Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] a long way [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plan 's changes should go a long way to drag Lloyd 's up to the standards of other financial markets . |
| 2 | And no matter how fresh the lads might get they 'll have a long way to go before they reach your handling , wo n't they , Andrew ? ’ |
| 3 | Aristocratic rivalries might go a long way to explain the ineffectiveness of English armies , as one of the chronicler 's few detailed descriptions of internal affairs indicates . |
| 4 | Nonetheless , the changes in employment by product sectors which we have reported at Table 5.3 , that is , changes in national ‘ industrial structure ’ , will go a long way to explain the concentration of de-industrialization in regions of the ‘ North ’ , with all its effects on population ( Chapter 4 ) . |
| 5 | When they thud through the letter-box , £150 will go a long way to ease your mind . |
| 6 | The government 's measures to secure more planning permissions for housing development will go a long way to remedy the shortage of building land and so remove the occasion for windfall profits based on scarcity values . |