Example sentences of "[vb infin] go so far as [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would n't like to go so far as to predict anything for Sunday but you can be certain I am far more confident about the race now than I was . |
| 2 | But one does not have to go so far as to support child benefit for the qualitative demographic effect it may or may not have . |
| 3 | You might , for instance have to alter the way the murder you had in mind is committed or you might have to go so far as to alter the motive of the murderer or even find a completely different person to commit the central action . |
| 4 | I am not sure she could actually have gone so far as to say things like : ‘ these errors may be trivial in themselves , but you must yourself realize their larger significance ’ . |
| 5 | She would not have gone so far as to define it as softness . |