Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] far as [det] " in BNC.

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1 But though none might be prepared to go so far as that , all British parties would quickly realize that apparent discrimination against women in their lists would do them a lot of harm .
2 ‘ They would n't have come as far as this on their own , he must be driving them . ’
3 ( 6 ) Dotted instead of full lines give another range of meaning if you want to sub-divide as far as that .
4 ‘ I was n't thinking of going as far as that .
5 Oh well I have n't got as far as that because I
6 Right , so anyway , we 've got as far as that and your everything seems alright eh ?
7 ‘ I had n't thought as far as that , ’ she said , quivering .
8 Gets as far as this : Migration of Sperms : ‘ Approximately 400 million sperms are present in each ejaculation … if only 10 per cent of the sperms reach the cervical canal a total of approximately 40 million sperms will have reached this favourable haven .
9 Although his voice failed to carry as far as those of the Academicians ' , there was no possibility of failing to recognize the message .
10 Did you have to go as far as that ?
11 It is not company policy to go as far as this . ’
12 No other state went so far as this ; but then none needed to , for none started from the same position of isolation and estrangement from the outside world .
13 We can not go so far as that ; and I lay it down as fact that there never has been a real complete sceptic .
14 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 . [ … ]
15 At present the authorities have not gone so far as this .
16 Moreover having gone as far as this I do not believe that it would be possible for me to hold the line and refuse to answer any further questions about the composition and activities of the Committees .
17 At the end of this period matters had by no means gone as far as this , for the growth of political parties in eighteenth-century England was curiously erratic .
18 ‘ I wouldn'a go as far as that , ’ Reid reproved me .
19 ‘ I would n't go as far as that . ’
20 Then he looked up with a solemn expression and replied : ‘ Well , I would n't go as far as that . ’
21 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
22 The question of images in churches was further addressed by two sets of injunctions issued by Cromwell in 1536 and 1538 , but even here the reforms did not go as far as some iconophobes would have liked , as they drew back from condemning all images and denounced only those that encouraged ‘ superstition and hypocrisy ’ and ‘ that most detestable sin of idolatry ’ .
23 They do not go as far as some countries , who plan to make actual cuts in emissions rates .
24 It 's taken longer than I thought to get as far as this .
25 Stuart 's plump little visage tightened as far as that was a physical possibility .
26 Interactive 's work with Kodak , recently helping to develop its new Photo CD product , will continue as far as several large imaging projects go .
27 From now on , I 'll concentrate on the virtues of Granada 's resumed series which , like Jeeves , continues as far as most other viewers are concerned to give complete satisfaction .
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