Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | As with the blacks , sport for Jews became a possible way out of the dreadful circumstances which beset their lives . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Shells exploded a long way away across Beirut , down by the port . |
| 6 | Stephen saw the police cars coming a long way off , three of them in a convoy coming up the white road from Hilderbridge . |
| 7 | Good selection procedures and thorough briefing sessions go a long way towards making an overseas assignment a success . |
| 8 | The formulation does n't sound too optimistic about the outcome ; and indeed the final score appears to be 1970s : 0 , 1990s : 6 , with four authors proposing a middle way ( which does n't , of course , place them in the 1980s ) . |
| 9 | The Welsh lads have a long way to go before they match that sort of consistency , but it only needs one to become a permanent fixture for everything to change . |
| 10 | The possibility of anything like that happening to the Germans seemed a long way off in those days . |
| 11 | He also cautioned east European countries to find a middle way between " half-hearted gradualism " and the excesses of simplistic " shock therapies " . |
| 12 | These religious tensions go a long way towards explaining why the party divide cut so deep into society : political strife during the first age of party did not just affect the political elite at the centre and a minority of the more affluent and better-educated classes in the localities , but all sorts of people , including those of fairly humble backgrounds , women as well as men , were caught up in the party divide . |
| 13 | The design and testing of computer simulation models provides a valuable way of testing the consequences of an idea or theory . |
| 14 | Such a use of sub-committees goes a long way towards achieving an ‘ open ’ management process . |
| 15 | Paramo 's Nevada jacket and Prima trousers provide a good way of beating the rain . |
| 16 | So we spend a season trying to adjust — a tough job in particular for the senior players who have spent up to 20 years operating a certain way — and then find it may all change again weeks before the British Lions fly down to New Zealand . |
| 17 | Because I 'm because John Gummer 's responsibilities extend a long way into things like housing and stuff as well do n't they ? |
| 18 | People do n't usually hit out unless they are upset or angry , so showing you understand their feelings goes a long way to preventing them from expressing that anger towards you . |
| 19 | It seems to me that this difference in the structure of the schedules goes a long way towards explaining in industrial terms the relative stasis of British television subgenres like sitcom , crime series and soap opera , and the drive towards innovation found in the corresponding genres on US television . |
| 20 | ‘ I love watching lights twinkling a long way away . |
| 21 | Humankind and human structures seemed a long way away . |
| 22 | Notions of similarity and the recognition of rhymes and rhythms present a possible way in which such orderings might be achieved . |
| 23 | Time and again , efforts to demonstrate a superior way of doing things backfired because some crucial element in the situation had been overlooked . |
| 24 | ‘ Your own stories go a long way towards doing that . ’ |
| 25 | THE picture above shows the ideal set-up for the modern work station , and the new EC regulations go a long way to achieving this . |
| 26 | The street was empty and silent and small sounds carried a long way . |
| 27 | For example , Chinese families have a different way of disciplining their children . |
| 28 | ‘ Dreams have a funny way of turning sour . ’ |
| 29 | A number of higher clergy in Ulster and many of its lay intellectuals stand a long way off from protestant — loyalist politics and are in fact politically dissociated from them . |
| 30 | Sadly , we agreed , such prospects lie a long way off . |