Example sentences of "a long way towards [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friedman 's statement of the natural rate hypothesis went a long way towards reconciling such evidence with basic classical theory . |
| 2 | The Community has gone a long way towards achieving that central purpose ; towards taming nationalism without suppressing patriotism ; towards sharing sovereignty without destroying nations ; and towards putting the magic of markets to work for society in a stable democratic setting . |
| 3 | And in fact patient research has gone a long way towards resolving this knotty problem . |
| 4 | The idea of language function can go a long way towards solving this problem of what binds utterances together as discourse in the absence of formal links . |
| 5 | An extended speed limit would go a long way towards making this road safer for all users and would be relatively inexpensive . |
| 6 | ‘ Your own stories go a long way towards doing that . ’ |
| 7 | Modern petrological studies have gone a long way towards answering this question : polished hard-rock axes seem to have been made from stone obtained from a limited number of outcrops . |
| 8 | 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 |