Example sentences of "[vb pp] a long way towards [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | By the 1680s the old-fashioned cavalry of the pomeshchiks had disappeared as an independent force , the streltsy were restricted to internal policing duties , and Muscovy had gone a long way towards establishing a professional army . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | The Community has gone a long way towards achieving that central purpose ; towards taming nationalism without suppressing patriotism ; towards sharing sovereignty without destroying nations ; and towards putting the magic of markets to work for society in a stable democratic setting . |
4 | The Thatcher governments have gone a long way towards puncturing claims about the power of the unions . |
5 | Indeed the latest text has gone a long way towards meeting the UK 's objections . ’ |
6 | MICHAEL Roberts has certainly gone a long way towards silencing his critics in the past week . |
7 | The mayor also outlined plans which , if implemented , would have gone a long way towards mopping up the demand for houses in Derry . |
8 | 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 . |
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 | Teclis was stronger now , the potions of the Loremasters had gone a long way towards giving him mortal strength . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | The new , improved materials available have gone a long way towards extending the lifespan of today 's flat roof . |
13 | She had gone a long way towards admitting that the King could not live of his own . |
14 | And in fact patient research has gone a long way towards resolving this knotty problem . |
15 | From being a simple pleasure that had helped take her mind off her troubles , it had now gone a long way towards restoring her rather battered pride . |
16 | By the middle of the fourth century , Christianity had gone a long way towards assimilating the dominant culture of pagan Romans . |