Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [adv] as [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mitigation of the law was at first carried so far as to sacrifice that object , said J.S. Mill . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Anyone who has got as far as saying this , has already thrown the first proposition overboard , because if it is ‘ the responsibility of management to do everything possible to keep prices stable or reduce prices ’ , then we would not need a commission to tell us that managements which raise prices are falling down on their responsibility . |
| 4 | Well , if you are typical of your birth sign , you will have already made up your mind and taken your leave around August 6th , when it became apparent that certain associates had sided against you or even gone so far as to hatch some kind of plot . |
| 5 | Indeed , some people have gone so far as to elevate these restrictions on the initial conditions and the parameters to the status of a principle , the anthropic principle , which can be paraphrased as , ‘ Things are as they are because we are . |