Example sentences of "[adv] gone [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the redefinition of factors which need to be considered for a fuller understanding of politics and power have not gone nearly far enough : they are still confined to the world of public politics and the struggles for power in the public arena . |
| 2 | This was the most positive action he had yet taken in his conflicts with the king : even with Rufus he had not gone so far . |
| 3 | At present the authorities have not gone so far as this . |
| 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 | They had not gone very far when a great brightness showed over the mountains beyond the forest , and suddenly in front of them they saw a beautiful young man , all dressed in gold , with a scarlet lining to his cloak . |
| 6 | He had not gone very far when the mysterious little girl suddenly appeared again , from the dry gully of a mountain stream . |
| 7 | The good news is that the most common infestation , by the woodworm — or anobium punctatum or furniture beetle , call it what you will — can be treated , so long as it has not gone too far into the timbers , at a cost of a few hundred pounds . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | However the government has not gone as far as it might have . |
| 10 | In some areas , mechanisation is replacing labour although in the countryside this has not gone as far as on North American farms . |
| 11 | Nutley ( 1982 ) , analysing these data , suggests that decline may have proceeded mainly by frequency reductions which have not gone as far as complete closures . |
| 12 | Some providers have already gone as far as to produce prospectuses outlining their services . |
| 13 | There were those in Parliament who felt that things had already gone too far , despite the Home Secretary 's reassurances that it was too soon for legislation . |
| 14 | There are those who do indeed believe ( as we have seen , with some justification in terms of legal precedent ) that matters have already gone too far in the direction of a United States of Europe for the process to be stopped from reaching its federal point of destination . |
| 15 | It was the first time that the chubby presenter , the ravages of drink clear in the dark bags under his eyes , had ever gone so far and admitted in public his total dependence . |
| 16 | The man who , in order to understand the inner world of a cannibal tribe , has partaken of the practice of cannibalism , has probably gone too far : he can never quite be one of his own folk again . |
| 17 | ‘ It was a huge blow to their pride to discover how far behind they had fallen during isolation — yet coach John Williams has now gone too far the other way . |
| 18 | He agreed that this advice had been good but said that things had now gone too far . |
| 19 | No , I must say that things have now gone so far as to justify me in feeling considerable uneasiness about his continued absence . ’ |
| 20 | This time you 've really gone too far ! ’ |
| 21 | I would n't play snakes and ladders — I have n't gone that far yet ! |
| 22 | Tuesday the seventh when , I 've just got to write it in my book you see because I have n't gone that far ahead . |
| 23 | She only hoped the affair had n't gone too far for those things to cease to matter . |
| 24 | We had n't gone as far as we would have liked , and it was touch and go until the very last moment , but we just squeezed past the point between Tanakeke island and the mainland . |
| 25 | ‘ THE shareholders must be hoping the bank has n't gone as far as to give him a company credit card ’ — Labour leader John Smith , on ex-Chancellor Norman Lamont 's new employer , Rothschilds Bank . |
| 26 | We had n't gone very far when we met up with another Lancaster returning from a Cook 's Tour , and to my horror the two aircraft then flew wing-tip to wing-tip all the way home . |
| 27 | Potrovsky had waxed and polished the car the night before and had even gone as far as to iron the two pennants which flew on either side of the bonnet . |
| 28 | Some ingenious souls have even gone so far as to suggest that the correct attitude to fat , which makes sense in nutritional , agronomic and culinary terms is to aim in general at eating a low-fat diet , and at one in which most of the fat in the diet is polyunsaturated : but to ensure that the small amount of saturated fat that did creep in is as delectable as possible , which , of course , with slight deference to beef dripping , means butter . |
| 29 | Well , if you are typical of your birth sign , you will have already made up your mind and taken your leave around August 6th , when it became apparent that certain associates had sided against you or even gone so far as to hatch some kind of plot . |
| 30 | It had once even gone so far as to empty him on to the floor for voicing an intolerant opinion on the Jesuits . |