Example sentences of "not [verb] [pron] very far " in BNC.
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| 1 | Napier was not the only sheriff to find that there was more honour than reward in his office , for according to the petition submitted by Erskine of Alva , who had been appointed sheriff-depute of Perthshire in 1748 , his salary of £250 per annum did not take him very far , for his county , |
| 2 | This is fundamental , and will be of importance later , in connection with Quantum Theory , but does not take us very far forward . |
| 3 | This definition does not take us very far , however . |
| 4 | The point of these observations is not to argue the case for any particular line of explanation , but to emphasize that current approaches in sociolinguistics have not taken us very far in understanding linguistic sex-marking . |
| 5 | His starting point will be the congressional leaders of his own party , but their cooperation alone will not get him very far . |
| 6 | In other words , they may win within the established system but it does not get them very far if they are not carrying the people with them in a popular crusade for change . |
| 7 | Just to ask them whether or not religion plays an important part in their life does not get us very far . |