Example sentences of "[verb] so [adv] 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 | Doubt about its legality was finally resolved by section 310 of the Companies 1989 Act which said companies may protect their directors and officers from the costs of liability for negligence , default , breach of duty or trust so long as this is declared in the annual directors ' report . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | We can not go so far as that ; and I lay it down as fact that there never has been a real complete sceptic . |
| 5 | 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 . [ … ] |
| 6 | At present the authorities have not gone so far as this . |
| 7 | All Yugoslav nationals in Eighth Army area were to be returned so long as this did not involve the " use of force " . |