Example sentences of "[verb] not gone [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However the government has not gone as far as it might have . |
| 2 | In some areas , mechanisation is replacing labour although in the countryside this has not gone as far as on North American farms . |
| 3 | It has long been clear that IBM Corp 's latest restructuring into 13 somewhat autonomous business units has taken too long and has not gone far enough , and the company has called an extraordinary board meeting for this Tuesday to decide what cuts need to be made to meet 1993 targets . |
| 4 | ‘ How are things at 6 Commando area , Piper ? ’ he enquired , ‘ The attack by the Black Watch has not gone too well judging by the number of wounded passing through here ! ’ |
| 5 | The good news is that the most common infestation , by the woodworm — or anobium punctatum or furniture beetle , call it what you will — can be treated , so long as it has not gone too far into the timbers , at a cost of a few hundred pounds . |
| 6 | If the work has not gone too far , there is often some blank page , or part of one , where these can be noted ; otherwise they will normally be printed on a special slip or leaf which can be ‘ tipped-in ’ ( lightly attached by glue or paste at the inner edge ) . |
| 7 | The result is a discourse in which certain expressions , such as " the river had not gone away either or the mountains " ( p. 31 ) must be interpreted as " literally " representing the perceptions of the people , whereas for us they would normally have to be interpreted metaphorically . |
| 8 | But matters had not gone as smoothly as all that . |
| 9 | In many cases , however , the new Boards felt that their predecessors had not gone far enough . |
| 10 | The more he thought about it , the more he felt that the contract he had renegotiated with Virgin had not gone far enough . |
| 11 | Mr Davies told the Commons that Norman Lamont 's Budget though courageous , had not gone far enough . |
| 12 | ‘ His criticism of my sermon was that I had not gone far enough , ’ continued Father Kipling . |
| 13 | This was the most positive action he had yet taken in his conflicts with the king : even with Rufus he had not gone so far . |
| 14 | They had not gone very far when a great brightness showed over the mountains beyond the forest , and suddenly in front of them they saw a beautiful young man , all dressed in gold , with a scarlet lining to his cloak . |
| 15 | He had not gone very far when the mysterious little girl suddenly appeared again , from the dry gully of a mountain stream . |
| 16 | Things had not gone too smoothly in hospital and it was taking a long time to recover . |
| 17 | Again Balfour 's account is in substantial agreement , although he adds the gloss that when , at one stage in his summing up he referred to his assumption that Asquith would not serve under either Law or Lloyd George , Asquith intervened to say that he had not gone quite so far as that ; he must consult his friends before giving a final answer . |
| 18 | we 've not gone any further with this Fre with Fred because |
| 19 | Yet the redefinition of factors which need to be considered for a fuller understanding of politics and power have not gone nearly far enough : they are still confined to the world of public politics and the struggles for power in the public arena . |
| 20 | Nutley ( 1982 ) , analysing these data , suggests that decline may have proceeded mainly by frequency reductions which have not gone as far as complete closures . |
| 21 | But according to several experts , we have not gone far enough . |
| 22 | Although therefore most advocates of a confessional approach have taken on board quite a lot of the criticism against old-style RE understood as indoctrinating , narrow , academic and meaningless to the vast majority of pupils , they have not gone far enough in meeting certain objections . |
| 23 | ‘ I have not gone any further than the evidence allowed , ’ Boaz said . |
| 24 | At present the authorities have not gone so far as this . |
| 25 | The courts have not gone so far as to give a cause of action in damages for the breach of such a promise , but they have refused to allow the party making it to act inconsistently with it . |
| 26 | Johnston said : ‘ Things have not gone very well for me at Everton and I spoke to the gaffer recently about it . |
| 27 | Matt 's not gone anywhere just now |