Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb past] so [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 In fact , the Conducator went so far as to command the peasants to ‘ maintain the customs and dress of our great-great fore-bears , so that they shall always be in our memory .
2 However the question in the present case was whether the duty of confidence which the defendant no doubt owed to the plaintiff extended so far as to bar disclosure of the report to the hospital or the Home Office .
3 TODAY has been told the letter went so far as to claim she had betrayed her husband , her sons and , above all , the Queen .
4 The couple went so far as to have Chris Nixon , one of the best unit publicists in the business , fired .
5 The fuse would destroy itself , the gunpowder explode , poor Cosmas 's legs would be shattered , and even if he wanted to , the fire spread so quickly as to prevent his escape .
6 No problem arose so far as NHS general practitioners were concerned , except a very powerful dispute about the level of the compensation of junior doctors ; but with the consultants it was another story .
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