Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv] far [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Share prices could fall so far that his cash offer for DRG , the Basildon Bond company , starts to look attractive .
2 You ought to go to Yelton yourself and see the privation there , but I do n't suppose you could walk as far as your gate , never mind finding a horse strong enough to carry you .
3 So I think it 's easy to see that religion fulfils this civilizing socially controlling role , but of course , this has been a popular theme in sociological writing in the course of the twentieth century , indeed , you could go so far as to say this , it is has become a cliche , in twentieth century social science .
4 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 .
5 ‘ No , Nina , I was n't in love with David Markham , ’ said Rachel firmly , then , seeing that Nina was still slightly bemused , she added , ‘ In fact , I think you could go so far as to say I detested him . ’
6 In theory this process could go as far as equating marginal cost with demand so that the bureaucracy obtains all the consumer surplus .
7 But who could get this far and not just push it a little bit ?
8 Ooh yes , definitely , definitely yes , I would say you , you know nobody ever expected they could get this far and I , I 've heard people say this , you know .
9 It used to be said with a considerable amount of justification that you could get as far as Inspector on your own bat but after that ‘ No ’ , you needed somebody pushing you — city councillor , anything .
10 Initially they could get as far as point A , then only as far as point B , and then only as far as point C. Thus the circle of safety tends to diminish gradually .
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