Example sentences of "[vb mod] not go so " in BNC.

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1 It is important that constituents should be able to consult us about confidential matters , but surely we should not go so far as to give comfort to murderers and bombers , as has been suggested .
2 We should not go so far as to hold a referendum , but the people must have the final say .
3 Because of his Cartesianism , Malebranche could not go so far as to say that material objects were not really extended or in motion , but Pierre Bayle had argued that such restraint was unjustifiable .
4 Even Amabel could not go so far as to trouble Gemma .
5 We then asked him , if he could not go so far as to meet us in full , to introduce an empowering provision .
6 We could n't go so easily to theatre , opera or ballet , for it was painful for Michael to remain long in one position .
7 Then she could n't go so I did n't go on my own .
8 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 .
9 ‘ We dare n't go so far .
10 Lévi-Strauss has rendered social anthropology an invaluable service in emphasizing the significance of such contrasting motifs ; although we need not go so far as him and turn our subject into an esoteric animal , vegetable or mineral parlour-game in which every card is a joker and can assume whatever meaning the player likes .
11 But we need not go so far as that ; it will suffice to suppose that firms rise and fall , but that the ‘ representative ’ firm remains always of about the same size , as does the representative tree of a virgin forest . [ … ]
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 I would not go so far , but this is a good place to start finding out about unfamiliar topics .
15 I would n't go so far ( that would be to devalue all the peaks in the interim ) — but the single is stupendous .
16 I would n't go so far . ’
17 I wish it would n't go so fast ! ’ she thought — and at once the broomstick 's pace slowed .
18 ‘ I would n't go so
19 Surely they would n't go so far as to break in ?
20 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 .
21 ‘ Produce your bit of paper , ’ he rapped out , ‘ and , although I wo n't go so far as to give your eventual marriage my blessing , at least I 'll let it run its natural course .
22 ‘ I am to be questioned and interfered with and hounded , not to be left , doing a job of work the way I choose , a necessary job , a job our sister has made tediously inevitable , a job the result of which may save us from potential disgrace , even if we can not go so far as to expect it to improve our situation out of all recognition .
23 We can not go so far as that ; and I lay it down as fact that there never has been a real complete sceptic .
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