Example sentences of "go [adv] far as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , if you consider the pressures contingent on me that night , you may not think I delude myself unduly if I go so far as to suggest that I did perhaps display , in the face of everything , at least in some modest degree a ‘ dignity ’ worthy of someone like Mr Marshall — or come to that , my father . |
| 2 | Some biologists go so far as to see DNA as a device used by organisms to reproduce themselves , just as an eye is a device used by organisms to see ! |
| 3 | Some farmers even go so far as to grow continuous cereal crops indefinitely — barley on the lighter land and winter wheat on the strong clays . |
| 4 | Barr et al ( 1989 ) go so far as to suggest that ‘ if the receiving hospital is allowed to ‘ dump ’ excess capacity by charging no more than short-term marginal cost it will , in effect , be ‘ stealing ’ part of another District 's budget ’ . |
| 5 | Nay , they even go so far as to lay odds that before Christmas he lands a force in England or Ireland . |
| 6 | We go so far as to say that in choice of partner it is a wise unconscious that falls in love with and marries its own unrecognized problem and then in marriage recreates the problematic situation . |
| 7 | SSL is claimed to be very difficult for ( hearing ) adults to learn ; some go so far as to say that it is impossible . |
| 8 | Many manufacturers wo n't allow you to remove the machine 's case without automatically voiding your warranty : some go so far as to put seals over the case so they can tell if you 've opened it . |
| 9 | They treat their women like mules and they fornicate with animals ; indeed in this respect they are so jealous that they go so far as to attach chastity belts to their mares and mules . |
| 10 | The propagandists go so far as to assume , even to assert , that it would not result in any splitting of the party vote : in other words that votes transferred from Dandy or Deadman or Doughty would go to another of these three running-mates and not elsewhere . |
| 11 | Some interpretations of modern astrophysics go so far as to suggest that a conscious observer is necessary for the physical universe to exist at all — the observed needs an observer . |
| 12 | In fact some pro-choice advocates go so far as to deny that abortion is a moral issue at all — a favourite slogan for a while was ‘ abortion is a health issue , not a moral issue ’ . |
| 13 | Indeed , if we go so far as to see externalization as inevitably bringing the ego into conflict with reality , then we might conclude that many modern neuroses — perhaps the most severe ones — are likely to become para-psychoses : that is , neurotic conflicts expressing themselves in the language of psychosis . |
| 14 | Some even go so far as to link its emergence to the coming of reggae music to Britain , circa 1970 , and the first reggae film widely seen in Britain , Perry Henzell 's ( 1972 ) The Harder They Come starring Jimmy Cliff . |
| 15 | Some schools go as far as appointing a press officer from amongst the staff or the governors . |
| 16 | Not only do they tolerate the fast-food shops serving up nutriment that top breeders would n't recommend for Fido , they go as far as purchasing two expensive weeks in a gruesome timeshare apartment , and sit smoking all day on a balcony overlooking the A9 . |
| 17 | Celebrities such as Amanda De Cadenet , whose baby has graced two covers this year , even go as far as to be pictured breastfeeding . |
| 18 | Some district societies also want an assurance that the Institute will not take on additional regulatory responsibilities without consulting the membership : some go as far as urging it to oppose any future legislation to extend statutory regulation of members ' activities . |
| 19 | ‘ I wouldn'a go as far as that , ’ Reid reproved me . |
| 20 | Not all go as far as Ales Lederer , the young editor of the dissident magazine Prostor , who declares that ‘ if there is unemployment , even if it is 3m , this is the sign of a healthy economy , for the economy runs itself naturally . |
| 21 | I really think that 's what has made the business stay , and go as far as it has . |
| 22 | Will my right hon. Friend go as far as to say that we definitely intend in the fulness of time to bring in legislation and , I hope , include in the legislation the provision that there should be at least one employee representative among pension fund trustees ? |
| 23 | go as far as to say we probably know less about what 's going on than he does . |
| 24 | Could death education ever go this far as to teach the bereaved how to dig a grave and incidentally earn a discount ? |