Example sentences of "[pron] goes some [noun] towards [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the Commission has recently issued a notice which goes some way towards defining the elements of them . |
| 2 | Other than that last point ( which goes some way towards alienating the Champ 25SE from its natural ally , the Stratocaster ) this is a good , solidly made amplifier , which has had a lot of thought put into its design , is likely to maintain its resale value and deserves examination . |
| 3 | Which goes some way towards explaining the relative stagnation of the British economy . |
| 4 | Although commissions of array continued to be used for major expeditions led by the king or the Prince of Wales , such as those of 1346 and 1359 , the armies which fought in France came increasingly to consist of volunteers rather than conscripts ; and this in itself goes some way towards explaining popular support for the war . |
| 5 | If this is correct , it goes some way towards dealing with cases of ‘ cumulative provocation ’ , and towards a broader defence of emotional pressure . |
| 6 | Most of the old great Elf towns date from this period and it goes some way towards accounting for their remoteness . |
| 7 | It probably means that the average family is a much more relaxed affair than the traditional Scottish household used to be , but it goes some way towards explaining the numbers of children at risk in our society from adults outside the home , as well as from their own undisciplined emotions . |
| 8 | He goes some way towards doing this in terms of what he calls ‘ the doctrine of abstract ideas ’ . |