Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] far [subord] to describe " in BNC.

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1 The system was standardised in the early part of the sixteenth century , and some authorities went so far as to describe the cadency symbols for the ninth son of a ninth son ( an octofoil on an octofoil ) .
2 One went so far as to describe her life as ‘ tragic ’ .
3 X/Open chief technical officer , Mike Lambert , went so far as to describe XPG4 as ‘ a new direction for open systems . ’
4 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 ’ .
5 Bergson went so far as to describe intelligence , or the intellect , as being , and I quote , ‘ characterised by a natural inability to comprehend life . ’
6 Dulles on 12 December 1957 went as far as to describe France as " a very weak partner indeed " and one which caused him a lot of anxiety .
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