Example sentences of "[adv] go some way towards [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The theory also goes some way towards answering the question of why people speak indirectly . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Originally the scheme allowed for pensions to be calculated on the best twenty years of earnings , which at least went some way towards enabling women , who spend some rime out of the labour market caring for dependants , to maximize their future pension . |
| 5 | Improvements in the overall forestry infrastructure , involving inventory acquisition through to logging , would at least go some way towards achieving better resource use . |
| 6 | 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of blacks both in and out of sport ; and iconoclastic because it will at least go some way towards smashing the outdated image of the black man as possessing natural physical abilities that are determined , in the last instance , by his race . |
| 7 | Mr. Galbraith : The Minister has certainly gone some way towards clarifying the position , and it would not be proper for me to be mean-spirited . |
| 8 | In general they did not seek harsh retributory sentences once order had been restored and in a surprisingly large number of cases actually went some way towards meeting the wishes of the crowd by doing something to encourage a lowering of prices and initiating or participating in relief measures . |