Example sentences of "it [vb -s] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides this , it goes a long way to account for their toughness , as we shall see in Chapter 9 . |
| 2 | Apparently it goes a long way . |
| 3 | It represents a new way of life in which the behaviour and requirements of the collective body are present at every moment . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It represents a new way of thinking about the media world we live in and a new way of learning the skills of active engagement and critical reflection with all forms of modern media — television , video , film , radio , print , and the glue that binds them all together — advertising , ’ says Sister Elizabeth Thoman , Executive Director of the Center for Media and Values . |
| 5 | The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators is completely independent of the Post Office ; it offers a simple way of sorting out disputes using written statements and avoiding the need to make a personal appearance . |
| 6 | It offers a convenient way of sending a number of control characters to the screen . |
| 7 | ‘ Geographically it looks a long way but in travel time it is n't very far at all . ’ |
| 8 | Thankfully , ‘ Dirty ’ , the Sonics ' recent Geffen album , entered the UK Top Ten during the first week of release and , even if it has a long way to go to equal the sales of ‘ Nevermind ’ , things could be taking a turn for the better . |
| 9 | Try to get a small amount of airbrake on and keep the glider off the ground as long as you can , even if it floats a long way into the airfield . |
| 10 | ‘ It sounds a long way and it 'll be getting dark soon . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ By the road , it seems a long way , but I need only to walk a kilometre across the fields beyond the farm . |
| 12 | Only it seems a long way to go ! |
| 13 | Oh it seems a long way to go just for five days skiing . |
| 14 | It seems a strange way of choosing officials . |
| 15 | Erm , the one , two , three and four refer to quarters , it seems a strange way to do it , and I apologize for that . |
| 16 | The motivation and advantage of using such a method as a research tool is that it finds a middle way between idiosyncratic subjectivism and claims to objectivity that have been increasingly questioned in the past twenty or so years ( by writers from Derrida ( 1975 ) to Lakoff ( 1987 ) ) . |
| 17 | This is a bit of a mouthful , but it provides a systematic way of describing relationships as positive or negative ; it reminds us , for example , whether young people are more or less likely to contemplate breaking the law . |
| 18 | And then there 's a , a series of er oh and they add er er during the people 's governments or at or above the may in accordance with the local land agency set apart certain land bound to be nationalized and used for the establishment of experimental farms or one or more county 's or model state farms , so there 's provision for the creation of so a form of socialism over the countryside but it 's , it comes a long way down the list . |
| 19 | It imparts a fresh way of seeing the familiar . |