Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [adv] far [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Lothar himself crossed the Meuse , probably late in September , and announced that he would advance as far as the Seine , Charles 's support in Francia collapsed . |
| 2 | While at the end of 1985 there were fears that the price of crude would drop as far as $15 , by the end of July 1986 a leading article in The Times reported that Brent crude stood at ‘ a paltry nine dollars a barrel ’ . |
| 3 | Indeed , I would go so far as to say that a doctor who continued treatment past this point would be behaving at least unethically , if not unlawfully . |
| 4 | In fact , I would go so far as to say that there is almost a feeling of relief here that Clause 28 is associated with someone so widely discredited . |
| 5 | Bill : I do n't know if anybody feels they have , but this is a thing which I felt was central to the gay movement of the seventies and I think I would go so far as to say that I assume that most of my close friends feel , like Mark , that it 's fine to have special relationships but it is n't fine to have ones where you are n't allowed to have anything else and also that there 's nothing more deadly to a relationship when you are trying desperately not to have it off with anybody else because you feel guilty about it . |
| 6 | We would go so far as to suggest that every sheet that carries any part of the answer of question 9 ought to be marked " 9 " in colour , the first one being " 9 Start " the next " 9 Cont 'd " , and the last one " 9 End " . |
| 7 | There are those critics of the polytechnics who regard this as a most unfortunate development and would go so far as to castigate them for betraying their primary purpose , which they see as providing for the communities in which they are located , something which of necessity can only be done primarily through part-time provision . |
| 8 | I would go so far as to say that one of the main reasons why there are fewer casualties among pedestrians and particularly children in countries such as West Germany is that that country has more flexibility in the use of speed limits . |
| 9 | We 've put those together , we 've looked at the staff that we need to administer that particular level of activity , and we 've come out with a figure that we think is a reasonable estimate , in fact I would go so far as saying , we think this is the lowest estimate that we can safely put forward , as to our needs for the coming year . |
| 10 | She hesitated , then went on , ‘ Yes , Dr Markham , I would go so far as to say that forgetting the past is the only way we 're going to achieve any sort of working relationship . ’ |
| 11 | Peter would go so far and then no further , till I was bright scarlet from Guthrie 's ministrations and nothing from Peter . |
| 12 | In fact , I would go as far as to say he 's a slob . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The list is endless and I would go as far as to say virtually every ‘ Gold Seal ’ is worth its weight in gold . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In her affidavit Miss Heal set out , pursuant to the provisions of article 8 ( f ) of the Convention , the circumstances which she said would obtain so far as the mother is concerned if she and the child were to be returned to Ontario . |