Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] go so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . ' |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | That the programme has gone so well is a measure of the enormous effort put into it by a partnership of centres and SCOTVEC . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | This month has gone so quickly it 's difficult to believe it 's over a month since we left the U.K. |
| 6 | Yeah , I know , the week 's gone so quickly that 's the trouble ! |
| 7 | The week 's gone so quickly I 've just been sort of , you know . |
| 8 | One former American Secretary of State has gone so far as to characterise the Armed Forces as an institution ‘ operating entirely outside Party control ’ . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | One theorist has gone so far as to claim that ‘ the viability of the large corporation with diffuse security ownership is … explained in terms of a model where primary disciplining of managers comes through managerial labor markets , both within and outside of the firm ’ . |