Example sentences of "[noun] went so far [conj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Kip Bertram went so far as to describe the letter as ‘ venomous ’ , and Norman Smith , managing director of Total Book Distribution , said it was ‘ insulting and naive ’ . |
| 32 | Leaving no stone unturned for its Destiny launch , the telephone company offshoot went so far as to score still another first , announcing SVR4.2 simultaneously in Europe , the Far East , the US and Russia , reportedly at a Unix user group meeting , facilitated by the famed Esther Dyson . |
| 33 | Other jingo socialists went so far as to attribute the same view to Winston Churchill , quoting him as saying : |
| 34 | TODAY has been told the letter went so far as to claim she had betrayed her husband , her sons and , above all , the Queen . |
| 35 | The couple went so far as to have Chris Nixon , one of the best unit publicists in the business , fired . |
| 36 | The publisher Moxon went so far as to put out an edition of the Shelley forgeries , with an introduction by Robert Browning . |
| 37 | Maslow went so far as to say that ill people who treat their fellow men with kindness are forces for mental health and those who disdain or belittle other men are forces for mental illness . |
| 38 | Part of the three-year letter of intent went so far as to say — this is quite astonishing that for an initial period , which as far as I can recollect was never defined , British Rail should subsidise bus services because buses were being substituted for trains . |
| 39 | In their efforts to impress the United States , the Romanians went so far as to compare their position vis-à-vis the Kremlin with Cuba 's in relation to Washington . |
| 40 | John Maynard Smith went so far as to submit the super-forgiving Tit for Two Tats . |
| 41 | On two occasions Shah Jehan went so far as to declare Dara his desired successor , while adding that the matter rested in the hands of Allah . |
| 42 | In the summer of 1101 , faced with Robert 's landing in England and the immediate prospect of widespread desertion , Henry went so far as to promise a general obedience to the papal decrees , and it seems likely that Anselm 's activity on his behalf , secured by this promise , turned the tide in his favour , and brought Duke Robert 's invasion to a halt . |