Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] go a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This afternoon 's coverage should go a long way in helping you set up your own firm , ’ he said , wiping his hands on a serviette . |
| 2 | The feminine touch in the car showroom could go a long way towards clinching a deal , the Retail Motor Industry Federation said yesterday . |
| 3 | We will have more success at slowing world population growth if we see it as problem of enabling women in poor countries to have control over their own reproduction , which some carefully targeted development aid could go a long way towards achieving . |
| 4 | In addition to the occasional attendance at rehearsals by the incumbent , positive words of appreciation can go a long way in making the musician feel that the job is worthwhile . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Captain George Sutherland , director of marine operations for Shetland Island Council , said : ‘ The proposals for traffic separation should go a long way to providing protection for the adjacent coastline and we are content with the measures . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ That girl will go a long way — ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Broke , and I can see that 2.1 disappearing over the event horizon , but fuck it ; I 've still got my integrity and my Möbius scarf , and a boy can go a long way with those things . |
| 10 | Two per cent insanity could go a long , long way . |
| 11 | This election could go a long way to sorting that out . |
| 12 | Its adoption and implementation throughout the Community will go a long way towards ensuring equal conditions for UK investors exploring opportunities in other Member States . |
| 13 | Moreover , your sterling will go a long way — not a small consideration . |
| 14 | The government 's measures to secure more planning permissions for housing development will go a long way to remedy the shortage of building land and so remove the occasion for windfall profits based on scarcity values . |
| 15 | An extended speed limit would go a long way towards making this road safer for all users and would be relatively inexpensive . |
| 16 | And Monday 's game will go a long way towards determining Wright 's future . |
| 17 | Little Renaissance furniture survives intact , and the present catalogue will go a long way to furthering its understanding . |
| 18 | Schema theory can go a long way towards explaining the sender 's choice and arrangement of information in communication . |
| 19 | A good footnote can go a long way . |
| 20 | And , ultimately , you 're bound to realise that this amount of money would go a long , long way towards buying your own small PA system — cabs , mixer amp , processor , parametric , vocal mike and all . |
| 21 | A little espionage would go a long way — that sort of thing . |
| 22 | In the meantime this recording should go a long way to helping his cause . |
| 23 | We need an improved education system , and the Bill will go a long way to achieving that for the benefit of our children . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | While you 're in hospital , a guaranteed additional daily income will go a long way to ensuring that you do n't come out of hospital with financial worries . |
| 26 | Quite clearly , a small percentage reduction in wastage would go a long way to easing the manpower problems . |
| 27 | ‘ This hostel would go a long way towards that . |
| 28 | You will find a tiny amount will go a long way . |
| 29 | The proposals in the consultation document will go a long way towards improving the facilities and the standards that drivers expect from motorway service areas . |
| 30 | 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 . |