Example sentences of "go some way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taxing problems The arrest of the former head of the Mexican Treasury 's personnel section may go some way to explaining why government departments always appear to be overstaffed , but incapable of offering decent service . |
| 2 | Few animals inspire such extremes of love and hate as the fox , and this may go some way towards explaining why so much nonsense is written and talked about them . |
| 3 | This will go some way to draw the fire of the Government 's critics , but he can still expect a rough ride for the bill on the House of Lords . |
| 4 | The Marine Mammals Protection Act does at least go some way in limiting the dolphin kills , but since its introduction the tuna fishing fleet has become dominated by non-US vessels . |
| 5 | Membership of the EMS might go some way to remedy this , though a firm change in rhetoric ( ‘ no question of a realignment ’ ) would also be needed , and even then the ride would be far from smooth . |
| 6 | He does go some way towards outlining counter-arguments and replies , but his style is the playful one of a cat with a mouse . |
| 7 | Isabel felt a great calm , a satisfaction , for all this would surely go some way towards cancelling out the effects of her sister Faith 's thoughtlessness . |
| 8 | The replacement of Mr Burbulis , which the decree said was at his own request , will go some way to placating those in both the liberal and conservative camps annoyed by his somewhat high-handed manner . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This train of thought could go some way to explaining why he is one of the top commercial directors in Britain , the man responsible for such successful ad campaigns as Guinness , Nurofen , British Airways and Gallo Wine , who , reputedly , can earn as much as 100,000 per commercial . |
| 11 | The microfilm used in conjunction with a mobile radio telephone would go some way towards easing outreach work but such a combination is probably beyond the resources of most bureaux . |
| 12 | Improvements in the overall forestry infrastructure , involving inventory acquisition through to logging , would at least go some way towards achieving better resource use . |
| 13 | Attention has also been focused on the enhancement of soil nitrogen by the use of nitrogen-fixing bacteria which , if successful on a large scale , could go some way towards reducing environmental problems associated with the widespread use of nitrogen fertilisers ( section 6.3.1 ) . |
| 14 | Similarly the engineering of plants to produce their own crop-protection chemicals and nutrients , especially nitrogen , could go some way towards offsetting the often detrimental side-effects that artificially produced pesticides and fertilisers can exert on the environment ( sections 6.3 and 6.4 ) . |
| 15 | This may go some way towards explaining the difference of opinion in the various ‘ recommended ’ lists ; it all depends from what point of view ( or various shades thereof ) one is approaching the task , and for whose benefit ? |
| 16 | In this volume we have tried to bring together a collection that will go some way to answering these questions without losing sight of either city experience in a welter of academic abstraction or powerful analysis in a stream of political rhetoric . |
| 17 | Thus the computer model will go some way towards giving a fundamental understanding of the dynamics of the shaft itself without being able to explain fully the contribution made by the individual player . |
| 18 | Salt has the effect of reducing the excretion of urine and as a bonus , it will go some way to controlling some of the parasites that your fish may have . |
| 19 | Roseberry 's musical background might go some way to explaining her ‘ good ear ’ as well as her sympathy for musicians trying to catch the attention of A&R departments . |
| 20 | And if the faculty chose to go down the specialist qualification route , he added , it would go some way towards restoring credibility in the auditing profession by ensuring that standards are raised . |
| 21 | Either method would go some way towards increasing ‘ transparency ’ and the accuracy of the valuation of securities . |
| 22 | This was a good rule , and its return — to include the requirement for all firms with more than 20 partners to convert to limited company status — would go some way towards solving the problem of astronomical negligence claims and the consequently soaring costs of professional indemnity insurance . |
| 23 | Audit regulation , changes to the disciplinary arrangements and the continuing development of accounting and auditing standards may go some way to increasing public confidence in the profession ; and various other proposed regulations and changes to the law , such as preventing directors of public companies from exercising any influence over the appointment and removal of auditors , might have more effect than any of the steps which have been taken so far . |
| 24 | An adjustment of this kind would serve to promote recovery , and it should also go some way to reassure international opinion . |
| 25 | However , there are some excellent ‘ repair' products around that will go some way to making your hair visibly smoother , glossier and much easier to comb . |
| 26 | Probably not , but one ca n't help but speculate that the popularity of the showband in the Republic might go some way to explain the somewhat over-earnest search for ‘ authenticity ’ exhibited by U2 . |
| 27 | An anonymous American donor has pledged $10 million towards the establishment of the British collection which will go some way towards the rebuilding in the quadrant . |
| 28 | In the chapters which follow , I will attempt to offer a more satisfying and , hopefully , iconoclastic alternative ; satisfying because it will place the explanatory emphasis on definite social processes which perpetuate the invidious position of blacks both in and out of sport ; and iconoclastic because it will at least go some way towards smashing the outdated image of the black man as possessing natural physical abilities that are determined , in the last instance , by his race . |
| 29 | Although the developments outlined above might go some way towards encouraging parents and politicians to regard teachers as ‘ professional ’ much more will need to be done to repair the damage caused by the years of industrial dispute . |
| 30 | These opium-induced trances may have produced states of awareness and revelation which explain some of the fantastic imagery of Minoan religious art , and which may even go some way towards explaining the extraordinary architectural achievements of the temple-builders . |