Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] so [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1	Members of the radical Inter-regional group went so far as to table a motion of no confidence in the government , but a vote on whether to consider this motion was heavily defeated on May 29 .
2	( 120 ) I never knew a little adventure happen so quickly as in East Africa .
3	‘ Since you left the restaurant that night asking so pointedly when his war was going to begin . ’
4	One writer went so far as to say that this construction ‘ flies in the face of the settled interpretation of this provision . ’
5	One journalist went so far as to assert , ‘ Carter should have little trouble with Congress ’ , while Professor Ross Baker noted that ‘ the basic elements are in place for a highly satisfactory relationship between Carter and Congress … there is no reason to forecast discord between the White House and Capitol Hill .
6	Again perceptions of the value of these interviews differed , but one teacher went so far as to say that if it needed an appraisal to bring these advisers into the school then it was worth it .
7	Indeed , so fundamental to the outlook of Jacobean Protestants was this identification of the pope with Antichrist that one contemporary went so far as to define a Protestant as one who ‘ can swear the Pope is antichrist and that flesh is good on Friday ’ .
8	Perceived as ‘ weak ’ and ‘ lonely ’ , one respondent went so far as to condemn raisins as ‘ embarrassing to be seen with in public ’ !
9	As Carol Dyhouse has pointed out , in concentrating their attention on mothercraft , medical experts tended to devalue women 's knowledge regarding infant care , one doctor going so far as to label grandmothers as ‘ infanticide experts ’ .
10	There 's been one young girl killed so far as I know . "
11	No other state went so far as this ; but then none needed to , for none started from the same position of isolation and estrangement from the outside world .

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