Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important that constituents should be able to consult us about confidential matters , but surely we should not go so far as to give comfort to murderers and bombers , as has been suggested . |
| 2 | We should not go so far as to hold a referendum , but the people must have the final say . |
| 3 | A punch should not extend so far as to throw the puncher off balance , nor should a block be carried more than six inches above the head . |
| 4 | I may not move as fast as you , but we 'll be there in good time . |
| 5 | I recognise that this may not go as far as librarians would wish . |
| 6 | A group action may not turn out exactly as the individuals involved intended ; but in order for it to happen at all there must be individuals acting on the basis of various desires , beliefs and intentions . |
| 7 | Agreed the working masses may not bath as regularly as might be wished , but they all drink tea . |
| 8 | When Le Roux bought Norton Motors in 1987 with shareholder and bank money , he knew there was a risk the profit might not flow as quickly as hoped . |
| 9 | Matey might not work so hard as McAllister did , or perform such menial tasks , like scrubbing the kitchen floor and whitening the front doorstep — which was next on McAllister 's list of duties — but she did her share and was never idle , even in her spare time — hence her membership of the ladies ' sewing circle and her encouragement of her housemaid , McAllister , to accompany her to it . |
| 10 | Bream are a very impressive fish and though they might not fight as bravely as tench , carp or barbel , they do look big . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Even Amabel could not go so far as to trouble Gemma . |
| 13 | We then asked him , if he could not go so far as to meet us in full , to introduce an empowering provision . |
| 14 | Without the work of these dedicated men and women the Church could not progress as rapidly as it does . |
| 15 | But she doubted it would go any further — well , could n't go any further as she was only staying the one night . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ So you could n't go as far as saying who it might have been calling on the Rector at that late hour ? ’ |
| 18 | Elinor was sometimes at a loss for the right word , or name , and then became impatient with herself ; she was often frustrated because she could n't move as swiftly as she did before . |
| 19 | I could n't run as fast as I would have liked . |
| 20 | Lévi-Strauss has rendered social anthropology an invaluable service in emphasizing the significance of such contrasting motifs ; although we need not go so far as him and turn our subject into an esoteric animal , vegetable or mineral parlour-game in which every card is a joker and can assume whatever meaning the player likes . |
| 21 | But we need not go so far as that ; it will suffice to suppose that firms rise and fall , but that the ‘ representative ’ firm remains always of about the same size , as does the representative tree of a virgin forest . [ … ] |
| 22 | I would not go as far as one group which makes ‘ coupleness and a sense of call in husband and wife ’ one of their ten non-negotiables for church planters . |
| 23 | Certainly , it is important to study bureaucracies as institutions in their own right , even if we would not go as far as the poet Alexander Pope who wrote : |
| 24 | Even now , I would not go so far as to say it is a bad staff plan ; after all , it enables a staff of four to cover an unexpected amount of ground . |
| 25 | Dhanraj began by stating unequivocally that she saw film-making as a tool for socio-political challenge ( she would not go so far as to say change ) and that documentary was best suited to this purpose . |
| 26 | That this Second World War would not last so long as the First , and even that it might not be a war on such a world-scale , were legitimate presumptions at the time , and Eliot was firmly of the opinion that we should be thinking then and there of the world which would finally emerge . |
| 27 | And he said his company 's 99p set of earrings would not last as long as a Marks and Spencer prawn sandwich . |
| 28 | ‘ I would n't go as far as that . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I would n't go as far as to say that but I 'll admit you were in a rather nasty pickle . ’ |
| 30 | Then he looked up with a solemn expression and replied : ‘ Well , I would n't go as far as that . ’ |