Example sentences of "[vb mod] go [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's almost beyond belief that they should go as far as to kill three of our own men . ’ |
| 2 | The SACHR said that affirmative action should go as far as positive discrimination , e.g. the tie break , but this is not in the legislation . |
| 3 | Good sense says that they should go as far as they can but return from time to time to those parts of the plan which have not at first been realized . |
| 4 | But I do not accept the submission of Mr. Everall ’ — who appeared for the father — ‘ that she should go so far as to establish that by their return they would be exposed to a grave risk of harm to bring them within the ambit of article 13 ( b ) . |
| 5 | One Latin American country drew up guidelines which specified that torturers must be able to control themselves ; must go as far as is necessary and no further ; and must have goals that are both important and impersonal . |
| 6 | it 'll go so far and then it just switches off |
| 7 | I do n't think they 'll go that far . ‘ |
| 8 | It seems that a lot of the new guitar players in bands do n't seem to go back anymore to check who their idols were influenced by — like , they 'll go as far back as Jimmy Page then stop , without finding out about his influences … |
| 9 | ‘ We 'll go as far as the village , ’ Sharpe said . |
| 10 | We 'll go as far as Coachford — that 's on the way to Gougane . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I 'll go as far as Claydon with you , and I would like to get off and walk through a footpath into a lane and into Creeting , to have a look at the old blacksmith shop . |
| 12 | One of these days he 'll go too far ! ’ |
| 13 | ’ One of these days she 'll go too far . |
| 14 | Had he been afraid that things might go too far ? |
| 15 | Sophia asked quickly , feeling that Sister Dew might go too far . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Few could go so far as Musurus Pasha , who during his thirty-five years as Turkish ambassador in London staffed the embassy entirely with his sons , nephews and sons-in-law ; but even in the most developed states of western Europe and on the eve of the 1914 conflict family influences could still be important . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 20 | In theory this process could go as far as equating marginal cost with demand so that the bureaucracy obtains all the consumer surplus . |
| 21 | The 1940s and war made seditious literature a vital concern ; the 1950s and anti-communism made left-wing literature seem so threatening ; the 1960s and permissiveness eventually caused us to think we could go too far with ‘ indecent ’ and ‘ obscene ’ books ; and the 1970s and 1980s and the move towards a more multicultural society and the assertiveness of nationality made us conscious of the damage of racist and religiously intolerant literature . |
| 22 | A potential danger is that the trend away from the identification and analysis of planation surfaces could go too far so that insufficient attention is accorded to these remnants in the landscapes of areas dominated by formerly extensive landsurfaces . |
| 23 | 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 ) . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd go so far as to say I was very impressed . |
| 25 | I 'd say more than that , in fact I 'd go so far as to mention the name of Blanche Ingram and the word , marriage . |
| 26 | In fact , I 'd go so far as to return a compliment I 've had paid to me by men many times over in my eventful life . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd go so far as to say that you 're wasting your time even to think of applying for custody . ’ |
| 28 | " I do n't think I 'd go that far , Sister Margaret . |
| 29 | And then I used to get on to the dray and sit beside him on the box and then we 'd go as far as Road , which is quite a stretch and I used o walk back . |
| 30 | ‘ In fact , I 'd go as far as to say you 've got the worst case of it I 've ever seen . ’ |