Example sentences of "have gone [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We have gone one-third of the way to where we want to be , ’ Mr Jones said of the restructuring which has sold off the Grattan mail-order business for £167½m , cut debts in the Club 24 credit operation , improved trading in the core retail division and strengthened the balance sheet .
2 In many cases they have gone long periods before they have even made a profit .
3 Almost certainly , other border skirmishes have gone unreported ; allied helicopters and American A-10 tank-busting aircraft regularly patrol the frontier attacking ground targets inside Kuwait .
4 According to Mattelart , North American advertising agencies in Latin America have gone one step further by explicitly promoting models of political development ( Mattelart 1978 ) .
5 In fact , since Anisminic the courts have gone one step further and now presume that any error of law by an administrative tribunal is subject to review by the higher courts , even where there is an exclusion clause purporting to prevent such review .
6 In the vast majority of cases they will of course on the facts be a closed link between the nature of the trade effective between members of states and the competition that is restricted by the contested clause , this is because given that the restriction flows out in the agreement the later sets the context for former , accordingly as a simply matter of fact , restrictions of competition operating relating to the same market in which trade is affected between member of states , a restriction must be appraised in the context of the market , if the parties to the agreement or the high percent market share of the market , then a relatively minor restriction assumes greatest significance , on , firstly , if the parties hold a small share of the market then what appears obstensively be a serious restriction may turn out upon an assessment of facts to be minor or relatively insignificant , contrary to the submission of the plaintiff , the restriction of competition can be determined without a assessment of market , the court of first instance have recently held that the necessement of the market has necessary pre pre-conditioned of any judgement concerning the allegedly and competitive behaviour and your Lordship was taken to that paragraph page ninety two , just siting recently the and the present case the restrictions pleaded that paragraphs forty clements and the two twenty mason were for broadly to restrict the effects upon the insurance market , however the defendants have gone one step further and also identified other markets and sub markets in which the restrictions take immediate impact , this is logical for example in relation to the standard form agency agreement the restrictions have the most direct impact from the sub market to the provision of agencies services to names , competition is effected in this market since complete harmonization of secondary terms and trades are merely the criteria available to names when choosing an agent , however , the standard form contract also effects the wine and insurance market , the fact that the agent has unvetted powers to write any insurance which he sees fit affects the categories of insurance written within this is of course is the matter about which defendant makes complaint .
7 ‘ Our comments have gone unheeded by central government but surely they must pay attention now that they have been reiterated by a person of his standing . ’
8 ‘ For I have gone many times to the Cavern of Cruachan .
9 Banana skins , for example , are sometimes dried for weeks until they have gone black , then the inside off the skin can be scraped off and smoked .
10 With them have gone much of the outrageously condescending theorising expressed by professionals such as Watney Mann 's head designer Roy Wilson-Smith , who declared in the early 70s :
11 City have gone four games without a goal and Reid wants to halt the slide .
12 Celtic 's problem is that Rangers are one of the tiny minority and they have been the pre-eminent team on a domestic level , while the other half of the Old Firm have gone four years without winning anything .
13 Fifth post , one , two , three , four , five the fifth post you have gone four hundred metres .
14 It means the League champions have gone 11 games unbeaten , a run that offers them a final placing that would erase much of the disappointment of a frustrating season that includes two defeats by Coventry .
15 Use firm , ripe pears , but not ones that have gone squashy .
16 The comparatively recent event at Worsborough draws elements from other older traditions to create something new ; the Rev Kit Widdows and his enthusiasts have gone all the way back to their origins , to the Bible and its stories ; and in-between is the spectacle and grandeur of the York production .
17 I still have n't really settled to it because my nerves have gone all wonky being in the house .
18 But Strain is short of choices as the Seconds are having an even worse start to the season ; they have gone all five games of the new season without a win .
19 For the first time this season , though , Rangers have gone two successive domestic matches without winning and in these times at Ibrox that is as close as it gets to a crisis .
20 ‘ They have gone that way , ’ he said , pointing up the path , ‘ but someone has lain here … ’
21 But there is little likelihood of them giving home advantage to Garvey who have gone 32 games without defeat in the competition and need to win it for a record sixth time on the trot to reach Europe next year .
22 ‘ We have gone 10 matches without a win and it 's time to get back on the road .
23 Back over on Emmerdale ( 9.64 million ) only the ducks have gone quackers !
24 ‘ Your eyes have gone dark , and your mouth looks thinner and you 're pale again ; I 've noticed that that always happens when you 're unhappy , ’ he said .
25 If a well-structured book is the answer then we have gone full-circle and back to the benefits of a systematic text-book .
26 In fact the Americans have gone cool on the idea .
27 ‘ There are several players around who have gone thorough the same type of metamorphosis .
28 United have recruited three new players … who should form the backbone of a new look team … five have gone this summer … all given away except for Robinson who 's career has been finished by injury …
29 Everyone has his own story of being ignored when requesting information and of being left uncertain what to do when things have gone wrong , such as connections lost .
30 There needs to be personal contact when things have gone wrong , the head and staff need to be generous in their apologies when they make mistakes .
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