Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a [adj] way " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | 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 . |
| 12 | In Fox 's case , practice obviously goes a long way to making perfect . |
| 13 | It was difficult enough to find an appropriate way of treating Churchill 's funeral without having to cope with an actor who felt moved to speak about it on behalf of the youth of Britain . |
| 14 | He was able to give a pagan friend power of attorney to act on his behalf , and so found an elegant way of keeping his conscience clear and his standing with the church unaffected . |
| 15 | I only go a fair way . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | At best , it provides a chance of doing something about it — repairing a bit of the past , perhaps finding a new way of handling difficult feelings and making them less dangerous . |
| 18 | It is likely that the implication of mothers Saving effort or time over the care of babies produces some anxiety ( guilt ) in them , unless the rationale is very acceptable , For the housewife , however , being economical and especially finding a particular way of reducing expenditure gives Satisfaction . |
| 19 | Your new low-fat , low-sugar , low-salt , high-fibre way of eating should be enjoyable enough to become a permanent way of life and be a tremendous help in preventing you from regaining weight . |
| 20 | If impressing less as a ‘ big ’ personality she nevertheless has a vivid way of making the developments real and present : for example , at the start of the Act 2 solo , ‘ que viens-je d'entendre ? ’ , she conveys , still more than Baker , the sense of the overheard talk having happened a minute or two before . |
| 21 | Mota had already come a long way since her schooldays when she ran away with the city , area and national cross-country championships . |
| 22 | Well , I 've just seen a new way forward |
| 23 | All this was extremely disturbing and the French desperately sought a new way to control Germany 's revival . |
| 24 | He does , in his own way , care for the club and football — he 's just got a funny way of showing it . ’ |
| 25 | The bank has already introduced a novel way of detecting credit crime . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 ’ . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | This traditional classification nevertheless remains a convenient way of approaching the task of describing the United Kingdom constitution . |