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Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] a long way " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	In the meantime this recording should go a long way to helping his cause .
2	Our exclusive interview with Steffi elsewhere in this issue should go a long way to satisfying the demands of her fans , many of whom continue to demand more and more information about their favourite player .
3	The plan 's changes should go a long way to drag Lloyd 's up to the standards of other financial markets .
4	Together with thick carpet and underfelt , it should go a long way to pleasing the occupants of the flat below .
5	‘ This afternoon 's coverage should go a long way in helping you set up your own firm , ’ he said , wiping his hands on a serviette .
6	Captain George Sutherland , director of marine operations for Shetland Island Council , said : ‘ The proposals for traffic separation should go a long way to providing protection for the adjacent coastline and we are content with the measures . ’
7	The new directives should go a long way to ensuring that employers do not abuse their employees in terms of unsafe working practice , practices .
8	Now one must go a long way upriver to find them , far into Sudan and Uganda .
9	To escape from Heathcliff I must go a long way away .
10	Local conditions must go a long way to explaining why some villages were vulnerable to enclosure and others were not , and these variations could occur within the limits of a single shire .
11	PLANTS should come a long way down the list of priorities for the novice gardener .
12	You ca n't just pull that across , might look a long way out .
13	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 ? ’
14	‘ He 'll go a long way out of his way for something he likes to eat , will your average fox .
15	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 .
16	The year 's end might seem a long way off but the minute-by-minute activities of a Profitboss are always directed to that end and the interim end-results required to achieve it .
17	It was a very clear day and we could see a long way .
18	The house seemed to stand in a field near the top of a hill , and they could see a long way .
19	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 . ’
20	The feminine touch in the car showroom could go a long way towards clinching a deal , the Retail Motor Industry Federation said yesterday .
21	That could go a long way towards avoiding car payments .
22	We will have more success at slowing world population growth if we see it as problem of enabling women in poor countries to have control over their own reproduction , which some carefully targeted development aid could go a long way towards achieving .
23	This election could go a long way to sorting that out .
24	‘ And they 'd go a long way to ‘ elp ‘ im if ever ‘ e ‘ ad a problem . ’
25	He 'd come a long way for a dude from Texas , and it had all been so very easy for the man with the Gary Cooper smile .
26	Lastly , careful use of space in the table layout may go a long way towards helpful guiding of the eye .
27	Murray confirmed only that the deal had been agreed and that it would go a long way towards cutting Rangers ' overdraft of £9.5 million .
28	That , stated Coopers & Lybrand/Cork Gully in their guide to the Cork Report , would go a long way towards remedying the shortcomings of the present system .
29	I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics .
30	Satisfactory tenants would at least keep the house warm and protected , as well as producing an income that would go a long way to meeting your expenses .