Example sentences of "and as far [subord] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The syllabus includes the ‘ core ’ of chemistry drawn up by the Standing Conference on University Entrance in 1983 , and as far as we can tell is also likely to include the new chemistry core under construction by the School Examination and Assessment Council . |
| 2 | Olomouc is full of churches , huge and chillingly ornate , freezing inside and as far as I could see deserted during the week . |
| 3 | At present , courses are run in bricklaying , painting and decorating , welding , and sheet metal fabrication , and as far as I could see the standard of work was generally very high indeed . |
| 4 | The children of Egypt played in the dust-laden sunlight , and as far as I could tell they were happy . |
| 5 | Thus Sir William Trumbull , when he was sent as English ambassador to Paris in 1685 , was told that : You shall constantly correspond with our ministers in other foreign courts , for our better service , and your mutual information and assistance in your respective negotiations ; and you shall also maintain a good correspondence and intercourse with all the other ambassadors , envoys and ministers of princes and states in amity with us , and as far as you can penetrate into the designs of their respective superiors , and of what you can discover of this nature you shall give us a constant account by one of our Principal Secretaries of State . |
| 6 | Then , of course , there were the Bruces , Lord Bruce who should be preparing himself for death instead of being involved in politics as if he were some young courtier intent on rising as fast and as far as he could . |
| 7 | It was the same thin , intelligent slightly wary face and as far as she could tell the same old Barbour jacket . |
| 8 | Meredith , trying to use her bump of direction thought they had gone in a circle and as far as she could tell through teeming rain and darkness , were in the middle of the open moor or common . |
| 9 | But it had n't flowered and as far as she could tell , had no intention of doing so . |
| 10 | She had come a long way and as far as she could see it would take much longer even to reach the foothills . |
| 11 | She should have followed her instincts and remembered what Debbie had written at the end of those notes , taken them as a warning and run as hard and as far as she could away from this Capricorn man ! |
| 12 | She wanted to get up and run ; run as fast and as far as she could away from this man who seemed to be intent on humiliating her . |