Example sentences of "[noun] go some [noun sg] towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through a series of reforms , most notably the retiring on full pay of some 8,000 officers , Azaña went some way towards achieving the first of these goals . |
| 2 | Zeki 's data show that colour is represented in V4 while only wavelength information is prominent in Vl but , while these data go some way towards answering some important questions about colour vision , they do n't solve all the problems . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Pascal goes some way towards this recognition when he observes : ‘ I see , in truth , that the same words are applied on the same occasions , and that every time two men see a body change its place , they both express their view of this same fact by the same word , both saying that it has moved ; and from this conformity of application we derive a strong conviction of a conformity of ideas . |
| 5 | McClellan goes some way towards achieving this with his ‘ mean issue per book ratio ’ . |
| 6 | This had been especially the case in budgetary matters and the foundation of the CBO went some way towards correcting the situation . |
| 7 | They appeared to have lost the art for a while ; last night went some way towards suggesting they had got it back . |
| 8 | It is our hope that the papers in this collection go some way towards rebutting such charges . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In Council for Civil Service Unions v. Minister for the Civil Service ( H. L. , 1984 ) the House of Lords went some way towards the view that they could control the way the prerogative was exercised . |
| 11 | With the introduction of System 6.0.2 Apple went some way towards reducing the problem by adding a new resource called NFNT . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Most serfs lived in miserable poverty , although the communal traditions of medieval villages went some way towards alleviating the worst forms of hardship . |
| 14 | The power structure and finances of the Church go some way towards explaining the management of its buildings . |
| 15 | The government went some way towards implementing some of the measures the Reports proposed in common , due largely to Winston Churchill 's initiative . |
| 16 | The Liber Historiae Francorum went some way towards connecting the evidence of Sulpicius Alexander with the Trojan migration legend by making the supposed father of Chlodio , Faramund , the son of Sunno , thus uniting the Trojan and Merovingian families . |
| 17 | By paying particular attention to texts and images created by women in the visual arts and performance as well as in literature , the book goes some way towards making up for the lack of awareness of women 's art . |
| 18 | The fact that other quick-service restaurants are increasingly adopting the McDonald 's approach to business and training goes some way towards explaining why the sector is growing rapidly even in the midst of recession . |
| 19 | Encouraging staff to appreciate the cost of information goes some way towards helping them to quantify the value of information . ’ |
| 20 | I have on several afternoons gone some way towards the beginning of a new mythology , which might in a thousand years puzzle the Germans . |
| 21 | The boy shrugged , raising his brows with a mild affectation of surprise that it could be thought to be important ; but the stillness of his face and the steadiness of his eyes on Hotspur went some way towards betraying him . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Before you start trying to watch home movies on your PC , remember that although Microsoft is kind enough to include a very basic multi media player and recorder ( both illustrated ) as part of the standard Windows desktop , in order to go some way towards true multi media you need a few more things : a windows multi media extension , a CD-ROM drive , a sound card and probably a new monitor , not to mention that faster machine you 've been promising yourself . |
| 24 | It is proposed that hypertext systems go some way towards providing students with alternative structures for organizing their knowledge of electronic publishing . |
| 25 | Ford 's short presidency went some way towards restoring the unity of the nation ; it left no great mark otherwise , but he was sufficiently respected by 1976 to gain the Republican nomination against his main rival , Ronald Reagan . |
| 26 | It is possible that special introductory units should be produced to get teachers out of the C category ( TESTDRIVE goes some way towards this ) , but at present the CDL teacher is a challenge that every unit must face . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | By working on the design and the product structure tree ( PST ) in parallel the designer goes some way towards ensuring that there is a logical manufacturing sequence that does not require , for example , partial disassembly at some stage . |
| 29 | By working on the design and the product structure tree ( PST ) in parallel the designer goes some way towards ensuring that there is a logical manufacturing sequence that does not require , for example , partial disassembly at some stage . |