Example sentences of "[verb] go as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I actually wanted to that I did n't really want to go as far as for example deciding that the chair what they are voting would be within the resources available to the . |
| 2 | Course made good , means sailing where you want to go as effectively as possible . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to go as soon as possible . |
| 4 | Sylvia Pedder sometimes has to go as far as Cumbria to see her relatives . |
| 5 | Sometimes I tried to go as fast as I could , but it was easy to let the sail out and slow down if I felt I was getting out of control . |
| 6 | José Harris has gone as far as to describe the dispute as ‘ a major conflict of principle ’ between the two boards . |
| 7 | Barclay 's has gone as far as to create a ‘ high technology ’ unit to examine requests for finance from possible customers . |
| 8 | The British Property Federation ( BPF ) has gone as far as not only producing its own system for dealing with projects but , in liaison with the ACA ( Association of Consultant Architects ) , producing its own standard building contract to suit its system . |
| 9 | Eire is planning to use its forthcoming Presidency of the European Commission to press Britain to embark on a major upgrading of road and rail links between North Wales and the Channel Tunnel , and the Shadow Irish Transport Minister Gay Mitchell has gone as far as proposing an Irish Sea Tunnel to be constructed using Channel Tunnel equipment and an allegedly largely Irish Channel Tunnel workforce . |
| 10 | As the years unfold , the penny will drop in the general council of the CBI , as much as on the commuter trains from Basildon , that the whole market-based experiment has gone as far as it can — and the new need is for a government and policies that actively manage the instability and short-termism of the British economy . |
| 11 | In reaching 24 processor configurations , Pyramid says it has gone as far as it can with the R3000 . |
| 12 | These may stem from hormonal changes in the woman , from social pressures , from changes in marital or parental role , from career considerations ( especially in the man , who may realise that , at this stage of life , he has gone as far as he is likely to go ) and/or from other causes . |
| 13 | However , there are fears that the chancellor will not dare go as far as his critics wish and instead stick to a one per cent cut . |
| 14 | Well the insurance would have to go as well as I could n't afford to keep that going . |
| 15 | I would have to go as fast as I could while I could still see the way , and then rest for longer , and then probably crawl . |
| 16 | Did you have to go as far as that ? |
| 17 | She has such a thirst after knowledge that the more she knows , I verily think the humbler she is , and I can not help letting go as fast as she pulls as my son used to do to his kite . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Since I ca n't dress the way I like , I try to go as far as I can whilst still making a feeble attempt at femininity . |
| 20 | Both attempt to go as fast as possible . |
| 21 | I 'm trying to go as fast as I can . |
| 22 | This time he was determined to go as straight as an arrow aimed at Saint Sebastian to the core of the problem , as he saw it . |
| 23 | The barge-owners had to go as far as the brewery wharf across Maurice 's foredeck and over a series of gangplanks which connected them with their own boats . |
| 24 | ‘ I feel that I 've gone as far as I can here , ’ Knowles said . |
| 25 | ‘ I think I 've gone as far as I can with it , ’ said Tony . |
| 26 | John Piper had seen the Diaghilev Ballet in his twenties , had gone as often as possible because ‘ the excitement — the tinge of exultation — in the dancing married to modern music and modern art , worked in my blood and bones . ’ |
| 27 | JUST when you thought frilly knicker and bra design had gone as far as it could , Sherwood Group is set to go further . |
| 28 | By the time he got to his cab , they had gone as far as Holborn Circus . |
| 29 | By the beginning of this century , however , the towers had gone as far as they could go . |
| 30 | He felt he had gone as far as he could in the company and learned as much as he was likely to . |