Example sentences of "went beyond the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Any young man whose waist went beyond the standard belt length was fined .
2 This had obvious implications for methodology which went beyond the simpler objectives of transferring information from teacher to student .
3 If a body exercising the statutory powers went beyond the four corners of the act , then the court could intervene .
4 In her acceptance she broke the code of propriety , went beyond the established manners in a light encounter .
5 A Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson on May 13 stressed that Turkey had repeatedly said that " Iraq 's territorial integrity must be preserved " and said that the election document drawn up by the Kurdistan Front went beyond the 1974 autonomy agreement between the Kurds and the Iraqi government .
6 ‘ I 'm not a thing , not a work of art to be cherished and admired , a creation whose value will only increase with time , ’ she whispered , wishing she could find the strength to walk away from him , but feeling herself trapped by the powerful presence of his closeness , the warmth of his body , the erotic aura of his total maleness , a strength of spirit which went beyond the mere physical .
7 But American aims went beyond the mere exclusion of Free France from this particular theatre of operations .
8 Because of the pressures of the Iran-Iraq war , then in its fourth year , the Kurds won concessions that went beyond the 1970 agreement .
9 Now , for the first time , he was subjected to close questioning , which went beyond the usual itemizing of previous posts .
10 How many were ‘ true ’ generalizations which went beyond the particular species and task and could begin to provide a real cellular and biochemical ‘ alphabet ’ of memory — or is such a search a mere will-o'-the-wisp ?
11 Claiming that his domestic agenda went beyond the liberal-conservative divide of US politics , he denounced President Bush 's opposition to recent civil rights bills , and promised to back a national health plan , to penalize parents whose children missed school , and to send fathers who missed child support payment to prison .
12 We accept that the statement that he was ‘ beaten to death ’ whilst in police custody was incorrect and went beyond the original inquest verdict of manslaughter .
13 It is also true that the Constitution of 1812 went beyond the naïve reformism of liberal priests , lawyers , and local notables who formed the substantial majority of the deputies .
14 The SNP refused to support the Government in last night 's vote in spite of claims from Government sources that the deal two weeks ago went beyond the single vote on the EC committee and that it covered timetable motions too .
15 The SNP refused to support the Government last night in spite of claims from government sources that the deal two weeks ago went beyond the single vote on the EC committee and that it covered timetable motions too .
16 Although some of these issues went beyond the main remit of his Inquiry , he drew the conclusion from this basic finding that only a national government-led initiative to deal with problems of policing , unemployment , poor housing , and racial disadvantage could get to the roots of the unrest .
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