Example sentences of "have go [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sylvia Pedder sometimes has to go as far as Cumbria to see her relatives . |
| 2 | I was ruled out of order , I erm I there were point out then that twenty five new councillors and I understand it was n't legitimate if I wanted to restrict the vote only to those twenty five so that the rest of you would actually realise that this has gone on far too long , I only put that as a I think it is very , very important erm that we break new ground . |
| 3 | ‘ Social imperialism ’ suggests that the main beneficiaries of this policy were British consumers , and indeed one writer has gone so far as to argue a direct link to the Attlee government 's social reforms : ‘ The nationalisations , medical provision and expansion of education so magnanimously legislated by the Labour Ministry were largely achieved because the Bank of England kept the Sterling Area show on the road . ' |
| 4 | Moreover , the North American Securities Administration Association has gone so far as to accuse the South Pacific micro-states of Nauru , Vanuatu , Tonga and the Marshall and Northern Mariana Islands of being ‘ international centres of prostitute banking ’ . |
| 5 | G. Kopcke ( Tzedakis and Hallager 1987 ) has gone so far as to suggest that the curious high ‘ rock ’ formation in the centre of the picture may actually represent the tsunami or tidal wave generated by the great Thera eruption of 1470 BC . |
| 6 | One former American Secretary of State has gone so far as to characterise the Armed Forces as an institution ‘ operating entirely outside Party control ’ . |
| 7 | Indeed , Professor Roskell has gone so far as to suggest that the nobility could not be relied upon to attend parliament in the 1350s and 1360s even when they were present in England , and that these parliaments amounted to little more than tax bargaining sessions between the king and the commons . |
| 8 | Charles Rycroft , an eminent contemporary British psychoanalyst , has gone so far as to reject entirely the Freudian theory of the origin and function of dreaming . |
| 9 | This country cost her too much ; indeed , she has gone so far as to refuse to discuss the topic . |
| 10 | One theorist has gone so far as to claim that ‘ the viability of the large corporation with diffuse security ownership is … explained in terms of a model where primary disciplining of managers comes through managerial labor markets , both within and outside of the firm ’ . |
| 11 | Indeed one commentator has gone so far as to describe the DTI 's performance in these cases coupled with its sloppiness in the Barlow Clowes affair and failure to press prosecution over the House of Fraser takeover as ‘ part of a lengthy and dishonourable supine tradition ’ ( Alex Brummer , Guardian , 28.8.90 ) . |
| 12 | Conran has gone so far as ending catwalk exhibitions totally in favour of presentation by video . |
| 13 | The compression of the state pension down to income support levels has gone so far that it has superseded the income support level , so that every pensioner , as of right , should be on income support . |
| 14 | ‘ We have work to do and it is essential that there are no distractions , ’ says Coleman , ‘ I am happy the way our build-up has gone so far but the next ten days or so are obviously the most important in terms of morale and motivation . ’ |
| 15 | While that movement has nowhere been wholly completed and has gone less far in some countries than in others , there is no western nation where its effects can not be seen . |
| 16 | When he speaks on social issues MPs from all sides listen , but in Birkenhead , Labour left-wingers , including some former supporters , believe his free thinking has gone too far . |
| 17 | But Copernican thinking has gone too far . |
| 18 | Israel has gone too far this time . |
| 19 | Some countries such as Spain feel the deal has gone too far , but the EC is expected to buy them off . |
| 20 | Barry has gone too far this time . |
| 21 | But when a manager starts saying in the Press that I and my wife should resign , it has gone too far . ’ |
| 22 | Barry has gone too far this time . |
| 23 | In some ways it may be considered that psychology has gone too far . |
| 24 | The elder 's opponents and detractors claim that he has gone too far , that he has overstepped the bounds of acceptable discipline . |
| 25 | The DoH is sensitive to the charge that the Children Act has gone too far in favour of children at the expense of upholding the rights and responsibilities of parents and guardians . |
| 26 | ‘ As an ex-sex symbol ’ , Miss Dors confessed , ‘ I usually amaze those who pose the question by saying that I believe the permissive society HAS gone too far . ’ |
| 27 | [ BELVILLE wonders if he has gone too far . |
| 28 | Ghemawat ( 1985 ) argues that the debunking of the experience curve has gone too far . |
| 29 | ‘ This has gone too far , ’ she stormed , rounding on him like a vengeful fury . |
| 30 | A counter-balance for Satan can not be found for Milton has gone too far in his wonderful description and characterisation so that even his portrayal of God can not even hope to rise to the same level . |