Example sentences of "[adv] as say [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , some Keynesians went so far as to say that money is unimport-ant since it only exerts an influence on economic activity via interest rates , and then without much success . |
| 2 | Though I could n't go so far as to say that service was included as all the waiters seemed interested in was getting the lights off so they could dance with Sorrel . |
| 3 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that Britain 's justice system had been badly bruised by the Government 's failure in this respect . |
| 4 | Tape Worm : I 'm normally very polite and hardly swear , but I 'd go so far as to say that Tape Worm is one ugly ( Censored ! — Ed ) . |
| 5 | Because of his Cartesianism , Malebranche could not go so far as to say that material objects were not really extended or in motion , but Pierre Bayle had argued that such restraint was unjustifiable . |
| 6 | We might almost go so far as to say that Lyly has embroidered an elaborate garment round the simple idea " Euphues was a young coxcomb " . |
| 7 | Those extreme inductivists , the logical positivists , went so far as to say that theories only have meaning insofar as they can be verified by direct observation . |
| 8 | In the letter from the Secretary of State which the hon. Member for Devon , North ( Mr. Speller ) read out , as well as saying that differences are likely to arise because of different clinical views , he said that they may arise because of different local circumstances . |
| 9 | Kenya 's new director of wildlife , Richard Leakey , was quoted recently as saying that government neglect had ‘ permitted the poachers to have our parks to themselves as private hunting blocks with their vehicles , modern weapons and chain saws ’ . |