Example sentences of "has gone a long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 While the press , led by The Hindu , has gone a long way to proving that Bofors handed out millions of dollars to Indian middlemen , the identity of the ultimate recipients of the money remains a mystery .
2 Indeed the latest text has gone a long way towards meeting the UK 's objections . ’
3 Cuba has gone a long way to reducing gender inequalities , though power relations still clearly favour men , a fact of which all Cubans , including their leaders , are very aware .
4 This minor impediment for the flanker is just sufficient to allow a fraction more time and space for the half-back to get things moving and has gone a long way to assist in opening the game up .
5 And in fact patient research has gone a long way towards resolving this knotty problem .
6 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 .
7 I think the Home Secretary has gone a long way to meet many anxieties which were expressed
8 Fortunately , our neutering scheme has gone a long way to alleviating this problem . ’
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