Example sentences of "[noun] went a long [noun] towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The concessions Edward made on matters such as purveyance and unparliamentary taxation went a long way towards meeting the grievances of the commons , and the king was able to mobilize the resources he required for war . |
| 3 | Friedman 's statement of the natural rate hypothesis went a long way towards reconciling such evidence with basic classical theory . |
| 4 | The ministerial position went a long way towards meeting the US criteria , but the British side had worries as well . |
| 5 | The agreement went a long way towards meeting demands of organizations such as the World Wide Fund for Nature and Greenpeace , which had staged lengthy public campaigns in favour of preserving the Antarctic as the planet 's last great wilderness . |