Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a long " in BNC.
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1 | Cheese is a protein of high biological value and a little goes a long way . |
2 | The other characteristic is that their influence seems out of all proportion to the amount present : a little goes a long way . |
3 | Although they can be expensive , essential oils are highly concentrated substances ; in practice , a little goes a long way . |
4 | It 's not cheap but the dispenser means a little goes a long way and it 's more hygienic than a pot . |
5 | I doubt if the soot would actively harm your fish , but a little goes a long way . |
6 | With leaves that are streaked with bright cream or marked in bold , gold blotches , a little goes a long way . |
7 | Yes , I have , but … but a little goes a long way . ’ |
8 | Yet a little goes a long way . |
9 | A little goes a long way ; too much is unbearably sentimental . |
10 | A LITTLE goes a long way with UNICEF . |
11 | In Fox 's case , practice obviously goes a long way to making perfect . |
12 | A dizzyingly long way below lay a long , deep arc of white-powder sand . |
13 | Suitably armed , the Princess felt confident enough to write a long and detailed rejoinder to her irate father-in-law which effectively spelled out the way she felt she had been treated by husband , the Royal Family and their courtiers . |
14 | Most of the , what has happened I think , over the last two and half years , that I 'm aware of , erm , is basically happening a long time before that , I , I ca n't say yes or no . |
15 | Suddenly he gave a frightened start , for he had nearly fallen asleep and the ground below seemed a long distance away . |
16 | It is up to citizens working together to initiate a long term process of communication , mutual support and joint action . |
17 | The 1983 election , although a significant Conservative success , was not a realigning one , nor one necessarily presaging a long spell of Conservative rule . |
18 | Since it necessarily takes a long time to produce such a report , the mandatory period within which the legal claim should be registered has frequently , even usually , expired before the report is available . |
19 | The narwhal also has only two teeth , and in the male ( and occasionally the female ) one of these grows outwards to form a long , impressive , spiralling tusk . |
20 | To carve it out — merely to leave a long |
21 | He was only spared a long jail term when 24-year-old Lynn agreed to drop assault charges providing he went into therapy . |
22 | Deborah Coleman was one of the highest-flying women in Silicon Valley with the title chief financial officer until she suddenly took a long sabbatical a couple of years ago : she did return to Apple Computer Inc and became vice-president for information systems , but quit again suddenly last week ; she has now resurfaced at Tektronix Inc as vice-president for materials operations , which is a new post . |
23 | The ‘ Pater Nostra ’ organisation , which will care for physically and mentally handicapped people in Atea , expect to find that by owning their own tractor they will not only go a long way to becoming self-sufficient but will be able to hire out the tractor locally to enhance their income . |
24 | Better to take a long cool walk and see it that way than lose perspective in the weary hours of the night . |
25 | So to cut a long story short , in the end I managed to drag myself away from this man . |
26 | Well I was just tidying myself up , och just a week lick of lipstick and a puffa blusher basically when I noticed that my mascara was on its last legs so I had to remind myself to stop by at Frazers Innoxa counter as any other tearproof bar theirs brings me out in lumps , so to cut a long story short I just nicked in the sidedoor — honest to god I was festooned with carriers laden down like a workhouse donkey — and I 'd to cut through the shoe department . |
27 | Tackling a black run in a blizzard was a worry , but when you only have a long weekend you ca n't hang around for the sun to shine . |
28 | The proteins have little sequence identity and obviously diverged a long time ago . |
29 | With our sister company , Wood Group Engineering Contractors , we successfully secured a long term contract from BP to provide integrated engineering services for the Miller , Magnus and Thistle platforms . |
30 | The theory thus involves a long phase of stillstand with a sea level considerably lower than the present one in the latter part of the Tertiary period immediately prior to the Ice Age . |