Example sentences of "it [adv] far as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people besides farmers have problems caused by this er tax that , whatever one thinks er about it so far as the system is concerned , really when you look at it more closely it 's the details that have been so badly thought out . |
| 2 | That , I knew , was it as far as my family was concerned . |
| 3 | Her curiosity had been whetted rather than slaked , because Zambia could only tell it as far as SHe understood , and hirs was not a scientific mind by any standard . |
| 4 | While in Donna di Porto Pim , the writer , having sailed for many days and nights , has understood that ‘ the West has no end but continues to move as we move , and that we can follow it as far as we like and never reach it ’ ( Tabucchi 1983 : 13 ; the notion is echoed in the title of Tabucchi 's later novel , Il filo dell'orizzonte ( The horizon 's edge , ( 1986 ) , the Indian journey proceeds , not always straightforwardly , towards an end of a sort . |
| 5 | He could hit it as far as a 3-wood — and it won him the 1973 Open . |
| 6 | I suppose she just hoped that news of her disappearance had n't made it as far as the Glasgow papers . ’ |
| 7 | Barton was the only one of the three to make it as far as the quarters , but he still had to come through another two heats to overhaul Hardman 's tally of points . |
| 8 | Government legislation has sharply reduced the scope for this , but a number of councils are still interested in developing it as far as they can . |
| 9 | So far from abandoning our folly , we started pushing it as far as it would go . |
| 10 | When the person throws the ball , the batter hits it as far as possible and then sets off to run round the obstacle placed at right angles . |
| 11 | Gravellier made it as far as the door . |
| 12 | Each had a volume control , a three position selector switch ( nearest the knobs ) , and that 's it as far as any familiarity to your average Gibson-user goes . |
| 13 | But anything I do , I 'll have a bloody good go at it and take it as far as I can . |
| 14 | People are talking about millions for the other two but clubs can forget it as far as Newcastle are concerned . ’ |
| 15 | wished to persuade the Company to build the Mitcham — Sutton line included in their original powers and then permit them to run over it as far as St. Helier , as an extension of their Mitcham service . |
| 16 | And that was it as far as we were concerned . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ He was n't hurt and that 's the end of it as far as he 's concerned . ’ |
| 18 | I belonged to them in the sense that when I was interested in something I tried to understand it as far as possible and , of course , even tried to make use of it . |
| 19 | After all , the stuff has to go somewhere : why not put it as far as possible from people , where it poses no threat to drinking water and little threat ( fisheries apart ) to food ? |
| 20 | It looked enticing and we decided to follow it as far as we could . |
| 21 | Take a line from the longer axis of the Southern Cross and extend it as far as Achernar ; the south pole lies about midway along it . |
| 22 | That put the tin lid on it as far as Patrick Kelly was concerned . |
| 23 | Both groups have an interest in maintaining the capitalist system , but the professional-managerial class have an interest in maximizing its own independence or autonomy ; the ruling class , on the other hand , try to restrict it as far as possible . |
| 24 | It 's kind of late now and I 'm in no condition to drive so when I get the 205 I only take it as far as the outskirts of Inverness where I stop at the first lit Bed and Breakfast sign I see and talk politely and slowly to the pleasant middle-aged couple from Glasgow who run the place and then say goodnight , close the door of my room and fall fast asleep on the bed without even taking off my jacket . |
| 25 | Colour 's got nothing to do with it as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 26 | I wanted desperately to be with him , to comfort him , but somehow I made myself keep walking , and when a coach passed , I arranged to travel on it as far as my money would pay for . |
| 27 | He would thrust and persuade it as far as he could towards an ending . |
| 28 | They were successful in taking it as far as the stairs , but when they tried to bring it down it slipped , nearly killing one of them . |
| 29 | ‘ Not I. You might as well call it Trouble up at t'Mill and have done with it as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 30 | ‘ Rome-you 're welcome to it as far as I 'm concerned , ’ said Mervyn spitefully , the day before Ianthe was due to leave with the party from St Basil 's . |