Example sentences of "go [adv] 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 | The threat was enough to stop Rita and Bob going as far as their friends with real rude words . |
| 5 | He no longer expects to win major tournaments but he settles for creating a noisy sensation in going as far as he can go . |
| 6 | I 've got a shattered arm as well which means that I can really use only one arm , but I have to keep the muscles in the other one going as far as I can . ’ |
| 7 | No he 's not saying that , he 's not going that far because he 's not talking about all religions . |
| 8 | There 's no point in going this far unless you have the family behind you . |
| 9 | ‘ And there are some boys who are just out to go as far as they can with a girl and get rid of her after a couple of days . |
| 10 | Since I ca n't dress the way I like , I try to go as far as I can whilst still making a feeble attempt at femininity . |
| 11 | It goes as far as it can and waits there for a while , its big eyes staring up , tantalized . |
| 12 | Our sense of adventure only went so far and we relied on them to make the decisions . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ ’ |
| 15 | The compression of the state pension down to income support levels has gone so far that it has superseded the income support level , so that every pensioner , as of right , should be on income support . |
| 16 | We had n't gone as far as we would have liked , and it was touch and go until the very last moment , but we just squeezed past the point between Tanakeke island and the mainland . |
| 17 | The Principal wrote in November 1967 that the only recourse was ‘ to ensure that every possible safeguard should be written into the constitution of such a scheme ’ , and following local negotiations he considered that ‘ we have gone as far as we are able so far to safeguard the courses and attitudes of this College and we have confidence that the LEA are making every effort to ensure that Diploma in Art and Design ( DipAD ) courses and developments will be given the fullest support , and will not be undermined in any way by the Polytechnic proposals ’ . |
| 18 | By the beginning of this century , however , the towers had gone as far as they could go . |
| 19 | I put it to Andy that it must have been a blow when they split in 1988 , but he , ever the voice of reason , says , ‘ There was no point in trying to keep them together , it had gone as far as they wanted it to go and they wanted to do something different . |
| 20 | Duncan looked at Myeloski ; they had gone as far as they could with the air-traffic controller . |
| 21 | The British opinion , for what it was worth , was that by no stretch of the imagination was Bao Dai 's régime in de facto control ( they also warned the Americans that Schuman would claim that the French had gone as far as they could in Vietnam without creating trouble in French North Africa ) . |
| 22 | However the government has not gone as far as it might have . |
| 23 | JUST when you thought frilly knicker and bra design had gone as far as it could , Sherwood Group is set to go further . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In reaching 24 processor configurations , Pyramid says it has gone as far as it can with the R3000 . |
| 26 | ‘ I feel that I 've gone as far as I can here , ’ Knowles said . |
| 27 | ‘ I think I 've gone as far as I can with it , ’ said Tony . |
| 28 | She lowered her lashes , said bitterly , ‘ I — I 've never gone as far as I did last night with you ! ’ |
| 29 | He felt he had gone as far as he could in the company and learned as much as he was likely to . |
| 30 | These may stem from hormonal changes in the woman , from social pressures , from changes in marital or parental role , from career considerations ( especially in the man , who may realise that , at this stage of life , he has gone as far as he is likely to go ) and/or from other causes . |