Example sentences of "go [prep] the other extreme " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though I believe that Darwin laid too much stress on biotic interactions as a promoter of evolution and extinction , to the extent of substantially dismissing changes in the physical environment , there is no justification for going to the other extreme , as several examples will illustrate . |
| 2 | Today , by contrast , we 're going to the other extreme . |
| 3 | Religiously , to go to the other extreme , we were partners in giving Europe a living Christian faith . |
| 4 | Trust him to go to the other extreme . |
| 5 | In some sense , it went to the other extreme , for from a totalizing history it projected a form of history in which there was no attempt to link different histories at all . |
| 6 | In fact , within two years I had gone to the other extreme , washing shorts for lads who were old enough to do it for themselves , and baking cakes for the sole purpose of giving them away . |
| 7 | If the prefaces strike a sombre note , the entries go to the other extreme by being blandly reassuring and avoiding excessive detail . |