Example sentences of "have [verb] a [adj] [noun] towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that the genetic er , testing that was , that is now law , has to go a long way towards finding criminals , who once they 've been tested will find it very difficult to commit crime again , because they 're on record , and they 'll be on computer record . |
| 2 | Indeed the latest text has gone a long way towards meeting the UK 's objections . ’ |
| 3 | And in fact patient research has gone a long way towards resolving this knotty problem . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In the past , Mrs Aquino has taken a conciliatory stance towards ambitious factions in her armed forces , but , instead of appeasing mutineers , this policy has stoked rebellion in the barracks . |
| 6 | By taking over Thames , the firm has taken a big step towards becoming a powerhouse in British television . |
| 7 | Aberdeen arrived back from Turin this afternoon , knowing they 'd taken a major step towards the quarter finals of the Cup Winners Cup . |
| 8 | The mayor also outlined plans which , if implemented , would have gone a long way towards mopping up the demand for houses in Derry . |
| 9 | Peter Scudamore is on record as saying that Sabin du Loir is one of the best horses he has ever ridden , and could have gone a long way towards towards justifying that high opinion but for falling in last year 's King George at Kempton when holding a healthy lead . |
| 10 | The maximum grant is £270 , and you will have to pay a fixed contribution towards the cost , up to a maximum of £15 . |
| 11 | Everybody in the region would have to pay a new tax towards a regional assembly based on Tyneside and dominated by Labour politicians . |
| 12 | ‘ You can congratulate yourselves on having taken a positive step towards ending the evil and pernicious practice of slavery ! ’ |
| 13 | There was a public enquiry recently , and I 've got the Inspector 's report here , and in his report he says the Council claims to have adopted a positive approach towards gipsy site provision , but in my judgement there is no tangible evidence whatsoever of this . |
| 14 | This factor seems to have made a solid contribution towards forging the Iranian forces into a much more effective fighting machine than might have been expected in 1979 . |
| 15 | Throughout 1990 Lee had adopted a conciliatory approach towards relations with the mainland while nevertheless continuing to reject mainland China 's advocacy of the principle of " one country — two systems " as a basis for reunification , proposing instead the rival notion of " one country , two regions " . |
| 16 | The opinion polls , which had shown a small move towards the Tories in the early months of 1982 , now showed a large and growing Conservative majority . |
| 17 | By the middle of the fourth century , Christianity had gone a long way towards assimilating the dominant culture of pagan Romans . |
| 18 | Teclis was stronger now , the potions of the Loremasters had gone a long way towards giving him mortal strength . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She had gone a long way towards admitting that the King could not live of his own . |
| 21 | The fact that the party 's final net loss was only eight seats indicated that Clinton 's popularity had gone a considerable way towards offsetting the effects of reapportionment . |
| 22 | Still cheering , the passengers had started a mad rush towards the gangway , shoving and pushing at anything and anybody in the way . |
| 23 | He had always found that once you knew where you were wrong , then you had taken a great step towards being right . |
| 24 | The Government have made a substantial investment towards the cost of improving the A4059 at Aberdare and Abercynon . |
| 25 | In one fell swoop the authorities have made a large step towards perpetuating the quality , image and prestige of the Home Internationals by allowing the players to be available . |
| 26 | But since the alternative is that he 's just a banana-brain who makes things up , he 's got a natural bias towards proving a conspiracy — has n't he ? |
| 27 | The Thatcher governments have gone a long way towards puncturing claims about the power of the unions . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The new , improved materials available have gone a long way towards extending the lifespan of today 's flat roof . |