Example sentences of "[det] go some way [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I hope that that goes some way to meeting my hon. Friend 's points . |
2 | If a common phenomenon , this goes some way towards accounting for the ingrained belief that such growth engendered serious economic and social problems , not least Carew 's conviction that the opening of tin workings impoverished a parish , whilst their discontinuance restored prosperity . |
3 | This goes some way towards typing the organism causing the disease . |
4 | He 's lost a dozen in a decade and this goes some way towards explaining his surprisingly philosophical attitude to his own bad luck . |
5 | This goes some way to explaining why the complicated campaigns within Toulouse in the second half of the century were largely fought out under the banners of the Angevin , Aragonese , and French kings ; and why the revolts of Henry II 's sons had widespread ramifications . |
6 | This went some way towards closing the financial gap between Gloucester 's endowment and that of his brother Clarence , but income is probably all that the grant was designed to provide . |
7 | This went some way towards closing the financial gap between Gloucester 's endowment and that of his brother Clarence , but income is probably all that the grant was designed to provide . |