Example sentences of "go [adv] far as " in BNC.
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| 61 | In fact , I would go as far as to say he 's a slob . |
| 62 | The party could only go as far as the unions would allow and their influence was apparent at all levels . |
| 63 | ‘ You can go as far as Burnley if you 're old or disabled . ’ |
| 64 | Not many heads would go as far as one who insists that male members of staff must wear their jackets in classrooms even on the warmest of days . |
| 65 | It 's almost beyond belief that they should go as far as to kill three of our own men . ’ |
| 66 | The list is endless and I would go as far as to say virtually every ‘ Gold Seal ’ is worth its weight in gold . |
| 67 | I recognise that this may not go as far as librarians would wish . |
| 68 | 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 . |
| 69 | The indecent assaults did not go as far as the rapes but were ‘ equally repulsive ’ . |
| 70 | One piece of good news is that Clinton has stated that he will not go as far as a recent legislative proposal , which would have required certain foreign-owned firms and branches to report a minimum amount of US taxable income . |
| 71 | ‘ We will only go as far as suggesting some of the market leaders like Sage and Pegasus , then we let the customers decide ’ . |
| 72 | I would go as far as to argue that , however well-intentioned and humanitarian the people who undertake a socialist revolution , the logic of their ideology , which is of necessity reflected in the institutions which they create , makes totalitarianism inevitable . |
| 73 | However , there are fears that the chancellor will not dare go as far as his critics wish and instead stick to a one per cent cut . |
| 74 | One Latin American country drew up guidelines which specified that torturers must be able to control themselves ; must go as far as is necessary and no further ; and must have goals that are both important and impersonal . |
| 75 | ‘ I would n't go as far as that . ’ |
| 76 | ‘ I would n't go as far as to say that but I 'll admit you were in a rather nasty pickle . ’ |
| 77 | The question of images in churches was further addressed by two sets of injunctions issued by Cromwell in 1536 and 1538 , but even here the reforms did not go as far as some iconophobes would have liked , as they drew back from condemning all images and denounced only those that encouraged ‘ superstition and hypocrisy ’ and ‘ that most detestable sin of idolatry ’ . |
| 78 | ‘ We 'll go as far as the village , ’ Sharpe said . |
| 79 | Then he looked up with a solemn expression and replied : ‘ Well , I would n't go as far as that . ’ |
| 80 | That 's it , though he does n't go as far as refusing to let you see his picture . |
| 81 | The SACHR said that affirmative action should go as far as positive discrimination , e.g. the tie break , but this is not in the legislation . |
| 82 | Some of the migrants may only go as far as southern Europe . |
| 83 | We have , therefore , to consider why marriages effectively end , as well as why couples will go as far as to go to the courts to legally separate , and what social factors underlie the responses to changes in legislation . |
| 84 | 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 . |
| 85 | We 'll go as far as Coachford — that 's on the way to Gougane . |
| 86 | In Canada the Human Rights Act 1978 does not go as far as removing mandatory retirement ages ( although there is pressure growing to do so ) but does make it unlawful to deprive people of employment opportunities on grounds of age , as a result of policies or practices relating to recruitment promotion , training , or other personnel matters . |
| 87 | That 's right , but it does n't go as far as the Glen , |
| 88 | 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 . |
| 89 | ‘ 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 . |
| 90 | And you could only go as far as the money would go , could n't you ? |