Example sentences of "go [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | For semiconductor makers not already committed to building 16-megabit production lines , the case for going straight for the 64-megabit device looks increasingly attractive . |
| 32 | So , instead of going straight for the big one , we decided to build up our acclimatisation by first visiting some of Kenya 's other mountains . |
| 33 | ‘ If things were going smoothly between the two of you then I doubt you would be here now , but they 're not , are they ? ’ |
| 34 | The war was going well for the galactic empire . |
| 35 | Things were n't going well for the American studios , either at home or in the UK , and they became increasingly desperate , hunting around for the winning formula some had lost and others never found . |
| 36 | She looked up sharply , her eyes going immediately to the far shore and to the house on the crest above the cove . |
| 37 | Black-figure continues in use long for slight work , and for the prize vases at the Panathenaic games it far outlasts red figure , going deep into the Hellenistic age ; but from the generation after the Pioneers all major vase painters work primarily in red-figure . |
| 38 | Japanese emigrants had been going abroad since the 1880s , the majority of them to Hawaii , then an independent kingdom . |
| 39 | In times past , I had tried to get across to the continent as much as possible , but now , while other people were going abroad for the first time because of all the cheap travel around , I was ( without intending to be anti-social ) doing exactly the opposite and taking a look around the British Isles . |
| 40 | Add to this the fact that everything here can cost considerably less than almost anywhere else , and it becomes hard to see why young people go anywhere other than this sophisticated , cosmopolitan , exciting and dynamic resort , which we think is particularly good for those going abroad for the first time . |
| 41 | At the Invalidenstrasse crossing , an older man wept as he explained : ‘ I 'm going across for the first time since August 12 , 1961 . |
| 42 | Then she got the idea of going across to the American Shuttle . |
| 43 | Do n't know why you 're going there in the first place . |
| 44 | Sharp tugs at the Calibra 's wheel show that torque steer is definitely present when going hard through the lower gears . |
| 45 | Stick you head out the window and there 's puke going everywhere on the parked cars and people 's faces |
| 46 | Chairman Geoffrey Richmond said ‘ We are considering going completely against the current trend in the league and significantly increasing the amount of the players ’ budget , ’ he said . |
| 47 | Plans are going ahead for the proposed course — arrival on the Friday 16th May — start 17th May and end 23rd May — departure Saturday 24th May . |
| 48 | It was 50 years from the first signs of the rundown of the British Empire to our going cap-in-hand to the International Monetary Fund for financial support . |
| 49 | Mr Kinnock was at his best when going easier on the general outrage , and harder on the specific details of the operation . |
| 50 | The Rifleman brushed aside their questions , going instead to the main staircase which led down into the brightly lit chaos of the entrance hall where a throng of officers demanded their horses or carriages . |
| 51 | England 's tries were not magical creations , just simple quick passing , where the movement is always going forward in the classic tradition of back play , but a tradition that seems beyond Scotland 's ken at the moment . |
| 52 | Because on the inside — yes , I have my airwells , I have work going forward behind the net curtains . |
| 53 | ‘ He was going quietly about the important business of searching for insects and worms when this great big foot came along and almost trod on him . |
| 54 | I do hope you and Per and the girls are well , and that work is going satisfactorily for the two of you and studies likewise for them . |
| 55 | It should have been a warning to me when I noticed that none of the other foreigners was going anywhere near the wicker-basket toboggans , each with two dapper attendants . |
| 56 | Maybe it was the fear of going anywhere near the angst-ridden territory so comprehensively covered by The Smiths , maybe it was the fact that being stoned out of your mind was suddenly fashionable again — but neither the baggy bunch nor the floppy-fringed waifs who enjoyed the post-Madchester plaudits came anywhere near the kind of emotional rush peddled by Morrissey 's men . |
| 57 | The pathologist and the Detective Sergeant had not been over-eager to react to his suggestion to go straight to the highest authority . |
| 58 | She intended to go straight to the second floor and find a policeman she could tell about the keys , but when she reached the first floor landing she veered into the newsroom instead . |
| 59 | Unlike other countries , Britain does not allow the money to go straight to the local authorities to which it has been allocated . |
| 60 | The effect of reading a Bill a second time is to curb further debate on the general principle for the time being and cause the Bill to go straight to the next stage , which is the committee stage . |