Example sentences of "a long way [prep] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Logging GNP per capita goes a long way towards holding the midspreads constant by making them similar in size . |
| 2 | Mr Gandhi has an election coming up and a big one-day cricket tournament not only goes down well with the electorate , but also goes a long way towards providing a short-term solution to the unemployment problem . |
| 3 | The French have gone a long way towards providing a road and water supply and members of the ‘ Pater Nostra ’ organisation are studying in Budapest , Vienna and Germany to obtain qualifications in medicine , physiotherapy , occupational therapy and other skills which will enable them to provide the day-to-day care of the residents in the future . |
| 4 | If it were made good , it would go a long way towards providing a justification for denying English the place in our educational system which we demand for it . |
| 5 | A Labour Party which offers an alternative agenda , involving as many people as possible in its ownership , will go a long way towards providing the ‘ vision ’ factor it currently lacks . |
| 6 | Indeed the latest text has gone a long way towards meeting the UK 's objections . ’ |
| 7 | The ministerial position went a long way towards meeting the US criteria , but the British side had worries as well . |
| 8 | The concessions Edward made on matters such as purveyance and unparliamentary taxation went a long way towards meeting the grievances of the commons , and the king was able to mobilize the resources he required for war . |
| 9 | Environmentalists hailed the decision as going a long way towards meeting the demands of campaigns in favour of preserving Antarctica . |
| 10 | But size is n't everything and a quality performance from Henry Cecil 's colt — or any other runner — would go a long way towards salvaging the historic event 's ailing reputation . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Will he tell the House what support he has had for his additional measure , the Aggravated Vehicle-Taking Bill , which will surely go a long way towards stopping the theft of motor vehicles ? |
| 13 | DAMON Hill went a long way towards fulfilling the hopes of his family and army of fans when he grabbed provisional pole position for Sunday 's Monaco Grand Prix . |
| 14 | Such a use of sub-committees goes a long way towards achieving an ‘ open ’ management process . |
| 15 | THE brilliant and well documented hurling skills of Kilkenny 's DJ Carey will go a long way towards determining the outcome of today 's big match in Croke Park . |
| 16 | By the 1680s the old-fashioned cavalry of the pomeshchiks had disappeared as an independent force , the streltsy were restricted to internal policing duties , and Muscovy had gone a long way towards establishing a professional army . |
| 17 | The feminine touch in the car showroom could go a long way towards clinching a deal , the Retail Motor Industry Federation said yesterday . |
| 18 | The proposals in the consultation document will go a long way towards improving the facilities and the standards that drivers expect from motorway service areas . |
| 19 | This decision goes a long way towards demonstrating the untenability of the marital-rape exemption in modern times . |
| 20 | The interpretation of ‘ mind ’ as information processing with a self-monitoring facility called consciousness goes a long way towards resolving the problem of body — mind interaction which Popper and Eccles ( 1978 ) have recently revived . |
| 21 | By the middle of the fourth century , Christianity had gone a long way towards assimilating the dominant culture of pagan Romans . |
| 22 | The new , improved materials available have gone a long way towards extending the lifespan of today 's flat roof . |
| 23 | Patronage was necessary , because it was expected that the member of parliament should be able to obtain it , a fact which goes a long way towards explaining the close links between so many Scots members of parliament and administration . |
| 24 | This goes a long way towards explaining the awkwardness felt by the foreign learner in conversation an awkwardness which does not seem wholly attributable to faulty or slow processing of grammar and vocabulary . |
| 25 | Schema theory can go a long way towards explaining the sender 's choice and arrangement of information in communication . |
| 26 | The regulations , which go a long way towards updating the older health and safety laws , cover a wide range of basic health , safety and welfare issues . |
| 27 | In doing so it can go a long way towards lifting the depression which has afflicted too many teachers in recent years . |
| 28 | For it was he who arranged the finance which went a long way towards putting the station on the air . |
| 29 | If applied on an institutional scale it could abolish the deficit of cadaveric transplants and could go a long way towards solving the moral problem that continues to exercise me and my colleagues . ’ |
| 30 | If we can achieve this , we have gone a long way towards solving the axe typology problem since groups of similarly shaped axes would appear as distinct clusters on the page and could be easily identified by eye . |