Example sentences of "[adv] go [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 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 | He welcomed the European Commission on Human Rights ' ruling that the case of the three IRA members killed by the SAS in Gibraltar was good enough to go the European Court . |
| 12 | So if it suddenly goes the other way round |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In Fox 's case , practice obviously goes a long way to making perfect . |
| 15 | So goes the traditional explanation . |
| 16 | Or so goes the conventional wisdom . |
| 17 | In the inch wars , Ryvita helps you win — so goes the old advert punch line , but which of the two main Graphical User Interfaces is likely to be the one to give you the best operating environment ? |
| 18 | We 'd only gone a short distance from the trees when suddenly we were hit by a blinding flash . |
| 19 | He had only gone a short distance , when he found himself stepping into a small moonlit clearing , some twenty yards across . |
| 20 | So went the old rhyme . |
| 21 | I only go a fair way . |
| 22 | So go the whole hog . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | anyway to go the other side on the other |
| 25 | Now moving on a little bit further , I know the talk said that I was only going up to er to , but I 'm just going a little bit further . |
| 26 | Food : The test of a true boar : British gourmets could soon go the whole hog , writes Henrietta Green |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 ’ . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |