revolution on the nature of state ( both local and national ) activity in the two locales under study . |
| 7 | This indicates a powerful way in which labour market factors can effectively negate educational advances , e.g. , in changing the pattern of ‘ racial ’ or gender inequalities in attainment . |
| 8 | This remains a good way of doing things , and must be the most pain-free way of building up a stock of components . |
| 9 | The initial pitches gave easy climbing up the low angled base , but as usual with routes having ( F6a ) and ( F6b ) moves , there were only two or three bolts a long way apart . |
| 10 | Well , that sounds a jolly way to spend a half-term . |
| 11 | ‘ And that seems a long way away . |
| 12 | James Diamond and Thamesdown Council say they 're confident a solution will be found — right now that seems a long way off . |
| 13 | I think I understand a little better what Hockney is getting at with his ‘ reverse perspective ’ , though that seems a perverse way of describing ( I think ) an immersion in his subject matter . |
| 14 | To Europe 's governments , whatever they think about EMU , a return to the ERM of the 1980s looks a good way forward . |