Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] go [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the migrants may only go as far as southern Europe . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | We should not go so far as to hold a referendum , but the people must have the final say . |
| 4 | I recognise that this may not go as far as librarians would wish . |
| 5 | I 'm sure the , I 'm sure they 'll all go away very when you , before you came . |
| 6 | We might even go so far as to say that amplification of deviance among one group rather than among another could simply be due to chance . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 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 | The party could only go as far as the unions would allow and their influence was apparent at all levels . |
| 10 | And you could only go as far as the money would go , could n't you ? |
| 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 | Slowly she imagined taking one step after another until she reported that she could physically go no further because the slope of the ceiling was so steep . |
| 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 | We 'd even go so far as throwing modesty to the wind , and say you wo n't find better value for money holidays or flights anywhere else . |
| 19 | I 'd even go so far as to say I 'm falling in love . |
| 20 | So provides section 16 of the Partnership Act , 1890 , and the words have a comfortingly assured ring about them even though long and intimate acquaintance with that Act suggests that comfort will be impaired if here as at other points in the Act one indulges in deeper reflection ; and reflection need not go very deep before one becomes uneasy , because if one takes the words of section 16 into unqualified acceptance and seeks to apply them in practical situations , one does not have to envisage a great number of such situations to find some where the uncritical acceptance of section 16 will lead to manifest absurdity . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . [ … ] |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 : |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ I would n't go as far as that . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I would n't go as far as to say that but I 'll admit you were in a rather nasty pickle . ’ |
| 29 | Then he looked up with a solemn expression and replied : ‘ Well , I would n't go as far as that . ’ |
| 30 | No I would n't go as far as that anyway but I 'm saying they 're in the wrong it 's not you in the wrong , they 're in |