Example sentences of "go some way towards " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 He does go some way towards outlining counter-arguments and replies , but his style is the playful one of a cat with a mouse .
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 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 .
5 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 .
6 Improvements in the overall forestry infrastructure , involving inventory acquisition through to logging , would at least go some way towards achieving better resource use .
7 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 ) .
8 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 ) .
9 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 ?
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 Either method would go some way towards increasing ‘ transparency ’ and the accuracy of the valuation of securities .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 His status may go some way towards clearing up the misunderstanding which must have arisen , for in Gloucestershire manors belonging to another royal ward were also left unassessed .
19 This will go some way towards relieving the anxiety of those who felt that the fine and reprimands were far too limp .
20 Filtering the definitions may go some way towards reducing this effect , and is suggested as an area for further research .
21 We do not understand it , they say , by which they seem to mean that we can not set it out in everyday words ( though actually one can go some way towards doing so , as I tried to do in Chapter V of The particle Play ) .
22 Again , if we can understand the reasons for these choices , we may go some way towards explaining that strange feeling teachers have when reading a piece of written work in which every sentence is grammatically correct , and yet there is something not quite right .
23 The full implementation of the substance and spirit of the Wagner Committee 's proposals might go some way towards giving people in institutions a greater say .
24 The pain of childbirth is legendary , but positive thinking and modern methods of pain relief can go some way towards easing the situation
25 Will he go some way towards reviewing the process ?
26 AN APOLOGY could go some way towards reconciling warring factions Micky McKeown and crisis club Glenavon .
27 This would go some way towards producing an equitable balance of provision between the urban and rural areas .
28 The Parish Council think this would go some way towards producing a more equitable balance of service provision between the urban and rural areas .
29 While the reforms of 1988/89 do go some way towards creating a more effective regional policy in that the dispersion of funds has shifted towards the poorer regions , given the gulf between the rhetoric of the commitment to balanced development and the extent of subsequent policy action , it is difficult to escape the conclusion that the issue of space and the impact of EC policies over space are but a minimal consideration in the design of a greater vision .
30 This will go some way towards the goal of eliminating the full-time VDU operator , which has been seen as an undesirable form of work organisation .
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