Example sentences of "go some way to [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coun Bill Dixon ( Lab ) , chairman of the committee , said he was delighted to be involved in a scheme which will go some way to easing the town 's critical housing shortage . |
| 2 | He also argues his idea would go some way to helping save the rainforest , part of which is used to make charcoal . |
| 3 | Does my right hon. Friend envisage the creation of a Territorial Army element in the Household Division , which would go some way to alleviating the greatly increased overstretch that the 40 per cent . |
| 4 | The Boards ' lines of defence against this — replacement costs were hypothetical and difficult to estimate , tax complications might follow — read like a weary defence of the status quo , but the Ministry did in the end accept that their creation of special ad hoc depreciation reserves did go some way to meeting the point . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Hopefully this brief article will go some way to redressing this . |
| 7 | The paper accepted at the November Council on ‘ Suggested Changes to Branch Recruitment ’ will go some way to addressing these problems . |
| 8 | While the Environment Protection Act will go some way to addressing the situation it does not seem to take into account those owners who will not care if their dog is impounded and destroyed and certainly will not pay to save it . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He would go some way to doing so if he told the House tonight that he intends to monitor carefully what is happening and to initiate independent research into the strengths and weaknesses of the new system in its initial stages . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | These recommendations , if they can be fully implemented , should go some way to increasing the globalisation of securities markets by smoothing out problems in world clearance and settlement systems . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Part of this dependence is simply being used to being ‘ under the influence ’ or ‘ stoned ’ for a long period of time and drugs such as cannabis and amphetamines may go some way to overcoming this problem . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | My point here is simply that they do go some way to explaining why patterns of co-residence fluctuate over time . |
| 19 | In supporting this report we will be setting a future agenda which should go some way to extending working , workers ' protection for our members . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The judicious use of " open-ended " questions can go some way to mitigating these effects by making the questionnaire more varied and interesting . |
| 22 | They hope that a jobs package will go some way to defusing criticism over a perceived lack of direction on tackling the long dole queues . |