Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] go [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rohan has to go there tomorrow — some tiresome business with insurance . |
| 2 | ‘ Social imperialism ’ suggests that the main beneficiaries of this policy were British consumers , and indeed one writer has gone so far as to argue a direct link to the Attlee government 's social reforms : ‘ The nationalisations , medical provision and expansion of education so magnanimously legislated by the Labour Ministry were largely achieved because the Bank of England kept the Sterling Area show on the road . ' |
| 3 | Moreover , the North American Securities Administration Association has gone so far as to accuse the South Pacific micro-states of Nauru , Vanuatu , Tonga and the Marshall and Northern Mariana Islands of being ‘ international centres of prostitute banking ’ . |
| 4 | When he speaks on social issues MPs from all sides listen , but in Birkenhead , Labour left-wingers , including some former supporters , believe his free thinking has gone too far . |
| 5 | But Copernican thinking has gone too far . |
| 6 | That the programme has gone so well is a measure of the enormous effort put into it by a partnership of centres and SCOTVEC . |
| 7 | Some countries such as Spain feel the deal has gone too far , but the EC is expected to buy them off . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Do hope term has gone quite well and that you 're not too tired . |
| 10 | The DoH is sensitive to the charge that the Children Act has gone too far in favour of children at the expense of upholding the rights and responsibilities of parents and guardians . |
| 11 | ‘ Roman , do n't you think this farce has gone far enough ? ’ she snapped , beginning to lose her calm diplomacy . |
| 12 | One reason is that the commercial transaction test seems to go too far ; many transactions which will be generally regarded as perfectly legitimate forms of investment , are entered into solely , or at least predominantly , for tax reasons , and I think it would be wrong to suggest that they might be taxable for that reason alone . |
| 13 | When this happens , the iteration has gone far enough , and we can take p = cs , when q is determined from the second of equations ( 6 ) , which is in fact the same as ( 4 ) . |
| 14 | Your nose has gone quite delightfully pink . ’ |
| 15 | The implementation of Council Tax has gone reasonably successfully to date and we have managed to process the first stage of recovery , that is Reminders , at the end of May 1993 . |
| 16 | ‘ I think your imagination has gone too far . |
| 17 | Ghemawat ( 1985 ) argues that the debunking of the experience curve has gone too far . |
| 18 | ‘ We have work to do and it is essential that there are no distractions , ’ says Coleman , ‘ I am happy the way our build-up has gone so far but the next ten days or so are obviously the most important in terms of morale and motivation . ’ |
| 19 | So Liverpool Poly is now Liverpool John Moores University , the Dorset Institute of Higher Education in sunny Poole is known as the University of Bournemouth , and the Thames Polytechnic has gone decidedly up-market by becoming the University of Greenwich . |
| 20 | or the blue I mean the red 's gone all right . |
| 21 | This month has gone so quickly it 's difficult to believe it 's over a month since we left the U.K. |
| 22 | It is not , of course , the only champagne at Tesco ; this particular store has gone quite delightfully dotty this year and now has nearly 50 various champagnes from its own-label bottle ( £8.75 ) to the Dom Perignon . |
| 23 | But the whole area 's gone terribly downhill . |
| 24 | I reckon this week 's gone ever so fast . |
| 25 | Yeah , I know , the week 's gone so quickly that 's the trouble ! |
| 26 | The week 's gone so quickly I 've just been sort of , you know . |
| 27 | One former American Secretary of State has gone so far as to characterise the Armed Forces as an institution ‘ operating entirely outside Party control ’ . |
| 28 | Indeed one commentator has gone so far as to describe the DTI 's performance in these cases coupled with its sloppiness in the Barlow Clowes affair and failure to press prosecution over the House of Fraser takeover as ‘ part of a lengthy and dishonourable supine tradition ’ ( Alex Brummer , Guardian , 28.8.90 ) . |
| 29 | ‘ As an ex-sex symbol ’ , Miss Dors confessed , ‘ I usually amaze those who pose the question by saying that I believe the permissive society HAS gone too far . ’ |
| 30 | The sense has gone completely here . |