Example sentences of "far as [pers pn] did " in BNC.

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1	He added that this order would leave it open to the Press to deal with the questions of principle so far as they did not apply them to the facts .
2	Secondly , the Rules were flawed in so far as they did not seem to anticipate the possibility of problems created by the piecemeal acquisition of bonds either by occasional buying out or by gift .
3	Such an attitude reflected the determination to decapitate the lower classes , in so far as they did not shed their potential leaders spontaneously by absorption into the lower middle class .
4	In so far as they did see a coming energy source they thought it would be atomic energy , and they wrote the treaty that 's called the Euratom Treaty to cover this , but it did n't cover oil , and that is perhaps why it 's been a much less contentious subject .
5	Awareness of Thatcher and Kinnock was spread much more evenly throughout the electorate , and in so far as it did vary it was particularly high amongst those who had recently watched television news or had recently discussed the campaign ( Table 7.7 ) .
6	By the end of the campaign that was no longer so true : awareness of Thatcher and Kinnock had spread much more evenly through the electorate and in so far as it did vary it was particularly high amongst those who had recently watched television news or discussed the campaign .
7	In so far as I did understand it , I welcome his commitment of the Labour party to the Trident programme .
8	She lowered her lashes , said bitterly , ‘ I — I 've never gone as far as I did last night with you ! ’
9	That the king yielded to the resulting complaints of the clergy as far as he did might be explained by his preoccupations in Paris when he could hardly afford serious embarrassment at home ; yet it seems more likely that he recognized the powerful tradition by which the matters in conflict were long deemed to have belonged rightfully to the church .

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