Example sentences of "[conj] go a long way [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To meet the needs of piston-engine operators worldwide , a small number of specialist concerns thrive looking after the precious radial engine that go a long way towards making the DC-3 and DC-6 such economic miracle workers . |
| 2 | Reluctant as he was to part with evidence that went a long way to exonerating Colin , he knew surrendering it voluntarily was vastly preferable to having it seized . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But the headlining act — a quartet splicing the former Miles Davis guitarist John Scofield with the British saxophonist Andy Sheppard — struck fireworks that went a long way towards helping the audience breathe out after some dodgy moments during the presentations . |
| 5 | But they sweetened their reign of fear with occasional favours and a glaze of authority that went a long way in communities accustomed to neither . |
| 6 | Indeed , I 'd probably sympathise and go a long way towards agreeing with those propositions if they were put to me . |
| 7 | Now , diver deployment systems are accepted as normal offshore practise , and go a long way to making commercial diving safer . |
| 8 | Education is seen to include some of this , but goes a long way beyond competence in application . |
| 9 | Environmentalists hailed the decision as going a long way towards meeting the demands of campaigns in favour of preserving Antarctica . |