Example sentences of "as far as it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merely pushing the lever forwards as far as it will go is not enough because the lock may be very stiff . |
| 2 | And that is — I am afraid - as far as it goes . |
| 3 | Instead , I propose taking the logic of generic concentration as far as it can go , with a degree which would study , in detail , a single genre , poetry . |
| 4 | Trevor Nicholas , head of Barclay 's computer operations , says that the bank has been the victim of attempts to move funds to accounts in other parts of the world , but that as far as it knows , they have been thwarted . |
| 5 | This book , therefore , is good and probably reliable as far as it goes . |
| 6 | He lighted his cigar , puffed furiously , sank back in his seat , as far as it would allow him to , and stared fixedly through the windscreen , already lightly furred with snow . |
| 7 | However the government has not gone as far as it might have . |
| 8 | He squatted down and propped it against a clump of little bushes , pulling up the aerial as far as it would go . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the party could not entirely dissociate itself from the events which led to the formation of the National government , even if the chief villains , as far as it was concerned , were now in political opposition . |
| 10 | JUST when you thought frilly knicker and bra design had gone as far as it could , Sherwood Group is set to go further . |
| 11 | When it comes to asking who or what theists consider God to be , on the other hand , any answer must embrace as far as it can the full spectrum of religious opinion . |
| 12 | Israel exploited the tension between secular nationalism and Muslim fundamentalism as far as it was able . |
| 13 | We went to the capital , Castries , for the afternoon 's festivities but arrived too late to see the round-the-town mile ( that 's about as far as it is ) . |
| 14 | The man , who had winched his seat back as far as it would go , lay beside her , staring up through the sunroof at the sky which was now a pure and empty blue . |
| 15 | Darwin 's concept of evolution may hold water as far as it goes , but without the inclusion of an omnipotent ‘ Master Mind ’ , working from outside to plan the possibility of purposeful development , it makes no sense to me at all . |
| 16 | Now , for the 10 per cent of house-buyers who rely on this report , or even the 15 per cent who rely on a mini-survey , that 's fine as far as it goes — and I would not wish to discourage anyone from having a professional survey , or ever advise against one — however , all the surveyors I know would prefer knowledgeable clients who had carried out their own surveys first and could present their results to them for investigation and comment . |
| 17 | Tommy Grant placed the big , round , iron , copper-lined sugar pan on the side of the stove , straightened his back as far as it would go ; then , turning to the bench , he pointed to the five tin trays of liquid toffee , saying , ‘ That should give us a fresh start in the mornin' , miss . |
| 18 | Several said firmly that suitability and fitness should be the only criteria , and that is fine , as far as it goes . |
| 19 | will always support as far as it is possible to do so . |
| 20 | ‘ Beineix dares much , pushing farce as far as it will go while simultaneously building the momentum that catapults the film into its tragic destination . |
| 21 | You feel a soft click through your fingers before you have pressed a key as far as it will go . |
| 22 | The cursor must be within a paragraph for the ruler line to reveal its formatting ( as far as it can ) . |
| 23 | THIS is a very long , very expensive and very highlevel book on human intelligence which will undoubtedly become , for many years to come , and as far as it goes , a standard book of reference , It has five parts , dealing respectively with the nature of intelligence and its measurement ; cognition , personality and intelligence ; society , culture , and intelligence ; the phylogeny and ontogeny of intelligence ; and a metatheory of intelligence . |
| 24 | I doubt it myself , for the reason that introduced the words ‘ as far as it goes ’ above : the book simply leaves out of account the most important recent developments which foretell a revolution in the measurement and understanding of intelligence . |
| 25 | As I said before , the Handbook of Human Intelligence is excellent as far as it goes , but it certainly does not go far enough ; perhaps the second edition will improve on this sad state of affairs ! |
| 26 | As far as it goes , the book is a useful catalogue of the havoc wrecked by Reagan , but it is openly partisan and should be read as such . |
| 27 | As far as it is possible to ascertain , this particular meaning appears to manifest itself only as a purely human phenomenon |
| 28 | So far from abandoning our folly , we started pushing it as far as it would go . |
| 29 | It goes as far as it can and waits there for a while , its big eyes staring up , tantalized . |
| 30 | A host state may restrict the activities of a financial institution as far as it is justified by the general good . |