Example sentences of "went [adv] far as to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he never went so far as to say that his intention was to qualify for legal aid , the court said . |
| 2 | Peter Robinson went so far as to say that until late 1974 ‘ there was no party ’ . |
| 3 | He even went so far as to say he missed her and Pilade , and would be glad to be home . |
| 4 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that he was almost dreading stepping on to the golf course , full of grim forebodings on the practice ground and no better on the practice green . |
| 5 | Donald Gordon , when president of the Canadian National Railway , went so far as to say ‘ What Robert Burns is to Scotland , Edna Jacques is to Canada ’ . |
| 6 | Maslow went so far as to say that ill people who treat their fellow men with kindness are forces for mental health and those who disdain or belittle other men are forces for mental illness . |
| 7 | He even went so far as to say that he would n't do the picture without her . |
| 8 | An editorial recently went so far as to say that more important than establishing a framework for research and development was doing something about the failure to disseminate and apply existing knowledge . |
| 9 | Indeed , some Keynesians went so far as to say that money is unimport-ant since it only exerts an influence on economic activity via interest rates , and then without much success . |
| 10 | Those extreme inductivists , the logical positivists , went so far as to say that theories only have meaning insofar as they can be verified by direct observation . |
| 11 | One writer went so far as to say that this construction ‘ flies in the face of the settled interpretation of this provision . ’ |
| 12 | Part of the three-year letter of intent went so far as to say — this is quite astonishing that for an initial period , which as far as I can recollect was never defined , British Rail should subsidise bus services because buses were being substituted for trains . |
| 13 | Talking to Andre Malraux years later , Picasso went so far as to say that it was on this occasion that he all of a sudden received the revelation of why he was a painter at all and that ‘ I realized what painting was all about ’ . |
| 14 | Through some of his paintings of 1912 Picasso went so far as to say candidly to the spectator , ‘ j'aime Eva ’ ; at the same time he wrote to Kahnweiler of Eva , ‘ I love her very much and I shall write it on my paintings . ’ |
| 15 | They tell me that Mr. Stavanger has a magnificent record , and is very highly thought of in shipping circles — indeed , they went so far as to say that they 'd recommend the bank 's board to support him through thick and thin . |
| 16 | In fact , one adherent of the New Cambridge School , Lord Kaldor ( 1980 ) , went so far as to say that there is no empirical support for a high PSBR leading either to substantial growth in money supply or to high rates of interest . |
| 17 | Again perceptions of the value of these interviews differed , but one teacher went so far as to say that if it needed an appraisal to bring these advisers into the school then it was worth it . |
| 18 | One morning he went so far as to say to Nikos that he thought the affair was now over . |
| 19 | Tolstoy went so far as to say that " He who was not alive in the Russia of 1856 does not know what life is " . |
| 20 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that Britain 's justice system had been badly bruised by the Government 's failure in this respect . |
| 21 | One tabloid , threatened since with a writ , went as far as to say that he would not be able to find such a sum . |
| 22 | 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 ’ . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | After the 1987 hurricane , the Tree Council went as far as to say that ‘ unless positive encouragement is given to owners to restore these woods … they will revert to scrub and never recover . ’ |
| 25 | He went as far as to say that the universities were not convinced of the value of this ‘ experiment ’ and that there were fundamental defects in the way it was being implemented . |