Example sentences of "[noun sg] has gone [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coming in a week , when an American judge told a rape victim she ‘ deserved what she got ’ for wearing a lace mini-skirt , and an English judge dropped a rape charge because his 16-year-old alleged victim had the mental age of seven , yesterday 's case has gone some way to restore their faith in the justice system . |
| 2 | Perhaps the wheel has gone full circle and the middle class is now prepared to sell its birthright of privacy for the glittering prizes of acquisition . |
| 3 | While English law has gone some way to providing a reasons requirement there are still significant gaps . |
| 4 | But one local craftsman has gone one stage better and has made is own time piece . |
| 5 | Although the Brady debt initiative has gone some way to potentially alleviating the debt problems of Chile , Colombia , Costa Rica , Mexico and Uruguay — those countries which have made serious adjustments — two of the biggest debtors , Brazil and Argentina , remain outside the ring . |
| 6 | Now the Mediator has gone one stop further than that by recommending what , in reality , could be described as pay cuts for staff . |
| 7 | This is precisely what the Union has gone some way to doing with its appointment of Glen Ball , Leighton Davies and John Perkins — respectively Neath manager , Maesteg coach and Pontypool coach — to act as Alan Davies 's go-between with the Welsh First Division clubs . |
| 8 | The Minister has gone some way towards allaying those fears by adding the proviso that any money from disposals should be used for the acquisition of further works . |
| 9 | I must say that the way the discussion has gone this morning , is n I would say , slightly disappointing because there is some attempt to make a positive contribution , but at the moment it 's not necessarily pointing us quite in the direction which we would hope to go . |
| 10 | The custom-built disease has gone next door . |