Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] far as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the twenty States listed in the Table , thirteen are parties to the more recent Hague Convention of 1965 which does not involve the abrogation of the earlier bilateral Conventions but has in practice superseded them so far as the United Kingdom is concerned . |
| 2 | And in this particular county one has only got to look to Ryedale who s I so far as I know is the only authority to have carried out a comprehensive survey of local housing needs . |
| 3 | Oh I I as far as we 're concerned er the when bit is if you were are available er now we could even put you on this Thursday . |
| 4 | It er I I mean I as far as I 'm concerned it 's er extremely difficult to get people to er come to social events . |
| 5 | If time permits , we would be happy to accommodate you as far as we can . |
| 6 | If you did , the police would get involved , and that 's the last thin– anyone wants 'cause the pimps terrify you as far as the police are concerned . |
| 7 | ‘ Personally , I would n't trust you as far as I could proverbially throw you ! |
| 8 | I began several diaries , carrying on the entries in some of them as far as February . |
| 9 | The landlady was going out to see the workers among her hay some miles down the glen ; her man-servant ( the Hermit of Glencoe ) drove , and she asked if I would come with them as far as they went . |
| 10 | A young child faced with a row of cups and a pile of saucers might have no other way of finding whether he has enough saucers to put with the cups than to match them as far as possible , one-to-one . |
| 11 | I put my tongue out at them as far as it would go . |
| 12 | The easiest and most commonly used method was to ignore them as far as possible . |
| 13 | Here it is important with all clients including elderly people to involve them as far as possible in the advocacy process , otherwise the client may end up feeling even more powerless , while some determined advocacy is undertaken on his/her behalf . |
| 14 | In the north , the German advance from East Prussia had taken them as far as Windau , near the Gulf of Riga . |
| 15 | It also demonstrates that the findings of research support a coherent policy to identify family needs at times of stress and develop services and good practice to match them as far as possible . |
| 16 | And this was one of them as far as the demon was concerned ) . |
| 17 | Alfieri watched out for his clients and tried to help them as far as his job would allow . |
| 18 | It would seem sensible , therefore , to try and avoid using them as far as possible . |
| 19 | There were a few cars parked , but none with anyone in them as far as I could see . |
| 20 | All of them as far as paragraph B is concerned it deals with the reduction in local government responsibilities and the growth of non-elected bodies . |
| 21 | Ira Dilworth applauded the idea and gave me an official ‘ To Whom It May Concern ’ letter of introduction , which opened a number of official doors , got me as far as Edmonton , and served as an invaluable introduction to some high ranking officers of the R.C.A.F. |
| 22 | ‘ It was a family company and I could n't see any future for me as far as equity was concerned , ’ Goodwin says . |
| 23 | AB : Well it was always fairly straightforward for me as far as the repertoire goes . |
| 24 | He brought me as far as your gate , which was decent of him — and then bolted as if the bears were after him . |
| 25 | I put one foot on his shoulder and as I climbed up , making room for him , he raised himself and finally stood on the platform , helping me as far as possible . |
| 26 | With that she got up , put her knitting away and said she would go with me as far as our house . |
| 27 | Perhaps you 'll accompany me as far as the Rope Walk ? ’ |
| 28 | He pushed me as far as the trees and I seized a trailing branch . |
| 29 | I got Bunny out of the pub just before chucking-out time and with a bit of persuasion he agreed to take me as far as Hackney , dropping me off at the end of Stuart Street . |
| 30 | And they all said now look is there anything we can do and I said no , it 's not , if you 're coming to me as far as I 'm concerned I will do it , you need anything and I will cope . |