Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | You would not think so after reading the paper by Deborah Tannen , of Georgetown University , whose study of repetition in conversation in Language for 1987 she goes so far as to subtitle ‘ towards a poetic of talk ’ . |
| 2 | A column entitled ‘ Bulletin ’ informs her that Marilyn French will be discussing her new book , Beyond Power : Women , Men and Morals , at a public meeting to be held later in the week in London , and it crosses Robyn 's mind , not for the first time , that it is a pity she lives so far from the metropolis where such exciting events are always happening . |
| 3 | She has as far as pictures are concerned Rich . |
| 4 | It emphasises that she is not the awful old termagant she has so far seemed to be . |
| 5 | She says as far as pensioners are concerned some will get hypothermia . |
| 6 | Rollins ' forte is the anecdote and the near-hysterical rant and , when he veers too far into the territory of the poet , the philosopher or the stand-up comedian , the results can be a wee bit naff . |
| 7 | Once the board has turned you will have to move forwards quickly to kill the turn before it goes too far . |
| 8 | Some people think that it goes too far , but I do n't see that it does , do you ? " |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , sometimes it goes too far — although I 've always said he must n't leave any marks that are too obvious . |
| 10 | ‘ Like I said , it goes too far sometimes , ’ she said brusquely . |
| 11 | but I think that 's , before it goes too far that 's the bit you 've got to get together is the police support 'cos if you look at Woodborough and Calverton they 've got a farm watch system in that area , the farmers were very very keen on doing |
| 12 | It goes as far as it can and waits there for a while , its big eyes staring up , tantalized . |
| 13 | We do not believe , however , that it goes as far as is necessary in embracing demand management and sustainability . |
| 14 | We do not believe , however , that it goes as far as is necessary in embracing demand management and sustainability . |
| 15 | It goes as far back as to when Lord Ennals was Secretary of State . |
| 16 | This biography is not merely content to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Dickens ( interesting fact : Dickens spoke with a slight ‘ metallic burr ’ in his voice ) ; nor does it stop at telling you everything you never wanted to know about Dickens ( uninteresting fact : there were white Christmases for the first eight years of Dickens ' life ) ; it goes so far , as with that unidentified novel , as to let you know when it can not tell you something . |
| 17 | Miliband 's response to Poulantzas was that he goes too far in dismissing the composition of the state elite as of no account , and in suggesting that structural constraints are so compelling ‘ as to turn those who run the state into the merest functionaries and executants of policies imposed upon them by ‘ the system ’ ( Miliband 1983 , p. 32 ) . |
| 18 | I would wager that he goes so far as to say that I broke down in his room , stuttering out the words of my so-called confession between chokes and tears , unable to speak properly . |
| 19 | He goes so far as to claim that this form of control is now ‘ characteristic of the majority of enterprises in the USA and Britain ’ , thereby denying the predominance of the management control form . |
| 20 | His opinions , he knows , are not shared by fellow portrait painters — he goes so far as to describe ‘ the rest ’ as producing ‘ old hat , boring , herd-of-sheep painting ’ , too preoccupied with imbuing a portrait with the sitter 's character . |
| 21 | Blondel in his study Political Parties : A Genuine Case for Discontent ? claims that " in the great majority of cases programmes are unclear , often limited in scope , and not closely connected to the goals which the party proclaims " and he goes so far as to assert that " on balance parties do not really have programmes " . |
| 22 | ‘ He lives so far away you see , ’ explained Bridget . |
| 23 | Yeah , and also he lives so far out and he was saying you know , Julie 's up in er in Birmingham , Andy 's up in Birmingham , he 's had no one to see , Eileen 's come back up to Birmingham he sees quite a lot of and er I think he 's just a bit lonely . |
| 24 | As it stands so far , the arms-race idea seems to suggest that cheetahs and gazelles should have gone on , generation after generation , getting ever faster until both travelled faster than sound . |
| 25 | Although the resolution appeals to the UN Secretary General , Javier Perez de Cuellar , to ‘ encourage and facilitate ’ a comprehensive political settlement on the basis of the Geneva Accords ( which his Special Representative , Diego Cordovez , negotiated to cover the withdrawal of the Soviet army in January ) , he has so far hesitated to begin a new round of peace talks between the warring Afghan parties . |
| 26 | But if he winds up running his film company the way he has so far run his restaurant , he may find himself forced to serve up more and more celluloid ham just to keep things afloat . |
| 27 | Although Mr Major has said he wants the debate over Scotland 's future to be extended , he has so far refused to be drawn on the need for a referendum . |
| 28 | Providing he retains control ( which he has so far succeeded in doing ) , he can play the media and not be affected by the media 's idiosyncrasy . |
| 29 | Despite the stigma and stress associated with a court case that threatened him with jail , he has so far managed to score 17 goals for Brentford in the First Division this season . |
| 30 | He has so far helped some 15 people on their way . |