Example sentences of "go [adv] far as [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Indeed , I would go so far as to say that a doctor who continued treatment past this point would be behaving at least unethically , if not unlawfully . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | In fact , I would go so far as to say that there is almost a feeling of relief here that Clause 28 is associated with someone so widely discredited . |
| 5 | Some of us might go so far as to say that the Genesis account of creation is not literal history but myth in Lewis 's sense . |
| 6 | Bill : I do n't know if anybody feels they have , but this is a thing which I felt was central to the gay movement of the seventies and I think I would go so far as to say that I assume that most of my close friends feel , like Mark , that it 's fine to have special relationships but it is n't fine to have ones where you are n't allowed to have anything else and also that there 's nothing more deadly to a relationship when you are trying desperately not to have it off with anybody else because you feel guilty about it . |
| 7 | But must we go so far as to say that the USSR will not resort to force unless she is certain to get away with it ? |
| 8 | 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 " . |
| 9 | Indeed , one might even go so far as to say that , were it not for the ‘ discovery ’ of Siberia 's seemingly inexhaustible resources of ‘ soft gold ’ , that is , an abundance of fur-bearing mammals — in particular the highly-prized sable — the Muscovite government would have been without the economic foundation for the growth of its political power . |
| 10 | The best Ford simulator yet , in fact I will go so far as to say that they could not bring another one out to top this one . |
| 11 | I would go so far as to say that one of the main reasons why there are fewer casualties among pedestrians and particularly children in countries such as West Germany is that that country has more flexibility in the use of speed limits . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | You can go so far as to say that any words which produce good music constitute a good libretto . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd go so far as to say that you 're wasting your time even to think of applying for custody . ’ |
| 15 | She hesitated , then went on , ‘ Yes , Dr Markham , I would go so far as to say that forgetting the past is the only way we 're going to achieve any sort of working relationship . ’ |
| 16 | You can go so far as to say that I mean , you will be safe in saying that if your , that as your benefit is suspended your income support for you , not for your family but for you , will be reduced . |
| 17 | Although Johnson does not go so far as to claim that the affectless society was responsible for the Moors Murders , she does feel able to argue that the general atmosphere in society at the time had ‘ infected ’ the social system , and that ‘ Brady possibly , Hindley almost certainly , have been victims of fallout ’ . |
| 18 | Fitzgerald herself does not go so far as to suggest that they should not be used at all . |
| 19 | We may go so far as to suggest that each reader has a " stylistic competence " , analogous to and additional to the " linguistic competence " shared ( according to Chomsky ) by all native speakers of a language . |
| 20 | We would go so far as to suggest that every sheet that carries any part of the answer of question 9 ought to be marked " 9 " in colour , the first one being " 9 Start " the next " 9 Cont 'd " , and the last one " 9 End " . |
| 21 | But I do not accept the submission of Mr. Everall ’ — who appeared for the father — ‘ that she should go so far as to establish that by their return they would be exposed to a grave risk of harm to bring them within the ambit of article 13 ( b ) . |
| 22 | One may indeed go so far as to assert that the Japanese occupation of Indochina was the key issue in the conflict between Japan and the US which led to the attack at Pearl Harbor ; and after what was , initially , a rather lofty approach to the problems of Indochina and Southeast Asian security , America 's final demand that Japan remove its forces from both China and Indochina ( 26 November 1941 ) was met with the equally final Japanese rejection which manifested itself at Pearl Harbor and the invasion of Southeast Asia . |
| 23 | I would go as far as to argue that , however well-intentioned and humanitarian the people who undertake a socialist revolution , the logic of their ideology , which is of necessity reflected in the institutions which they create , makes totalitarianism inevitable . |
| 24 | ‘ I would n't go as far as to say that but I 'll admit you were in a rather nasty pickle . ’ |