Example sentences of "go a [adj] way [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ That means going a little way into the mountains and I do n't see how you could get lost on a mountain road . |
2 | Well he 's going a good way of doing it is n't he |
3 | Environmentalists hailed the decision as going a long way towards meeting the demands of campaigns in favour of preserving Antarctica . |
4 | Between the two lay the formidable barrier of the River Spey , which , as late as 17 March , was said to be ‘ so swelled with snow melting down from the hills that it will not be fordable without going a great way up the country ’ . |
5 | However , the alleged principle appears to go a long way beyond authority . |
6 | I think that the genetic er , testing that was , that is now law , has to go a long way towards finding criminals , who once they 've been tested will find it very difficult to commit crime again , because they 're on record , and they 'll be on computer record . |
7 | Both the Littlewoods actually , Banbury and Oxford are putting up teams , and so are , we understand , fifteen of the NatWest banks in Oxfordshire , so there 's a lot going on and er we think the walks in Oxfordshire are going to go a long way towards raising this vitally needed million pounds for the rainforests this year |
8 | It will create interest in the foreground which I think is important and often , especially looking across water an expanse of water if you have n't got any interesting detail in the foreground yo you have to go a long way into the picture before it begins to get interesting . |
9 | As one would expect , incomers took a greater interest in discussing class — class is supposed to go a long way in explaining the membership of given social networks , and in the scope of such networks . |
10 | I will see that happening , but it is the freedom of schools to choose that is all important , and there are some particular elements of expertise which are not available to schools because it 's not available centrally , and I believe that giving schools their budgets goes a great way to meeting this . |
11 | As in 1949 at Lausanne , so the probability is that many refugees would oppose any surrender of their claim and would continue to struggle for a solution which goes a substantial way towards meeting both their physical needs and their sense of grievance . |
12 | It is hoped that the following study goes a small way towards describing their experiences and situation , as well as highlighting what the inclusion of disabled professionals reveals about the orthodox professional/client relationship . |
13 | Education is seen to include some of this , but goes a long way beyond competence in application . |
14 | Mr Gandhi has an election coming up and a big one-day cricket tournament not only goes down well with the electorate , but also goes a long way towards providing a short-term solution to the unemployment problem . |
15 | This decision goes a long way towards demonstrating the untenability of the marital-rape exemption in modern times . |
16 | The interpretation of ‘ mind ’ as information processing with a self-monitoring facility called consciousness goes a long way towards resolving the problem of body — mind interaction which Popper and Eccles ( 1978 ) have recently revived . |
17 | It seems to me that this difference in the structure of the schedules goes a long way towards explaining in industrial terms the relative stasis of British television subgenres like sitcom , crime series and soap opera , and the drive towards innovation found in the corresponding genres on US television . |
18 | Logging GNP per capita goes a long way towards holding the midspreads constant by making them similar in size . |
19 | Such a use of sub-committees goes a long way towards achieving an ‘ open ’ management process . |
20 | One study which goes a long way towards identifying dimensions of the culture of the shop floor , and the political relatedness of workers to their enterprise has been completed by Paul E. Willis . |
21 | Patronage was necessary , because it was expected that the member of parliament should be able to obtain it , a fact which goes a long way towards explaining the close links between so many Scots members of parliament and administration . |
22 | This goes a long way towards explaining the awkwardness felt by the foreign learner in conversation an awkwardness which does not seem wholly attributable to faulty or slow processing of grammar and vocabulary . |
23 | The document before us goes a long way towards providing for the independence of the monetary institution , which will be a crucial element in the success of a single currency . |
24 | The perpetuation of the old sources of strife goes a long way towards explaining why party conflict continued after the Glorious Revolution , which will be the theme of the following chapter . |
25 | There is a problem with pollution with visual intrusion and noise intrusion which needs to be solved and this goes a long way towards solving it . |
26 | In Fox 's case , practice obviously goes a long way to making perfect . |
27 | The actual construction of a carpet goes a long way to determining how long it will keep its original appearance . |
28 | The incident goes a long way to explaining Chapman 's later enthusiasm for floodlit football . |
29 | People do n't usually hit out unless they are upset or angry , so showing you understand their feelings goes a long way to preventing them from expressing that anger towards you . |
30 | In this way , the learner will gain confidence , and this goes a long way to promoting safe practice if at a later time adequate guidance and support are lacking . |