Example sentences of "went so [adv] as [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vice-President Salvador Laurel , speaking on Dec. 4 during a visit to Hong Kong , went so far as to cast doubts on the President 's ability to continue even if the coup was put down : " If Aquino insists on staying in power I do n't think that would assist in solving the problem . |
| 2 | On two occasions Shah Jehan went so far as to declare Dara his desired successor , while adding that the matter rested in the hands of Allah . |
| 3 | Bergson went so far as to describe intelligence , or the intellect , as being , and I quote , ‘ characterised by a natural inability to comprehend life . ’ |
| 4 | In 1991 , Mrs Virginia Bottomley , then minister for health , even went so far as to use section 118 as the reason for not being able to give parliament information about the production and distribution of counterfeit medicines . |
| 5 | Protagoras found gender assignation in Greek inconsistent and illogical — for example , there were cases when two words referring to the same thing had different genders — and he went so far as to advocate reform ( he was ridiculed for this by Aristophanes , and the attempt was unsuccessful ) . |
| 6 | Hilaire Belloc , often ambivalent towards the Jewish people , went so far as to condemn Chesterton 's ethnic slurs . |
| 7 | Perceived as ‘ weak ’ and ‘ lonely ’ , one respondent went so far as to condemn raisins as ‘ embarrassing to be seen with in public ’ ! |
| 8 | Furthermore , he went so far as to express readiness to try to gain approval from Falkenhayn for the termination of all operations at Verdun . |
| 9 | Concerning thunder rites , Harrison even went so far as to quote Durkheim 's ‘ Le sacré , c'est le père du dieu . ’ |
| 10 | He even went so far as to imprison Rodrigo 's wife Ximena , and his children ; and though he soon released them he refused to listen to El Cid 's demand to settle his innocence by right of combat . |
| 11 | The couple went so far as to have Chris Nixon , one of the best unit publicists in the business , fired . |
| 12 | Only wingers Rory Underwood and Simon Halliday went so far as to deliver confirmation of their departures from the international scene after the 24–0 win against Wales at Twickenham on Saturday . |
| 13 | When elected councillors were given the chance to judge the film , 127 councils voted to approve its exhibition to adult audiences , whilst seven went so far as to permit entry to 14-year-olds . |
| 14 | Jean raged and argued , and even went so far as to attempt tenderness in her effort to get Ted back to ordinary but working unhappiness . |