Example sentences of "go some way [prep] [v-ing] this " in BNC.

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1 Mr Campbell added : ‘ Anything which goes some way to alleviating this problem has to be a good thing . ’
2 McClellan goes some way towards achieving this with his ‘ mean issue per book ratio ’ .
3 He goes some way towards doing this in terms of what he calls ‘ the doctrine of abstract ideas ’ .
4 The scheme we have described , which has a name-space for contexts that can be ( a ) local to a replacement ; or ( b ) local to a document , or ( c ) global to all documents using a particular library , goes some way towards tackling this problem .
5 Europe , not the States , was still the mecca , and many shopping trips by eager Scousers willing to supply the demand in their home city went some way to doing this .
6 A Swedish study went some way towards achieving this aim by using soldier ‘ volunteers ’ and keeping them awake for about 72 hours in a constant environment .
7 If roads were contained within a perspex tunnel and regularly patrolled by wildlife wardens , armed with splints and bandages and trained in every kind of veterinary first aid , I suppose it might go some way towards reducing this tragic toll .
8 Filtering the definitions may go some way towards reducing this effect , and is suggested as an area for further research .
9 Hopefully this brief article will go some way to redressing this .
10 Part of this dependence is simply being used to being ‘ under the influence ’ or ‘ stoned ’ for a long period of time and drugs such as cannabis and amphetamines may go some way to overcoming this problem .
11 Channel 4 has gone some way to remedying this situation .
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