Example sentences of "have gone [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The floors are inexpensively tiled , though they have gone to great lengths to achieve the right effect . |
| 2 | Corporate concern in the US tuna industry has been far more interested in maintaining profits than in saving dolphins , and they have gone to great lengths to protect their commercial interests . |
| 3 | Plus points include the availability of a wide range of standard sizes — you should be able to find at least one to fit your site — and the fact that the manufacturers have gone to great lengths in recent years to improve the poor appearance that older prefabricated sectional buildings traditionally suffered from . |
| 4 | A spokesman said : ‘ They have gone to great lengths to gather information useful to criminals . ’ |
| 5 | However , the hon. Gentleman will know that the Government have gone to great lengths to help the Northern Ireland economy and I am sure that the measures that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is taking will continue to alleviate the situation in the Province . |
| 6 | Well of course erm the basis used to be that many courts erm had written above them ‘ Police Court ’ and I think some of the older courts where this was sort of carved in stone may still have this above them , but Magistrates have gone to great lengths erm in recent times to emphasise this is not a police court , this is a magistrates ' court . |
| 7 | A number of companies have gone to great pains to point out to the shareholders that the goodwill adjustment does not affect the company 's net asset value , but Company Reporting named a number of companies that have actively avoided showing the full extent of losses on disposal . |
| 8 | The Bible laws of mikva are so important for women , that women have gone to extraordinary lengths to keep them . |
| 9 | Only two grants have gone to renewable-energy projects . |
| 10 | Or who have gone to other humans to get help either for their own kind or for others with whom they are associated , human or otherwise . |
| 11 | Anthropologists in various parts of the world have found groups of men who have gone to remarkable lengths to modify and improve the sexual equipment with which nature endowed them . |
| 12 | Sequent offers up to 32 processors on its Symmetry line , but the largest systems have gone to scientific users . |
| 13 | But Simon Davies , spokesman for applicants Ashall Group Ltd , replied : ‘ We have gone through many months of consultation with all those involved . |
| 14 | As in other disciplines , theories of language learning have gone through periodic changes , often with an over-emphasis on one aspect or anxiety , which results from the pendulum swinging from one extreme to another . |
| 15 | Since dropping communism , they have gone through three stages in thinking about security . |
| 16 | The ALA has had a major influence in redesigning the police recruitment forms , which have gone through three drafts since the Met tried to interest Labour councils in their campaign to attract more ethnic minority officers . |
| 17 | Although we have gone over ground that we have gone over many times in the House , the debate has been extremely interesting . |