Example sentences of "as [adv] as i can see " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She has n't got any extensions as far as I can see , ’ I said . |
| 2 | ‘ As far as I can see only Mr Merrivale is in the clear ’ , went on Mary . |
| 3 | As far as I can see , the only way to do this is to adopt a behaviouristic approach to this knowledge and characterize it as an ability to discriminate visual objects . |
| 4 | I just wish the Tories had some fresh ideas , precious few around as far as I can see . |
| 5 | ‘ No chance at all , as far as I can see . |
| 6 | As far as I can see , money spent on royalty is money burnt . |
| 7 | True , the attraction of becoming ‘ British ’ is a big one , but as far as I can see it is the only one . |
| 8 | And wo n't be the last , as far as I can see ! ’ |
| 9 | I once heard a couple making plans and counter-plans for a family outing ; after much discussion one of them said , ‘ As far as I can see , there are disadvantages in all those schemes . ’ |
| 10 | Industrial Action and we 're only three days back in January before the Prelims , so as far as I can see that is St Agnes 's Eve out the window . |
| 11 | What I find a bit puzzling is that , as far as I can see , automatic inspection of passports will eliminate the keen-eyed , guilt-inducing gaze from the man behind the desk who presumably , is looking for doctored documents , suspicious photographs and forged visas and stamps . |
| 12 | ‘ As far as I can see she simply ran and he ran after her , but there are other tracks there , I think the boy 's . ’ |
| 13 | Mandy Hudson , 34 , of Stourbridge , West Midlands , said : ‘ As far as I can see this spells the beginning of the end of the British monarchy . |
| 14 | ‘ As far as I can see , putting together an international programme would not present too many problems — and it would be nice if we could tie in something with Australia as well . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ The only mistake , as far as I can see , is in Brackenbury giving me intelligence of their plan today instead of tomorrow . |
| 16 | And when he came into the Pincushion Room and rested his elbows on the window-ledge , he would look out of the window at the garden bright with midsummer sun or bathed in moonlight and think , all this is mine , that garden , that fruit cage within the flint walls , that lake , the Little Wood , as far as I can see on either side of me and in front of the house and behind , all that is mine … |
| 17 | Writes all day long , but as far as I can see never sells a word . |
| 18 | soc : As far as I can see , your contribution to basic knowledge is well and truly ignored . |
| 19 | The only sound seems to be of steel shutters coming down — even though , as far as I can see , all the shutters are down already . |
| 20 | As far as I can see , this road 's no good to us at all . |
| 21 | ‘ As far as I can see there is no evidence that when [ he ] has absconded he has come to any real harm . |
| 22 | As far as I can see , he has no irksome signs of too much self-assurance . |
| 23 | ‘ As far as I can see , it 's a perfect choice . ’ |
| 24 | Towards the end of his life , Rackham wrote , ‘ As far as I can see , looking back into the past , it is not likely that the old Rackham book will ever come back ’ . |
| 25 | 6 As far as I can see the saxophone was invented later than the clarinet . |
| 26 | ‘ Nothing 's free , as far as I can see , ’ said Tim . |
| 27 | To mark his disapproval of my doing so he gives me the wrong ticket and some change , of which the amount , as far as I can see , bears no relation to any previous transaction between us . |
| 28 | ‘ As far as I can see there is only one house that is easier to get at that way than by going through the town , and that is the house on stilts . ’ |
| 29 | Because as far as I can see , that 's all that happened . |
| 30 | " It 's a funny thing , but as far as I can see the shipping company is the only reputable part of the whole business . |