Example sentences of "go [adv] [adv] as [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In man discrimination against known cheaters is intense , going so far as imprisonment and other forms of punishment . |
2 | ‘ Some people have suggested that people end up going as fast as 70mph , ’ said Mr Rose . |
3 | They are going as far as Collie . |
4 | WITHOUT going as far as opponents Ford , Vauxhall has said that airbags will be available as standard or as an option on most of its cars for 1994 . |
5 | As his armies grew in number and strength Grom ventured further and further west , devastating much of Stirland , Talabecland and even going as far as Hochland in the shadow of the Middle Mountains . |
6 | Sylvia Pedder sometimes has to go as far as Cumbria to see her relatives . |
7 | Medical supplies are going in from this country not only to help Moscow and St. Petersburg , but to go as far as Ekaterinburg , Tymen , Novokuznetsk , the Kiev oblast , the Donetsk oblast , and further afield . |
8 | When I moved to the Western Isles of Scotland I found I had no need to go as far as Norway for my Elysian coast ; there were mountains and sea in plenty right at my doorstep . |
9 | ‘ You could wear this Indian bedspread as a shawl , ’ suggested Robina , and even went so far as pull it off the bed and advance towards Penelope with it . |
10 | Few could go so far as Musurus Pasha , who during his thirty-five years as Turkish ambassador in London staffed the embassy entirely with his sons , nephews and sons-in-law ; but even in the most developed states of western Europe and on the eve of the 1914 conflict family influences could still be important . |
11 | We can only go so far as union negotiators . |
12 | Most recent historians would agree that the Hammonds were much too reluctant to accept that there was even serious talk of revolution , although the majority do not go so far as Thompson in their assessment of the seriousness of the threat . |
13 | That ‘ political event of the decade ’ looked good on television , especially when the fireworks finale went off just as John Cole , the BBC 's political editor , went out live on the Nine O'Clock News , but it was a strangely soulless event to the 10,000 participants . |
14 | For a second she imagined that she detected a bleary look within his own eyes — and she knew it must match her own — but then it was gone as fast as summer lightning and she shivered beneath the old familiar expression , that brooding , storm-filled one that she knew boded no good to her . |
15 | The fact that IBM Corp has scheduled a board meeting for next Tuesday has analysts speculating like mad that the company may name its new chief executive after the meeting : the only name now being tossed about is that of Louis Gerstner , chairman and chief executive of RJR Nabisco Inc , who shot to favourite in the betting after USA Today reported that talks between IBM and Gerstner had gone as far as discussion of a compensation package . |
16 | By the time he got to his cab , they had gone as far as Holborn Circus . |
17 | After the unveiling ceremony a special train hauled by No 2 The Countess went as far as Castle Caereinion before returning to Raven Square . |
18 | The railway only went as far as Achnasheen in 1876 . |
19 | And then I used to get on to the dray and sit beside him on the box and then we 'd go as far as Road , which is quite a stretch and I used o walk back . |
20 | We 'll go as far as Coachford — that 's on the way to Gougane . |
21 | ‘ Well , I 'll go as far as Claydon with you , and I would like to get off and walk through a footpath into a lane and into Creeting , to have a look at the old blacksmith shop . |
22 | but when the weather improves we shall , we shall go as far as Harrendle on the bus |
23 | ‘ The Atlantic does n't go as far as Tennessee , ’ she said . |
24 | You do n't go as far as Church Hill ! |
25 | Well you do n't go as far as Church Hill then . |
26 | ‘ You can go as far as Burnley if you 're old or disabled . ’ |
27 | The majority of the National Executive did not go as far as Marchbanks but warned several of the leading participants in the Petition campaign that disciplinary action would be taken against them ( as against Cripps ) if they continued in their support for it . |
28 | I recognise that this may not go as far as librarians would wish . |