Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] least as far " in BNC.
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1 | In forging this connection between familial morality and the strength of the nation state , Hopkins was drawing on a long-established tradition of moral philosophy dating at least as far back as the late eighteenth century . |
2 | The more I thought about it , the more I looked forward to seeing this little known mountainous region , and I had every intention of penetrating at least as far as the Webi Shebeli river . |
3 | The railway will come at least as far as Witney , you mark my words . |
4 | The latter extended at least as far as 1022 , and maybe to 1028 , when all record Cnut 's journey to Norway in similar words , or even to 1030 or 1034 , which give the deaths of King Olaf of Norway and Bishop Æthelric of Dorchester . |
5 | It is , however , established that the demise of one floor of a building extends at least as far as the underside of the joists supporting the floor above it ( Sturge v Hackett ) . |
6 | Ronald Reagan 's serious interest in politics dates at least as far back as his early days in Hollywood and , given the later doubts about his intelligence , it is interesting to note that , at this stage , he hardly lived up to the image of an empty-headed film actor . |