Example sentences of "far as [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As far as we went last night ?
2 On the left , the attitude of Moscow and the Third International , in so far as they had any influence at all in Spain before the war , was to encourage Popular Front democracy and discourage revolution .
3 The Planning Advisory Group thought it unlikely that there would be any more , and ‘ in so far as they show less detail ( eg town map primary school and minor open space allocations ) it may be less ’ .
4 Third , mechanical aids such as ventilators and the like may be classified as ‘ extraordinary measures ’ in so far as they involve excessive pain or other inconvenience .
5 Accounting statements from the past were relevant only in so far as they provided some clue to future cash surpluses .
6 I find that an extraordinary statement of policy , because I had always believed that , in so far as it had any justification at all , the Labour party 's commitment to unilateralism , to the closure of bases , to the withdrawal from NATO , was based on a principle — on a deeply held conviction that those things were wrong .
7 This request gives rise to an action for the coheirs to obtain Titius ’ share of the estate in so far as it exceeds that sum .
8 Decisive victory for either side : that is what Turkish policy , in so far as it has any power , has been striving to prevent .
9 Never had an occasion to use , well the only time I 've used a newspaper as far as I know this afternoon when I emptied the bag .
10 Erm all the figures there are as far as I know full year effects , so there are no half year effects .
11 He was sympathetic , " I do not intend " , he declared , " so far as I have any power , to allow the increase of Chinese seamen in the United Kingdom ports to be continued " .
12 In so far as I understand this view , and it is not yet a matter of close textual criticism of a published account , I find it difficult to connect the commonsense properties of consciousness ( vague as they may be ) , with the notions of repair and debugging ( fundamental as those are to any account of intelligent mechanisms ) .
13 She lowered her lashes , said bitterly , ‘ I — I 've never gone as far as I did last night with you ! ’
14 That is , as far as he trusts any woman .
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