Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] go [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the influence of one mind over another is very subtle , and of all influences religious influence is the most dangerous and the most powerful , and to counteract it courts of equity have gone very far . |
| 2 | Well I think he felt er as I do that it 's unfortunate that matters have gone this far . |
| 3 | Some translators of the Bible have gone so far as to postpone the main verb until the divine fiat : And God said , Let there be light . |
| 4 | Other firms risk going too far the other way , imposing a too-narrow management — sometimes from outside the profession — and so alienating partners . |
| 5 | Others call for a reassertion of ‘ traditional ’ Japanese values , saying that changes provoked by Western contact have gone too far , and that ‘ traditional , Japanese values should be reasserted . |
| 6 | She says things have gone too far the other way . |
| 7 | ‘ We are not alone in thinking things have gone too far , ’ said Wu Shih , picking up on what Tsu Ma had said . |
| 8 | Things have gone too far . |
| 9 | But I do n't think things have gone so far between us that |
| 10 | Indeed , some people have gone so far as to elevate these restrictions on the initial conditions and the parameters to the status of a principle , the anthropic principle , which can be paraphrased as , ‘ Things are as they are because we are . |
| 11 | But even some ofthe President 's closest supporters reckon the scandal-mongers have gone too far by trying to link Clinton the Rhodes Scholar with the Soviet secret services . |
| 12 | Broadcasters are quick to jump on the Press when they feel public opinion is that the papers have Gone Too Far . |
| 13 | Our enemies have gone too far . |
| 14 | In all the arts , we may prefer the abnormal and regard that which is entirely sound and healthy as commonplace ; but late Turners have gone too far , in Lieberich 's opinion , to be admirable . |