Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] not go [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Most recent historians would agree that the Hammonds were much too reluctant to accept that there was even serious talk of revolution , although the majority do not go so far as Thompson in their assessment of the seriousness of the threat .
2 The trial did not go well for Justine .
3 If the discussions did not go well it would be his responsibility to organise ‘ mass struggles and freedom fights ’ .
4 The courts have not gone so far as to give a cause of action in damages for the breach of such a promise , but they have refused to allow the party making it to act inconsistently with it .
5 At its July meeting the Council heard some members complain that the proposals did not go far enough and would not lead to greater freedoms for institutions , and heard others wonder if the long-term aim was in fact ‘ complete autonomy ’ .
6 At present the authorities have not gone so far as this .
7 Four Hearts , on the other hand , was not a success although the play did not go quite as you might think .
8 Although you should be helpful and guide the candidate through the interview do not go too far and start ‘ pointing ’ him or her at the right answers .
9 Under the new captaincy of Ken Mentle , the club decided not to go all out for the title but simply to consolidate their Premier Division status .
10 Conservatives worried about the budget deficit implications of the proposed cut while the many liberals in congress were convinced that the cut did not go far enough .
11 At first the plan did not go well .
12 If the work has not gone too far , there is often some blank page , or part of one , where these can be noted ; otherwise they will normally be printed on a special slip or leaf which can be ‘ tipped-in ’ ( lightly attached by glue or paste at the inner edge ) .
13 The mining did not go ahead and Burnett and Hallamshire sold their interests in the area to BP Coal .
14 A similar scheme was given outline planning permission in 1989 but the applicants did not go ahead and let the planning permission lapse .
15 The vote against was that of Boris Yeltsin , the central committee 's leading radical , who had argued during the debate that the reforms did not go far enough .
16 The package also angered many Hong Kong liberals who argued that the reforms did not go far enough .
17 The question of images in churches was further addressed by two sets of injunctions issued by Cromwell in 1536 and 1538 , but even here the reforms did not go as far as some iconophobes would have liked , as they drew back from condemning all images and denounced only those that encouraged ‘ superstition and hypocrisy ’ and ‘ that most detestable sin of idolatry ’ .
18 However , believing that the reforms do not go far enough , and backed by the National Council for Civil Liberties ( Liberty ) and The Independent , he is still pursuing the campaign to the European courts .
19 So we go to our room , unlock the door , and step inside to find the guy in the blazer has not gone away .
20 It is not an infringement to drop the ball anywhere in the playing area so long as the ball does not go forward .
21 Like the Dane , the criticism does not go away .
22 Months passed ; the feeling did not go away .
23 Asked about Senna he quipped : ‘ Who was that ? ’ and said of Prost 's winning performance in last week 's South African Grand Prix he was surprised the Frenchman did not go faster .
24 However the government has not gone as far as it might have .
25 Perhaps because of all this extra strain , the tour did not go well for Noreen after this .
26 The result is a discourse in which certain expressions , such as " the river had not gone away either or the mountains " ( p. 31 ) must be interpreted as " literally " representing the perceptions of the people , whereas for us they would normally have to be interpreted metaphorically .
27 Outwardly it had been the easiest and quietest of times that the house had ever known but the unease did not go away .
28 I would say to the people of the Yorkshire Dales that the problem has not gone away , and this time should be used to write to British Rail and British Steel , and to call upon local authorities to get together to retain this line and to stop heavy lorries disrupting in the Dales .
29 The problem has not gone away . ’
30 On Jan. 31 , 1990 , the Financial Times reported West German officials as saying that the recent trade liberalization moves by the USA did not go far enough .
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