Example sentences of "[vb mod] go a long way [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The plan 's changes should go a long way to drag Lloyd 's up to the standards of other financial markets .
2 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 .
3 Nonetheless , the changes in employment by product sectors which we have reported at Table 5.3 , that is , changes in national ‘ industrial structure ’ , will go a long way to explain the concentration of de-industrialization in regions of the ‘ North ’ , with all its effects on population ( Chapter 4 ) .
4 When they thud through the letter-box , £150 will go a long way to ease your mind .
5 The government 's measures to secure more planning permissions for housing development will go a long way to remedy the shortage of building land and so remove the occasion for windfall profits based on scarcity values .
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