Example sentences of "as [adv] [subord] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1986 it was decided that it would take three years to complete the job , twice as long as to construct a new building . |
| 2 | Potrovsky had waxed and polished the car the night before and had even gone as far as to iron the two pennants which flew on either side of the bonnet . |
| 3 | José Harris has gone as far as to describe the dispute as ‘ a major conflict of principle ’ between the two boards . |
| 4 | Barclay 's has gone as far as to create a ‘ high technology ’ unit to examine requests for finance from possible customers . |
| 5 | The Greek governing party , PASOK , went as far as to create a ‘ Green Guard ’ around the Premier Papandreou . |
| 6 | She did n't go as far as to say a nice warm man to slip into bed with , but that was not far from her mind . |
| 7 | At one point he even went as far as to tell a group of American diplomats that he expected the United States to take over the " primary role " which the British had hitherto held in the Middle East . |