Example sentences of "try [adv] far [conj] possible " in BNC.
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1 | She herself was British , in fact , but having spent several years as a graduate student in California , where she had been converted to radical feminism , she now thought of herself as spiritually an American , and tried as far as possible to speak like one . |
2 | In our first Report we tried as far as possible to avoid the word ‘ grammar ’ , and to explain how important it was for children to use linguistic terminology . |
3 | I shall try as far as possible to discuss matters of principle rather than of particular detail . |
4 | As you do so , try as far as possible to keep to the basic sense of the passage . |
5 | We try as far as possible to relate the work we do in the Technical Department to what goes on in industry and commerce . |
6 | Try as far as possible not to use it , because it just confuses people . |
7 | In the three weeks since , Theda had tried as far as possible to keep her so . |