Example sentences of "a [adj] way to [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The price cut will go a little way to alleviating the burden of VAT on bills , due to be introduced next April , a move described by Manweb chairman Bryan Weston as disappointing . |
| 2 | Before submitting the package for approval , the manager of the package can ensure that the package is in an ‘ approvable ’ condition , ( in a similar way to running the scanner before attempting to enter a module ) . |
| 3 | Smith observed : ‘ I think tomorrow will go a long way to clarifying the picture . |
| 4 | The head of the Exchange 's advertising department Boris Goldman believes that the opening of the exchange will go a long way to breaking the mafia art market in which Western and Russian intermediaries often knock down prices on Russian works of art . |
| 5 | Little was known about the products of many of these areas , and much research still needs to be done but Collecting Lustreware goes a long way to redressing the balance . |
| 6 | Quite clearly , a small percentage reduction in wastage would go a long way to easing the manpower problems . |
| 7 | The cup triumph will go a long way to easing the memory of their loss to Waringstown in the final of the Touche Ross Senior Cup last month and caps a solid season for the Comber side . |
| 8 | Together with thick carpet and underfelt , it should go a long way to pleasing the occupants of the flat below . |
| 9 | A large microcomputer system with an extensive range of hardware devices and large block of extra machine-code routines is very flexible and powerful , and would go a long way to meeting the requirements of the program designer , but in realistic terms such a system would be too expensive for most schools at present . |
| 10 | Those who question Taylor 's future were left to swallow a performance that went a long way to answering the questions against the England manager . |
| 11 | At least one of them will have the whippier shaft which , I suspect , might in itself go a long way to doing the trick . ’ |
| 12 | Our exclusive interview with Steffi elsewhere in this issue should go a long way to satisfying the demands of her fans , many of whom continue to demand more and more information about their favourite player . |
| 13 | Organising a fair distribution of tickets by perhaps initially limiting the number allocated to each family or , alternatively , putting on an extra performance will go a long way to solving the problem . |
| 14 | At last there was room for a central bureau of information , which went a long way to reducing the confusion caused by overlapping responsibilities . |
| 15 | ( A political party finds a surplus as large as this very gratifying , because the votes made available for transfer will , if voters are loyal , go a long way to ensuring the election of one or even two of its less popular candidates . ) |
| 16 | That undoubtedly goes a long way to explaining the inspectors ' report . |
| 17 | This is a real advantage when using the A2 live and also goes a long way to keeping the engineer happy in the studio , without taking precious minutes to reprogram . |
| 18 | The new organizational and structural changes proposed in the Act are complex , but go a considerable way to addressing the problems outlined in Chapter 4 . |