Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] some way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through a series of reforms , most notably the retiring on full pay of some 8,000 officers , Azaña went some way towards achieving the first of these goals . |
| 2 | Pascal goes some way towards this recognition when he observes : ‘ I see , in truth , that the same words are applied on the same occasions , and that every time two men see a body change its place , they both express their view of this same fact by the same word , both saying that it has moved ; and from this conformity of application we derive a strong conviction of a conformity of ideas . |
| 3 | McClellan goes some way towards achieving this with his ‘ mean issue per book ratio ’ . |
| 4 | This had been especially the case in budgetary matters and the foundation of the CBO went some way towards correcting the situation . |
| 5 | The combination ‘ frustrated all prospects for a normal autumn market , and our reservations from mid-September to the end of November fell some way below budget ’ . |
| 6 | Sydney had some way to go before it was released from the burden of compulsive immigration , and before it could present to the world a face that was uniquely its own . |
| 7 | If a decision has to be made in April 1992 , then South Africa has some way to go yet before proving its case . |
| 8 | Hurd went some way to placate this view by assuring MPs that if they did not wish to incorporate the treaty into British law , by voting down the whole bill , then the treaty would not be ratified . |
| 9 | At last even his own wives could not recognize him , and El-ahrairah told Rabscuttle to follow some way behind and off he went to King Darzin 's palace . |
| 10 | The whole anthem affair has been dealt with and the minute 's silence at Newlands went some way to repairing the damage of Ellis Park . |
| 11 | In Council for Civil Service Unions v. Minister for the Civil Service ( H. L. , 1984 ) the House of Lords went some way towards the view that they could control the way the prerogative was exercised . |
| 12 | Clinton finished some way behind , and Kerrey and Harkin took fourth and fifth place respectively , having chosen to ignore the caucus in favour of campaigning for the primary in South Dakota on Feb. 25 . |
| 13 | Europe lags some way behind the US in demanding clean diesels , and agriculture is down the timeline from trucks . |
| 14 | The Liber Historiae Francorum went some way towards connecting the evidence of Sulpicius Alexander with the Trojan migration legend by making the supposed father of Chlodio , Faramund , the son of Sunno , thus uniting the Trojan and Merovingian families . |
| 15 | The boy shrugged , raising his brows with a mild affectation of surprise that it could be thought to be important ; but the stillness of his face and the steadiness of his eyes on Hotspur went some way towards betraying him . |
| 16 | Cowley stood some way away , outside offices in Whitehall . |
| 17 | The red Mira variable R Cassiopeiæ lies some way from the W shape , between Shedir and Lambda Andromedæ . |
| 18 | Terry Eagleton came some way to acknowledging this , in a quasi-refutation of his Althusserian phase , when he included himself among the English Marxist intellectuals who ‘ managed the difficult dialectical trick of appropriating certain Althusserian concepts in blithe ignorance or disregard of their guilty political context . ’ |
| 19 | Early returns in the presidential contest showed Santiago leading Ramos by a narrow margin , with Cojuangco trailing some way behind in third place . |
| 20 | It is possible that special introductory units should be produced to get teachers out of the C category ( TESTDRIVE goes some way towards this ) , but at present the CDL teacher is a challenge that every unit must face . |