Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a [adj] [noun] towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | The AMU states had had difficulty maintaining a united policy towards the Gulf war . |
| 2 | This decision goes a long way towards demonstrating the untenability of the marital-rape exemption in modern times . |
| 3 | The University has a sympathetic attitude towards such applicants . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It is hoped that the following study goes a small way towards describing their experiences and situation , as well as highlighting what the inclusion of disabled professionals reveals about the orthodox professional/client relationship . |
| 6 | Instead , we see among contributors and books reviewed a gradual move towards some writers whom Eliot later would explicitly acknowledge as influential in the development of his own social thought — men such as Christopher Dawson and V. A. Demant . |
| 7 | Fifth , the study showed a clear trend towards facilities management . |
| 8 | Gifts to the college included a generous sum towards graduate scholarships from Rank Xerox , and a substantial contribution to the Margaret Thatcher Centre from Walter Annenberg . |
| 9 | On the economy , on Europe and on support for the new leadership , Labour took a giant step towards becoming the Party the people will trust to govern Britain . |
| 10 | DAMON Hill went a long way towards fulfilling the hopes of his family and army of fans when he grabbed provisional pole position for Sunday 's Monaco Grand Prix . |
| 11 | Good selection procedures and thorough briefing sessions go a long way towards making an overseas assignment a success . |
| 12 | After a meeting in Damascus on Nov. 9 between Farouq al-Shar'a , the Syrian Foreign Minister , and Farouk Qaddumi , his equivalent in the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) , Syria and the PLO took a further step towards the normalization of their relations . |
| 13 | Marie took a few steps towards him . |
| 14 | Lucy sent a veiled glance towards Silas , who stood leaning against the dressing-table with an amused expression on his face . |
| 15 | The Icelanders have a fine attitude towards their country . |
| 16 | The Crues made a positive step towards making the second stage of the TNT Gold Cup with a 3– win over Omagh Town in their first group match on Saturday . |
| 17 | The Greek economy , despite a five-year transition period , could not compete equally with the EC and soon faced a massive trade deficit , and the Socialist government in Athens pursued a negative policy towards the EC for several years . |
| 18 | Certainly the judges adopted a paternalistic attitude towards the victim , a 17-year-old girl . |
| 19 | The contradictions between corporate goal-achieving behaviour and each of these environmental uncertainties creates a strong strain towards innovative behaviour which can stretch over the spectrum law abiding — law avoiding — law evading — law breaking . |
| 20 | In the March 1993 Budget , by freezing excise duty on spirits while raising duty on wine and beer , the then Chancellor took a small step towards levelling the playing field . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The Delors Plan advocated a three-stage process towards the creation of the European currency union . |
| 23 | To it the entrelacements contribute a recognisable attitude towards reality . |
| 24 | Because of their heavy running costs , the big companies have a built-in disposition towards the type of popular music which is capable of the widest-possible appeal . |
| 25 | The membership of such groups showed a marked bias towards individuals of petit bourgeois or middle-class background who had obsessions of varying intensity about the Jews . |
| 26 | These interventions from the outside made a strong contribution towards my freedom . |
| 27 | Such a use of sub-committees goes a long way towards achieving an ‘ open ’ management process . |
| 28 | The French and English kings sometimes had to help those who had served them to regain their freedom : in 1444 Sir John Handford , who had been in France for more than twenty years , received 15,000 livres from Henry VI as a contribution towards the purchase of his freedom ; while Jean de Rodemack got a substantial sum towards the payment of his ransom from René d'Anjou , and Georges de la Trémoîlle received a seigneurie in Poitou from Charles VII in lieu of ransom promised but not paid . |
| 29 | The perpetuation of the old sources of strife goes a long way towards explaining why party conflict continued after the Glorious Revolution , which will be the theme of the following chapter . |
| 30 | The Irish population has a known tendency towards raised cholesterol concentrations , and it also has one of the highest mortality rates from colecterol carcinoma in the world . |