Example sentences of "[art] long way towards " 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 | Mr Gandhi has an election coming up and a big one-day cricket tournament not only goes down well with the electorate , but also goes a long way towards providing a short-term solution to the unemployment problem . |
3 | The Thatcher governments have gone a long way towards puncturing claims about the power of the unions . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . ’ |
6 | Indeed the latest text has gone a long way towards meeting the UK 's objections . ’ |
7 | But the headlining act — a quartet splicing the former Miles Davis guitarist John Scofield with the British saxophonist Andy Sheppard — struck fireworks that went a long way towards helping the audience breathe out after some dodgy moments during the presentations . |
8 | The ministerial position went a long way towards meeting the US criteria , but the British side had worries as well . |
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 | 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 . |
11 | This decision goes a long way towards demonstrating the untenability of the marital-rape exemption in modern times . |
12 | By the middle of the fourth century , Christianity had gone a long way towards assimilating the dominant culture of pagan Romans . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | The feminine touch in the car showroom could go a long way towards clinching a deal , the Retail Motor Industry Federation said yesterday . |
15 | The interpretation of ‘ mind ’ as information processing with a self-monitoring facility called consciousness goes a long way towards resolving the problem of body — mind interaction which Popper and Eccles ( 1978 ) have recently revived . |
16 | The mayor also outlined plans which , if implemented , would have gone a long way towards mopping up the demand for houses in Derry . |
17 | The new , improved materials available have gone a long way towards extending the lifespan of today 's flat roof . |
18 | It seems to me that this difference in the structure of the schedules goes a long way towards explaining in industrial terms the relative stasis of British television subgenres like sitcom , crime series and soap opera , and the drive towards innovation found in the corresponding genres on US television . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | These facts go a long way towards explaining why the bream is not generally recognised as a hard-fighting fish . |
21 | Logging GNP per capita goes a long way towards holding the midspreads constant by making them similar in size . |
22 | Such a use of sub-committees goes a long way towards achieving an ‘ open ’ management process . |
23 | These may seem trivial examples , but they go a long way towards helping teachers assess the success of different parts of the school in which they work and , ultimately , that of the whole institution . |
24 | In doing so it can go a long way towards lifting the depression which has afflicted too many teachers in recent years . |
25 | That could go a long way towards avoiding car payments . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | One study which goes a long way towards identifying dimensions of the culture of the shop floor , and the political relatedness of workers to their enterprise has been completed by Paul E. Willis . |