Example sentences of "[verb] go [adv] far [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The compression of the state pension down to income support levels has gone so far that it has superseded the income support level , so that every pensioner , as of right , should be on income support . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In reaching 24 processor configurations , Pyramid says it has gone as far as it can with the R3000 . |
| 4 | These may stem from hormonal changes in the woman , from social pressures , from changes in marital or parental role , from career considerations ( especially in the man , who may realise that , at this stage of life , he has gone as far as he is likely to go ) and/or from other causes . |
| 5 | I do not have to go that far and I do not go that far . ’ |
| 6 | I do not have to go that far and I do not go that far … |
| 7 | Since I ca n't dress the way I like , I try to go as far as I can whilst still making a feeble attempt at femininity . |
| 8 | ‘ I feel that I 've gone as far as I can here , ’ Knowles said . |
| 9 | ‘ I think I 've gone as far as I can with it , ’ said Tony . |
| 10 | By the beginning of this century , however , the towers had gone as far as they could go . |
| 11 | I put it to Andy that it must have been a blow when they split in 1988 , but he , ever the voice of reason , says , ‘ There was no point in trying to keep them together , it had gone as far as they wanted it to go and they wanted to do something different . |
| 12 | Duncan looked at Myeloski ; they had gone as far as they could with the air-traffic controller . |
| 13 | The British opinion , for what it was worth , was that by no stretch of the imagination was Bao Dai 's régime in de facto control ( they also warned the Americans that Schuman would claim that the French had gone as far as they could in Vietnam without creating trouble in French North Africa ) . |
| 14 | He felt he had gone as far as he could in the company and learned as much as he was likely to . |
| 15 | He had gone as far as he could go . |
| 16 | JUST when you thought frilly knicker and bra design had gone as far as it could , Sherwood Group is set to go further . |
| 17 | That afternoon he saw the King , who tried to dissuade him , but , as lying George V recorded it : ‘ He assured me that it was absolutely necessary for him to appeal to the Country as he had gone so far that it was not possible for him to change his mind . ’ ’ |
| 18 | The Principal wrote in November 1967 that the only recourse was ‘ to ensure that every possible safeguard should be written into the constitution of such a scheme ’ , and following local negotiations he considered that ‘ we have gone as far as we are able so far to safeguard the courses and attitudes of this College and we have confidence that the LEA are making every effort to ensure that Diploma in Art and Design ( DipAD ) courses and developments will be given the fullest support , and will not be undermined in any way by the Polytechnic proposals ’ . |