Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [subord] [to-vb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many manufacturers wo n't allow you to remove the machine 's case without automatically voiding your warranty : some go so far as to put seals over the case so they can tell if you 've opened it . |
| 2 | As Carol Dyhouse has pointed out , in concentrating their attention on mothercraft , medical experts tended to devalue women 's knowledge regarding infant care , one doctor going so far as to label grandmothers as ‘ infanticide experts ’ . |
| 3 | I am not sure she could actually have gone so far as to say things like : ‘ these errors may be trivial in themselves , but you must yourself realize their larger significance ’ . |
| 4 | In that particular case the judges pronounced in general on the right of free speech , but did not go so far as to appoint experts to ascertain whether the accused was right in his criticism or not ( see The Art Newspaper No.14 , January 1992 , p.1 ) . |
| 5 | Vice-President Salvador Laurel , speaking on Dec. 4 during a visit to Hong Kong , went so far as to cast doubts on the President 's ability to continue even if the coup was put down : " If Aquino insists on staying in power I do n't think that would assist in solving the problem . |
| 6 | Through the winter months , the larger firms gave further assurances that they were willing " to take immediate steps for the gradual reduction of female comps " ; some it seems went even so far as to dismiss women . |
| 7 | Nay , they even go so far as to lay odds that before Christmas he lands a force in England or Ireland . |
| 8 | Even the otherwise haughty Surrey committee was moved to complain about this lack of common courtesy , though naturally they did not go so far as to suggest meals should be taken in common . |
| 9 | Perceived as ‘ weak ’ and ‘ lonely ’ , one respondent went so far as to condemn raisins as ‘ embarrassing to be seen with in public ’ ! |
| 10 | She was n't going so far as to make protestations of delight in Betty 's company . |
| 11 | ‘ I am very far from saying that in every case in which a child is proving difficult to manage , a parent is entitled to strike the child so hard as to cause injuries of the kind in this case . |
| 12 | They must be able to spot strengths and weaknesses and gaps in knowledge , not so as to compare pupils with each other , but in order to move on to the next stage , in the most effective way . |
| 13 | In 1929 the Northern Ireland parliamentary boundaries were drawn up so as to attach areas of the surrounding countryside to the city centre , creating the safe Unionist seat of City of Londonderry , while the mainly Catholic areas were put into the Nationalist seat of Foyle . |
| 14 | Some providers have already gone as far as to produce prospectuses outlining their services . |
| 15 | This consisted of an index ( with a score of 75 or below ) which combined relative per capita income and relative unemployment levels , and was an attempt to redefine the assisted areas more narrowly so as to direct funds to those areas most in need . |
| 16 | Decision-makers in crises take trouble in analysing how their words and actions will be interpreted by others , sometimes so as to avoid misinterpretations , sometimes so as to create them . |
| 17 | I can do no better than to quote Thos . |