Example sentences of "gone a long way towards [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 By the 1680s the old-fashioned cavalry of the pomeshchiks had disappeared as an independent force , the streltsy were restricted to internal policing duties , and Muscovy had gone a long way towards establishing a professional army .
2 The French have gone a long way towards providing a road and water supply and members of the ‘ Pater Nostra ’ organisation are studying in Budapest , Vienna and Germany to obtain qualifications in medicine , physiotherapy , occupational therapy and other skills which will enable them to provide the day-to-day care of the residents in the future .
3 The Community has gone a long way towards achieving that central purpose ; towards taming nationalism without suppressing patriotism ; towards sharing sovereignty without destroying nations ; and towards putting the magic of markets to work for society in a stable democratic setting .
4 The Thatcher governments have gone a long way towards puncturing claims about the power of the unions .
5 Indeed the latest text has gone a long way towards meeting the UK 's objections . ’
6 MICHAEL Roberts has certainly gone a long way towards silencing his critics in the past week .
7 The mayor also outlined plans which , if implemented , would have gone a long way towards mopping up the demand for houses in Derry .
8 The efforts of Anthony Thompson and his friends , including contingents of willing helpers provided by the St Bede 's Link with Romania , have gone a long way towards enabling Lotsi to achieve his goal and the project has now reached the stage where it will benefit from a greater degree of organisation than has been necessary so far .
9 Modern petrological studies have gone a long way towards answering this question : polished hard-rock axes seem to have been made from stone obtained from a limited number of outcrops .
10 Teclis was stronger now , the potions of the Loremasters had gone a long way towards giving him mortal strength .
11 If we can achieve this , we have gone a long way towards solving the axe typology problem since groups of similarly shaped axes would appear as distinct clusters on the page and could be easily identified by eye .
12 The new , improved materials available have gone a long way towards extending the lifespan of today 's flat roof .
13 She had gone a long way towards admitting that the King could not live of his own .
14 And in fact patient research has gone a long way towards resolving this knotty problem .
15 From being a simple pleasure that had helped take her mind off her troubles , it had now gone a long way towards restoring her rather battered pride .
16 By the middle of the fourth century , Christianity had gone a long way towards assimilating the dominant culture of pagan Romans .
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