Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [vb infin] [adv] far [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the migrants may only go as far as southern Europe . |
| 2 | It is important that constituents should be able to consult us about confidential matters , but surely we should not go so far as to give comfort to murderers and bombers , as has been suggested . |
| 3 | We should not go so far as to hold a referendum , but the people must have the final say . |
| 4 | A punch should not extend so far as to throw the puncher off balance , nor should a block be carried more than six inches above the head . |
| 5 | I recognise that this may not go as far as librarians would wish . |
| 6 | We might even go so far as to say that amplification of deviance among one group rather than among another could simply be due to chance . |
| 7 | Indeed , one might even go so far as to say that , were it not for the ‘ discovery ’ of Siberia 's seemingly inexhaustible resources of ‘ soft gold ’ , that is , an abundance of fur-bearing mammals — in particular the highly-prized sable — the Muscovite government would have been without the economic foundation for the growth of its political power . |
| 8 | 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 " . |
| 9 | The party could only go as far as the unions would allow and their influence was apparent at all levels . |
| 10 | And you could only go as far as the money would go , could n't you ? |
| 11 | Could only get as far as the kitchen . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Even Amabel could not go so far as to trouble Gemma . |
| 14 | We then asked him , if he could not go so far as to meet us in full , to introduce an empowering provision . |
| 15 | Look , if you do n't mind a bit of running you could just come as far as the Tube with me and we could continue this conversation on the way . |
| 16 | Whether we in this country could ever get as far as the Americans have done , remains to be seen . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ So you could n't go as far as saying who it might have been calling on the Rector at that late hour ? ’ |
| 19 | And er really er they themselves thought exactly the same like , but they were talking about other people telling them you know that they could n't get this far but they did . |
| 20 | We 'd even go so far as throwing modesty to the wind , and say you wo n't find better value for money holidays or flights anywhere else . |
| 21 | I 'd even go so far as to say I 'm falling in love . |
| 22 | Lévi-Strauss has rendered social anthropology an invaluable service in emphasizing the significance of such contrasting motifs ; although we need not go so far as him and turn our subject into an esoteric animal , vegetable or mineral parlour-game in which every card is a joker and can assume whatever meaning the player likes . |
| 23 | But we need not go so far as that ; it will suffice to suppose that firms rise and fall , but that the ‘ representative ’ firm remains always of about the same size , as does the representative tree of a virgin forest . [ … ] |
| 24 | Some swim into the Baltic , others pass through the Straits of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean and may even travel as far as the Black Sea . |
| 25 | I would not go as far as one group which makes ‘ coupleness and a sense of call in husband and wife ’ one of their ten non-negotiables for church planters . |
| 26 | Certainly , it is important to study bureaucracies as institutions in their own right , even if we would not go as far as the poet Alexander Pope who wrote : |
| 27 | Even now , I would not go so far as to say it is a bad staff plan ; after all , it enables a staff of four to cover an unexpected amount of ground . |
| 28 | Dhanraj began by stating unequivocally that she saw film-making as a tool for socio-political challenge ( she would not go so far as to say change ) and that documentary was best suited to this purpose . |
| 29 | ‘ I would n't go as far as that . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I would n't go as far as to say that but I 'll admit you were in a rather nasty pickle . ’ |