Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [adv] [adv] as [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even then , he had not got as far as thinking what would be the music that introduced the News and all at once the screen was filled with a picture of his own house , a picture that nearly jolted him out of his skin . |
| 2 | In Canada the Human Rights Act 1978 does not go as far as removing mandatory retirement ages ( although there is pressure growing to do so ) but does make it unlawful to deprive people of employment opportunities on grounds of age , as a result of policies or practices relating to recruitment promotion , training , or other personnel matters . |
| 3 | You know , very often when you go from one country to another you go through an area of re , what is called no man 's land , you come through from one frontier and then you 've got a distance and you come to the next frontier that does n't exist as far as accepting or rejecting Christ is concerned . |
| 4 | They had n't got as far as stating any intention on that subject — for the simple reason that marriage had n't been part of the plan . |
| 5 | That 's it , though he does n't go as far as refusing to let you see his picture . |
| 6 | ‘ So you could n't go as far as saying who it might have been calling on the Rector at that late hour ? ’ |