Example sentences of "go [adv] far as to say " in BNC.
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| 31 | Even now , I would not go so far as to say it is a bad staff plan ; after all , it enables a staff of four to cover an unexpected amount of ground . |
| 32 | Indeed , I would go so far as to say that a doctor who continued treatment past this point would be behaving at least unethically , if not unlawfully . |
| 33 | Dhanraj began by stating unequivocally that she saw film-making as a tool for socio-political challenge ( she would not go so far as to say change ) and that documentary was best suited to this purpose . |
| 34 | Tape Worm : I 'm normally very polite and hardly swear , but I 'd go so far as to say that Tape Worm is one ugly ( Censored ! — Ed ) . |
| 35 | In fact , I would go so far as to say that there is almost a feeling of relief here that Clause 28 is associated with someone so widely discredited . |
| 36 | Expansion and contraction of awareness may be interdependent , so that ‘ Be aware ’ would not , for example , pronounce waking good but sleeping bad ; when exhaustion is blurring awareness one can go so far as to say ‘ You ought to go to sleep ’ , although only for the sake of waking with refreshed awareness tomorrow . |
| 37 | Some of us might go so far as to say that the Genesis account of creation is not literal history but myth in Lewis 's sense . |
| 38 | Bill : I do n't know if anybody feels they have , but this is a thing which I felt was central to the gay movement of the seventies and I think I would go so far as to say that I assume that most of my close friends feel , like Mark , that it 's fine to have special relationships but it is n't fine to have ones where you are n't allowed to have anything else and also that there 's nothing more deadly to a relationship when you are trying desperately not to have it off with anybody else because you feel guilty about it . |
| 39 | But must we go so far as to say that the USSR will not resort to force unless she is certain to get away with it ? |
| 40 | We might even go so far as to say that amplification of deviance among one group rather than among another could simply be due to chance . |
| 41 | We might almost go so far as to say that Lyly has embroidered an elaborate garment round the simple idea " Euphues was a young coxcomb " . |
| 42 | I 'd even go so far as to say I 'm falling in love . |
| 43 | Indeed , one might even go so far as to say that , were it not for the ‘ discovery ’ of Siberia 's seemingly inexhaustible resources of ‘ soft gold ’ , that is , an abundance of fur-bearing mammals — in particular the highly-prized sable — the Muscovite government would have been without the economic foundation for the growth of its political power . |
| 44 | ‘ I 'd go so far as to say I was very impressed . |
| 45 | The best Ford simulator yet , in fact I will go so far as to say that they could not bring another one out to top this one . |
| 46 | I would go so far as to say that one of the main reasons why there are fewer casualties among pedestrians and particularly children in countries such as West Germany is that that country has more flexibility in the use of speed limits . |
| 47 | So I think it 's easy to see that religion fulfils this civilizing socially controlling role , but of course , this has been a popular theme in sociological writing in the course of the twentieth century , indeed , you could go so far as to say this , it is has become a cliche , in twentieth century social science . |
| 48 | Though I could n't go so far as to say that service was included as all the waiters seemed interested in was getting the lights off so they could dance with Sorrel . |
| 49 | You can go so far as to say that any words which produce good music constitute a good libretto . |
| 50 | ‘ I 'd go so far as to say that you 're wasting your time even to think of applying for custody . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ No , Nina , I was n't in love with David Markham , ’ said Rachel firmly , then , seeing that Nina was still slightly bemused , she added , ‘ In fact , I think you could go so far as to say I detested him . ’ |
| 52 | She hesitated , then went on , ‘ Yes , Dr Markham , I would go so far as to say that forgetting the past is the only way we 're going to achieve any sort of working relationship . ’ |
| 53 | You can go so far as to say that I mean , you will be safe in saying that if your , that as your benefit is suspended your income support for you , not for your family but for you , will be reduced . |
| 54 | I would n't go so far as to say there 's no skill , because if you do have skill in identifying draws , then you 'll increase your chances of winning by using your skill in identifying those draws , but how much you win depends very heavily on how many draws there are and how many other people choose those same draws . |
| 55 | I am not sure she could actually have gone so far as to say things like : ‘ these errors may be trivial in themselves , but you must yourself realize their larger significance ’ . |
| 56 | Will my right hon. Friend go as far as to say that we definitely intend in the fulness of time to bring in legislation and , I hope , include in the legislation the provision that there should be at least one employee representative among pension fund trustees ? |
| 57 | go as far as to say we probably know less about what 's going on than he does . |
| 58 | One tabloid , threatened since with a writ , went as far as to say that he would not be able to find such a sum . |
| 59 | The figure was well below City estimates and one analyst went as far as to say that the detailed announcement ‘ deserves to set the standards for all ’ . |
| 60 | The Education Officer of Matagalpa Prison went as far as to say that when systems of exploitation can be brought to an end , crime as a major social phenomenon will disappear . |