Example sentences of "[noun pl] go some way [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even if the relative lack of profitable investment opportunities goes some way to explaining the poor investment rate , then if US business had felt itself under more pressure , it might have made greater efforts to improve technology . |
| 2 | Although we accept the Government 's recent concessions go some way to meeting the concerns expressed at second reading , we believe an additional amendment is crucial . |
| 3 | Environment Minister David Maclean told an audience at Tory Central Office : ‘ The rain of the last few days goes some way to replenishing the reservoirs . |
| 4 | I hope these observations go some way to addressing your concerns . |
| 5 | New observations go some way to patching up that discrepancy but also bring difficulties of their own . |
| 6 | To connect their knowledge with the language system people use reasoning , and pragmatic theories go some way towards explaining how people reason their way from the form to the function and thus construct coherent discourse from the language they receive . |
| 7 | We can not pretend GIS is a solution to the political problems of negotiation and justification but at the very least the openness of the procedures goes some way towards satisfying a worried public . |
| 8 | Most serfs lived in miserable poverty , although the communal traditions of medieval villages went some way towards alleviating the worst forms of hardship . |
| 9 | There are still many anomalies and too many disabled persons are dependent on income support , but at least the attendance and mobility allowances go some way towards acknowledging the financial burdens of disability . |
| 10 | It is proposed that hypertext systems go some way towards providing students with alternative structures for organizing their knowledge of electronic publishing . |
| 11 | A reference , as in the precedent , to the retained parts goes some way towards covering the point , but the damage or destruction of neighbouring units in a shopping centre could also render the premises unusable . |