Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [art] [adj] [noun] towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government have made a substantial investment towards the cost of improving the A4059 at Aberdare and Abercynon . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A series of legal rulings by the European Court of Justice and the House of Lords have pushed the British government towards the equalisation of retirement ages , if not pension ages . |
| 4 | There are other problems also : one is how to overcome the environmental objections and the contracting and technical failures which have so far stunted the growth of nuclear power in the UK , and another is how to keep up the momentum of conservation ( or energy efficiency improvements ) in the absence of the price increases which have proved the prime motivation towards energy saving . |
| 5 | The Danes are traditional dairy cattle breeders , but since the Second World War the dairy herds have followed the British trend towards fewer , larger units and a certain amount of land has become available for beef-rearing on a minor scale . |
| 6 | The Thatcher governments have gone a long way towards puncturing claims about the power of the unions . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The new , improved materials available have gone a long way towards extending the lifespan of today 's flat roof . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The transactions completed to date have gone a considerable way towards achieving these objectives . |
| 13 | to achieve the immediate objective and thus have taken a significant step towards achieving the overall aim |