Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [vb pp] [adv] far [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Social imperialism ’ suggests that the main beneficiaries of this policy were British consumers , and indeed one writer has gone so far as to argue a direct link to the Attlee government 's social reforms : ‘ The nationalisations , medical provision and expansion of education so magnanimously legislated by the Labour Ministry were largely achieved because the Bank of England kept the Sterling Area show on the road . ' |
| 2 | Moreover , the North American Securities Administration Association has gone so far as to accuse the South Pacific micro-states of Nauru , Vanuatu , Tonga and the Marshall and Northern Mariana Islands of being ‘ international centres of prostitute banking ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If the applicant has survived this far and avoided a pre-hearing assessment , the case will be listed for hearing . |
| 5 | Furthermore , some branches of physical geography had proceeded as far as they could without an enhanced knowledge of processes . |
| 6 | ‘ It seems a shame to have got so far and to be stuck on the last few , ’ said Judith , who can be contacted on 0420 22108 . |
| 7 | Some translators of the Bible have gone so far as to postpone the main verb until the divine fiat : And God said , Let there be light . |
| 8 | ‘ We have work to do and it is essential that there are no distractions , ’ says Coleman , ‘ I am happy the way our build-up has gone so far but the next ten days or so are obviously the most important in terms of morale and motivation . ’ |
| 9 | But the pendulum had swung so far that some return to less than enthusiasm was inevitable . |
| 10 | By the following winter Michael Horovitz 's New Departures magazine had advanced so far as to put on a live performance at the same venue . |
| 11 | One former American Secretary of State has gone so far as to characterise the Armed Forces as an institution ‘ operating entirely outside Party control ’ . |
| 12 | Indeed one commentator has gone so far as to describe the DTI 's performance in these cases coupled with its sloppiness in the Barlow Clowes affair and failure to press prosecution over the House of Fraser takeover as ‘ part of a lengthy and dishonourable supine tradition ’ ( Alex Brummer , Guardian , 28.8.90 ) . |
| 13 | The whole three-hour operation was painless but tedious , and I dozed off when the thin white line had progressed as far as my X-rayed knees on the screen in front of me . |
| 14 | I suppose they must be , thought Lydia , shrugging , and wondering also whether the modern tendency , which was American in origin , to tell everybody everything before they 'd even got the first olive off the cocktail stick had percolated as far as here . |
| 15 | The scaffolding had been cleared away and the plastering had progressed as far as the season would allow . |
| 16 | Just as a battle begins in a state of equilibrium between tile two sides , which gradually alters one way or the other , until it is clear that the balance has tilted so far that the issue can no longer be in doubt — so this gathering of rabbits in the dark , beginning with hesitant approaches , silences , pauses , movements , crouchings side-by-side and all manner of tentative appraisals , slowly moved , like a hemisphere of the world into summer , to a warmer , brighter region of mutual liking and approval , until all felt sure that they had nothing to fear . |
| 17 | One theorist has gone so far as to claim that ‘ the viability of the large corporation with diffuse security ownership is … explained in terms of a model where primary disciplining of managers comes through managerial labor markets , both within and outside of the firm ’ . |
| 18 | JUST when you thought frilly knicker and bra design had gone as far as it could , Sherwood Group is set to go further . |
| 19 | The weather had recovered so far as to be rainless , breezy , faintly warm . |
| 20 | It was unlikely that any English advance-parties would in fact have got thus far as yet , but they went prepared . |