Example sentences of "way [prep] explaining [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These facts go a long way towards explaining why the bream is not generally recognised as a hard-fighting fish . |
| 2 | The fact that other quick-service restaurants are increasingly adopting the McDonald 's approach to business and training goes some way towards explaining why the sector is growing rapidly even in the midst of recession . |
| 3 | These religious tensions go a long way towards explaining why the party divide cut so deep into society : political strife during the first age of party did not just affect the political elite at the centre and a minority of the more affluent and better-educated classes in the localities , but all sorts of people , including those of fairly humble backgrounds , women as well as men , were caught up in the party divide . |
| 4 | Add to this cost the growth in government expenditure , and we are a long way in explaining why the real value of the tax threshold , or the level of income at which tax begins to be paid , has fallen during the post-war period . |
| 5 | It is an attitude which may go part of the way to explaining why the House of Commons Environment Committee was ‘ appalled ’ by the standard of evidence offered by the car manufacturing companies at its hearings on air pollution . |
| 6 | This goes some way to explaining why the complicated campaigns within Toulouse in the second half of the century were largely fought out under the banners of the Angevin , Aragonese , and French kings ; and why the revolts of Henry II 's sons had widespread ramifications . |
| 7 | The concentration of women in industries and occupations where seasonal , temporary and casual rather than fixed contract working prevails also goes much of the way to explaining why the majority of female temporary workers are also part-timers . |
| 8 | These , taken together with inferences drawn from what the rebels did , go some way to explaining why the revolt took place . |