Example sentences of "far as [to-vb] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the early 1960s a number of economists went so far as to argue that growth had to be export-led [ Kaldor , 1971 ] . |
| 2 | One such protagonist has recently gone so far as to claim that Aristotle 's Phantasmata — the mental images that are involved in most or all mental activities — are identical with the symbols on which computational procedures are carried out . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | Indeed , some Keynesians went so far as to say that money is unimport-ant since it only exerts an influence on economic activity via interest rates , and then without much success . |
| 5 | Though I could n't go so far as to say that service was included as all the waiters seemed interested in was getting the lights off so they could dance with Sorrel . |
| 6 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that Britain 's justice system had been badly bruised by the Government 's failure in this respect . |
| 7 | Tape Worm : I 'm normally very polite and hardly swear , but I 'd go so far as to say that Tape Worm is one ugly ( Censored ! — Ed ) . |
| 8 | Because of his Cartesianism , Malebranche could not go so far as to say that material objects were not really extended or in motion , but Pierre Bayle had argued that such restraint was unjustifiable . |
| 9 | We might almost go so far as to say that Lyly has embroidered an elaborate garment round the simple idea " Euphues was a young coxcomb " . |
| 10 | Those extreme inductivists , the logical positivists , went so far as to say that theories only have meaning insofar as they can be verified by direct observation . |
| 11 | One writer in 1766 even went so far as to propose that canals be required to end short of their planned destinations . |
| 12 | The story goes so far as to suggest that Hewlett-Packard threatened to resign from OSF over the pace of development but changed its mind . |
| 13 | Indeed he went so far as to suggest that pupils might be involved in evaluating the curriculum in the future . |
| 14 | In fact , the Committee goes so far as to assert that business and industry have no distinctive educational needs , and is thereby able to collapse point 2 in its terms of reference ( " the needs of business , the professions and the public services " ) into point 1 ( " the requirements of a liberal education " ) . |