Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [conj] it go " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trick is to push a dispute just far enough to make your opponent cave in for fear of a court action , but not so far that it goes to court . |
| 2 | All the same Schneidau 's argument is just and illuminating , so far as it goes . |
| 3 | An image is a pictorial understanding of a kind which is true so far as it goes , but which falls short of full rational clarity , and must eventually be superseded by a concept . |
| 4 | The point about ought and is , so far as it goes , does have some force . |
| 5 | This argument seems to me sound so far as it goes , but it does not go very far . |
| 6 | it is a good theory so far as it goes . |
| 7 | This is fine so far as it goes , but even Marxist approaches have not always taken things as far as they should go . |
| 8 | The former case , so far as it goes , is undoubtedly consistent with his thesis ; but it is very briefly reported , without any indication of the arguments advanced or cases cited , and the conclusion is encapsulated in one brief sentence . |
| 9 | ‘ None , your Grace , so far as it goes . |
| 10 | The Government 's pledge on price protection has also been honoured , so far as it goes . |
| 11 | The design point is a good one so far as it goes … |
| 12 | He executed a declaration of abdication of the throne for himself and his descendants and this declaration was duly rendered effective , so far as it went , by His Majesty 's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 which amended the Act of Settlement accordingly . |
| 13 | As to this , counsel for the council accepted the correctness of the following statement ( so far as it went ) which I made in Powell v McFarlane ( at 471 – 2 ) : " … the animus possidendi involves the intention , in one 's own name and on one 's own behalf to exclude the world at large , including the owner with the paper title if he be not himself the possessor , so far as is reasonably practicable and so far as the processes of the law will allow . " … |
| 14 | The job analysts are in the position of actually making sure that a job description is filled in correctly before it goes to the jury on which Phil sits . |
| 15 | The Regional Railways order made waves not only because it went to a newcomer in train-building . |
| 16 | The Regional Railways order made waves not only because it went to a newcomer in train-building . |
| 17 | His was a hectic life , becoming more so as it went on . |
| 18 | The chimney was a traditional one for the Lake District ; a straight , dry-stone cylinder tapering slightly inside as it went up . |
| 19 | How many people think this project ought to be stopped right now before it goes any further ? ’ |
| 20 | Apply under the cheekbone , pushing upwards so that it goes slightly onto the bone . |
| 21 | And that is — I am afraid - as far as it goes . |
| 22 | This book , therefore , is good and probably reliable as far as it goes . |
| 23 | Darwin 's concept of evolution may hold water as far as it goes , but without the inclusion of an omnipotent ‘ Master Mind ’ , working from outside to plan the possibility of purposeful development , it makes no sense to me at all . |
| 24 | Now , for the 10 per cent of house-buyers who rely on this report , or even the 15 per cent who rely on a mini-survey , that 's fine as far as it goes — and I would not wish to discourage anyone from having a professional survey , or ever advise against one — however , all the surveyors I know would prefer knowledgeable clients who had carried out their own surveys first and could present their results to them for investigation and comment . |
| 25 | Several said firmly that suitability and fitness should be the only criteria , and that is fine , as far as it goes . |
| 26 | THIS is a very long , very expensive and very highlevel book on human intelligence which will undoubtedly become , for many years to come , and as far as it goes , a standard book of reference , It has five parts , dealing respectively with the nature of intelligence and its measurement ; cognition , personality and intelligence ; society , culture , and intelligence ; the phylogeny and ontogeny of intelligence ; and a metatheory of intelligence . |
| 27 | I doubt it myself , for the reason that introduced the words ‘ as far as it goes ’ above : the book simply leaves out of account the most important recent developments which foretell a revolution in the measurement and understanding of intelligence . |
| 28 | As I said before , the Handbook of Human Intelligence is excellent as far as it goes , but it certainly does not go far enough ; perhaps the second edition will improve on this sad state of affairs ! |
| 29 | As far as it goes , the book is a useful catalogue of the havoc wrecked by Reagan , but it is openly partisan and should be read as such . |
| 30 | Particularly harrowing are the reports that De Klerk 's political liberalisation ( as far as it goes ) has resulted in many police officers resigning and joining right wing commandos . |