Example sentences of "go so far [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am very reluctant to go so far when we — or rather you — could be so near a better resolution . |
| 2 | And in so doing , we must , of course , be aware of the risk of setting a standard which goes so far that it would mean that others — for example , the senile or the mentally handicapped , whom we would wish to treat if they were ill — were also included by it . |
| 3 | So there was a stage where we did say , this scheme is going so far and anybody that buys a house out with that area , they 're free to apply for grants . |
| 4 | Our sense of adventure only went so far and we relied on them to make the decisions . |
| 5 | Lévi-Strauss has rendered social anthropology an invaluable service in emphasizing the significance of such contrasting motifs ; although we need not go so far as him and turn our subject into an esoteric animal , vegetable or mineral parlour-game in which every card is a joker and can assume whatever meaning the player likes . |
| 6 | That afternoon he saw the King , who tried to dissuade him , but , as lying George V recorded it : ‘ He assured me that it was absolutely necessary for him to appeal to the Country as he had gone so far that it was not possible for him to change his mind . ’ ’ |
| 7 | The compression of the state pension down to income support levels has gone so far that it has superseded the income support level , so that every pensioner , as of right , should be on income support . |