Example sentences of "go a long way " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had booked a sleeper from Paris in terms of time — " I ca n't sit up all night " — not distance " I am going a long way south . " |
| 2 | ‘ I knew it was going a long way , I was so pumped . |
| 3 | Environmentalists hailed the decision as going a long way towards meeting the demands of campaigns in favour of preserving Antarctica . |
| 4 | You ca n't park , a big car 's an advantage if you 're going a long way |
| 5 | A long time in the dark and he d have to go a long way round if he was n't to upset the sheep and alert Jack . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I think she 's going to go a long way — which she deserves to . ’ |
| 8 | To link small variations in a single protein with the existence of an all-purpose ‘ addictive personality ’ is to go a long way too far . |
| 9 | However , the alleged principle appears to go a long way beyond authority . |
| 10 | But do n't pick up any more thorns , Hlao-roo , because we may have to go a long way . " |
| 11 | ‘ We have to go a long way south before we get to Alaska , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ You would have to go a long way to see a better game than that . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | If we progress past the 2nd playing round in either — we tend to go a long way … otherwise we tendto get caught cold as it were … and in the FA cup draw the finalists/winners … |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But he said : ’ You endeavoured to go a long way to cover your tracks by disposing of the apparatus . |
| 17 | It 's a million miles in style from our usual sweeping lawns and landscaped vistas , but in the latest in our series Summer Gardens , we visit the little piece of England where a little really HAS to go a long way . |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | In Fox 's case , practice obviously goes a long way to making perfect . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The actual construction of a carpet goes a long way to determining how long it will keep its original appearance . |
| 22 | Cheese is a protein of high biological value and a little goes a long way . |
| 23 | Thus the Act goes a long way in smoothing the path of the prosecutor . |
| 24 | This decision goes a long way towards demonstrating the untenability of the marital-rape exemption in modern times . |
| 25 | No Hiding Place Sitting containers on pallets or bricks goes a long way toward preventing them from harbouring all kinds of pests under their bottoms . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The other characteristic is that their influence seems out of all proportion to the amount present : a little goes a long way . |
| 28 | ‘ Hard graft , mind , but at least they 're decent to you , aye , and fair too which goes a long way . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | There seems to be a lot of blood , but , you know , a little blood goes a long way . |