Example sentences of "long [noun sg] to [v-ing] the " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | A large microcomputer system with an extensive range of hardware devices and large block of extra machine-code routines is very flexible and powerful , and would go a long way to meeting the requirements of the program designer , but in realistic terms such a system would be too expensive for most schools at present . |
2 | Together with thick carpet and underfelt , it should go a long way to pleasing the occupants of the flat below . |
3 | Smith observed : ‘ I think tomorrow will go a long way to clarifying the picture . |
4 | Little was known about the products of many of these areas , and much research still needs to be done but Collecting Lustreware goes a long way to redressing the balance . |
5 | Quite clearly , a small percentage reduction in wastage would go a long way to easing the manpower problems . |
6 | The cup triumph will go a long way to easing the memory of their loss to Waringstown in the final of the Touche Ross Senior Cup last month and caps a solid season for the Comber side . |
7 | The head of the Exchange 's advertising department Boris Goldman believes that the opening of the exchange will go a long way to breaking the mafia art market in which Western and Russian intermediaries often knock down prices on Russian works of art . |
8 | This is a real advantage when using the A2 live and also goes a long way to keeping the engineer happy in the studio , without taking precious minutes to reprogram . |
9 | Organising a fair distribution of tickets by perhaps initially limiting the number allocated to each family or , alternatively , putting on an extra performance will go a long way to solving the problem . |
10 | At least one of them will have the whippier shaft which , I suspect , might in itself go a long way to doing the trick . ’ |
11 | ( A political party finds a surplus as large as this very gratifying , because the votes made available for transfer will , if voters are loyal , go a long way to ensuring the election of one or even two of its less popular candidates . ) |
12 | Our exclusive interview with Steffi elsewhere in this issue should go a long way to satisfying the demands of her fans , many of whom continue to demand more and more information about their favourite player . |
13 | At last there was room for a central bureau of information , which went a long way to reducing the confusion caused by overlapping responsibilities . |
14 | Those who question Taylor 's future were left to swallow a performance that went a long way to answering the questions against the England manager . |
15 | That undoubtedly goes a long way to explaining the inspectors ' report . |