Example sentences of "have go [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What I do n't see , ’ Pat says , interposing kindly from her belief that Kate is incapable of replying , ‘ is why you have to go so far . |
| 2 | Some translators of the Bible have gone so far as to postpone the main verb until the divine fiat : And God said , Let there be light . |
| 3 | Such speeds would seem to be at variance with the shared space concept ; indeed some have gone so far as to suggest eight km/h as a more appropriate maximum consistent with child safety . |
| 4 | Some , such as Alan Walker , have gone so far as to argue that ‘ retirement is largely a twentieth century phenomenon ’ , and that ‘ the increasing dependency of elderly people in Britain has been socially engineered in order to facilitate the removal of older workers from the labour force ’ . |
| 5 | Indeed , some people have gone so far as to elevate these restrictions on the initial conditions and the parameters to the status of a principle , the anthropic principle , which can be paraphrased as , ‘ Things are as they are because we are . |
| 6 | In many cases local authorities have taken the initial steps and some have gone so far as to form housing associations for the specific purpose of transfer . |
| 7 | But I do n't think things have gone so far between us that |
| 8 | But the influence of one mind over another is very subtle , and of all influences religious influence is the most dangerous and the most powerful , and to counteract it courts of equity have gone very far . |
| 9 | Broadcasters are quick to jump on the Press when they feel public opinion is that the papers have Gone Too Far . |
| 10 | Others call for a reassertion of ‘ traditional ’ Japanese values , saying that changes provoked by Western contact have gone too far , and that ‘ traditional , Japanese values should be reasserted . |
| 11 | She says things have gone too far the other way . |
| 12 | ‘ We are not alone in thinking things have gone too far , ’ said Wu Shih , picking up on what Tsu Ma had said . |
| 13 | Our enemies have gone too far . |
| 14 | In all the arts , we may prefer the abnormal and regard that which is entirely sound and healthy as commonplace ; but late Turners have gone too far , in Lieberich 's opinion , to be admirable . |
| 15 | But even some ofthe President 's closest supporters reckon the scandal-mongers have gone too far by trying to link Clinton the Rhodes Scholar with the Soviet secret services . |
| 16 | Things have gone too far . |
| 17 | The Principal wrote in November 1967 that the only recourse was ‘ to ensure that every possible safeguard should be written into the constitution of such a scheme ’ , and following local negotiations he considered that ‘ we have gone as far as we are able so far to safeguard the courses and attitudes of this College and we have confidence that the LEA are making every effort to ensure that Diploma in Art and Design ( DipAD ) courses and developments will be given the fullest support , and will not be undermined in any way by the Polytechnic proposals ’ . |
| 18 | Well I think he felt er as I do that it 's unfortunate that matters have gone this far . |