Example sentences of "the [noun sg] go [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although some of the distinctive lexis of the London variety of Jamaican Creole may have its origins in Rasta speech , there is no clear evidence that Rastafarian influence on the structure of the Creole goes any further than that . |
| 2 | The story goes so far as to suggest that Hewlett-Packard threatened to resign from OSF over the pace of development but changed its mind . |
| 3 | ‘ The figures mean that someone has been defrauding the company and it was n't Craig Grenfell because if you look at the dates you 'll see that the fiddling went on even when Craig was in prison . ’ |
| 4 | In fact , the Conducator went so far as to command the peasants to ‘ maintain the customs and dress of our great-great fore-bears , so that they shall always be in our memory . |
| 5 | The crisis of confidence in the future went far deeper than the economic agonies of a restricted prosperity in society 's upper ranks . |
| 6 | It transpired that the snow went as quickly as it had come , the road was opened and supplies began getting through regularly again . |
| 7 | She could n't help thinking that Cara , who had been known to take the car to go as far as the corner shop to pick up a bottle of milk , would have folded long before this . |
| 8 | After the unveiling ceremony a special train hauled by No 2 The Countess went as far as Castle Caereinion before returning to Raven Square . |
| 9 | At one time , the Club went as far as refusing to allow juveniles a reduced entrance price for the London Road terrace but allowed them half price for other areas . |
| 10 | We begin with Belbo phoning from Paris to say , ‘ They 're after me , ’ and the telephone going dead just as he is about to give the password for the computer file which holds the final explanation known to him alone . |
| 11 | In fact , the Committee goes so far as to assert that business and industry have no distinctive educational needs , and is thereby able to collapse point 2 in its terms of reference ( " the needs of business , the professions and the public services " ) into point 1 ( " the requirements of a liberal education " ) . |
| 12 | The Act goes no further than requiring that , where there is disagreement over accuracy , the fact that there is such disagreement must be recorded . |
| 13 | Where the husband goes so far as to cause injury , there are available a number of offences against the person with which he may be charged , but the gravamen of the husband 's conduct is the injury he has caused not the sexual intercourse he has forced . ’ |
| 14 | The difference goes far deeper than the political complexion of the government . |
| 15 | House and land prices tend on the whole to go up rather than down . |
| 16 | The government had started to take expert advice on how TV might be extended as early as 1943 ; so the BBC had the signal to go ahead almost as soon as the war ended . |
| 17 | The rope swayed a little as he went down hand over hand , then he was on the ground and the rope went still again as he held it fast and turned his face up to her . |
| 18 | TODAY has been told the letter went so far as to claim she had betrayed her husband , her sons and , above all , the Queen . |
| 19 | The couple went so far as to have Chris Nixon , one of the best unit publicists in the business , fired . |
| 20 | ‘ In the public service you must expect the clock to go somewhat slower than in any other organisation . |
| 21 | Mr Landon also argues that the problem goes much deeper than just testing but begins when children are first identified as having a problem . |
| 22 | The agreement went no further than this . |