Example sentences of "go [adv] [adv] as [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The CNAA 's ideas were taking a different shape in 1975 , showing an unwillingness to go as far as delegating authority for the approval of courses , but pursuing the idea of ‘ internal validation ’ .
2 ‘ Where we 're concerned , our religious involvement only goes as far as using images of , say , the Virgin Mary on our sleeves , but it 's not us being disrespectful .
3 ‘ Where we 're concerned , our religious involvement only goes as far as using images of , say , the Virgin Mary on our sleeves , but it 's not us being disrespectful .
4 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 .
5 Conran has gone so far as ending catwalk exhibitions totally in favour of presentation by video .
6 All hell broke loose , Mount Stewart was besieged by the media , and one Fleet Street paper went as far as accusing MacDonald of duplicity .
7 Even when Shaun and Bez went as far as editing Penthouse for the day , papers tutted and sighed but still printed pictures of the pair grinning like village idiots , surrounded by tits and bums .
8 Stockdale even went as far as praising Laurent for having surveyed , and a foreigner at that , without the knowledge of the language and ‘ by eye alone … without the use of instruments and in the coldest part of the year … in less than two months two towns for some miles in circumference , with all their intricate communications . ’
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