Example sentences of "go a long way [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But d-i-y treatment will go a long way towards keeping rot at bay , and you should be prepared to give freshly exposed cut surfaces of both cladding and battens an extra coat of preservative during installation for extra protection .
2 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 .
3 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 . ’
4 This last reform , which would simultaneously go a long way towards solving the unemployment problem and the housing problem , would also transform the social scene .
5 The feminine touch in the car showroom could go a long way towards clinching a deal , the Retail Motor Industry Federation said yesterday .
6 Perhaps it will make dealing with such a situation a little easier if we realise that there really is a reason for it and that the way in which we handle it may well go a long way towards aiding our spiritual development .
7 In doing so it can go a long way towards lifting the depression which has afflicted too many teachers in recent years .
8 That could go a long way towards avoiding car payments .
9 Its adoption and implementation throughout the Community will go a long way towards ensuring equal conditions for UK investors exploring opportunities in other Member States .
10 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 .
11 When wireless communications become available for a wider range of portables , the prevalence of Notes and applications like it will go a long way towards tying into networks PCs that are being under-utilised as little more than personal information managers .
12 Analysed , considered and acted upon these facts and the others also available from your sales ledger can go a long way towards helping you make your business more efficient and profitable .
13 So far readers have raised £13,400 , which will go a long way towards safeguarding the centre 's future .
14 Not making judgments about the lifestyles and sexual practices of others will go a long way towards encouraging honesty and trust .
15 A lot of changes are being made which will go a long way towards making the garments more user friendly .
16 Indeed , I 'd probably sympathise and go a long way towards agreeing with those propositions if they were put to me .
17 This will also go a long way towards preventing your neighbour complaining about the noise you make .
18 A Labour Party which offers an alternative agenda , involving as many people as possible in its ownership , will go a long way towards providing the ‘ vision ’ factor it currently lacks .
19 If it were made good , it would go a long way towards providing a justification for denying English the place in our educational system which we demand for it .
20 The idea of language function can go a long way towards solving this problem of what binds utterances together as discourse in the absence of formal links .
21 Schema theory can go a long way towards explaining the sender 's choice and arrangement of information in communication .
22 Will he tell the House what support he has had for his additional measure , the Aggravated Vehicle-Taking Bill , which will surely go a long way towards stopping the theft of motor vehicles ?
23 The proposals in the consultation document will go a long way towards improving the facilities and the standards that drivers expect from motorway service areas .
24 An extended speed limit would go a long way towards making this road safer for all users and would be relatively inexpensive .
25 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 .
26 THE brilliant and well documented hurling skills of Kilkenny 's DJ Carey will go a long way towards determining the outcome of today 's big match in Croke Park .
27 And Monday 's game will go a long way towards determining Wright 's future .
28 But size is n't everything and a quality performance from Henry Cecil 's colt — or any other runner — would go a long way towards salvaging the historic event 's ailing reputation .
29 ‘ This hostel would go a long way towards that .
30 Lastly , careful use of space in the table layout may go a long way towards helpful guiding of the eye .
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