Example sentences of "as far [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stamford have given me a list of local McCloys and there again not a sniff as far as they know . |
| 2 | As far as they are concerned , the strip of land is not Soviet Sector but DDR territory , part of their ‘ Haupstadt ’ ( capital city ) . |
| 3 | I had a record company screaming for final mixes , not even sure that they wanted this album because ‘ Space Oddity ’ did n't do too well and as far as they were concerned this was going to be the last they had to do with David Bowie , and I was n't delivering the goods . |
| 4 | then the properties we discover in that body , would depend on that complex idea , and be deducible from it , and their necessary connection with it be known ; as all properties of a triangle depend on , and as far as they are discoverable , are deducible from the complex idea of three lines , including a space . |
| 5 | Although the subject was something not discussed , almost everyone in the road had at one time or another been confided in and had helped Mrs Browning as far as they could , although she seemed to feel she should not worry any particular neighbour too much so went from one to another , as it were in turn . |
| 6 | ‘ Only as far as they know she had n't seen a doctor . ’ |
| 7 | As far as they were concerned , Paisley and the DUP were on their side , the side of the common Protestant people being squeezed between the nationalists and an RUC directed from London to enforce the government 's compromising policies . |
| 8 | But they also dislike those who were born into the same station in life , or further down , and who have n't risen as far as they have . |
| 9 | As far as they are concerned the future does not exist in any way , other than that they hope they wo n't live to have any part in it . |
| 10 | They were also content to leave the whole affair as far as they knew it , understood it or had allocated the blame for it . |
| 11 | But his policy positions , as far as they can be pinned down , seem designed to offend almost everybody . |
| 12 | As far as they could see , the walls were plain white , with evenly spaced-out black doors . |
| 13 | By the beginning of this century , however , the towers had gone as far as they could go . |
| 14 | I was interested to read your recent articles on commercial diver training , which were very good as far as they went . |
| 15 | These ideas are plausible as far as they go , but I find that they do not begin to square up to the formidable challenge of explaining culture , cultural evolution , and the immense differences between human cultures around the world , from the utter selfishness of the Ik of Uganda , as described by Colin Turnbull , to the gentle altruism of Margaret Mead 's Arapesh . |
| 16 | As far as they knew , these 570 people were off to a temperance rally at Loughborough ; most of them were probably unaware that they were taking part in an historical journey — Thomas Cook 's first excursion in 1841 . |
| 17 | The landlady was going out to see the workers among her hay some miles down the glen ; her man-servant ( the Hermit of Glencoe ) drove , and she asked if I would come with them as far as they went . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | As far as they are concerned , of course , they are simply wanting another ice-cream , or another go on the swing . |
| 20 | It was interesting , I thought , that as far as they were able in their maybe four-foot-wide stalls , most of them were standing diagonally across the space , the better to deal with the motion ; and they all looked alert and interested , sure signs of contentment . |
| 21 | The ceremony of innocence was well drowned as far as they were concerned . |
| 22 | He replied that it did seem strange to him too , but that at every stage God — as far as they could discern — had opened the way to do this . |
| 23 | When they have moved forwards as far as they feel they want to go they then leave one of the bottles , place both their hands on the other and have to get back without touching the the floor with any part of their body . |
| 24 | Tugging the cuffs down over his hands as far as they would go , he worked his cuffed wrists down his back and round his behind . |
| 25 | As far as they are concerned it 's a great deal cheaper than trying to maintain individual properties . |
| 26 | The stress concentration at a crack tip was first calculated by Inglis in 1913 , as we have said , and his results are classic and correct as far as they go . |
| 27 | The development of such trading centres is only relevant here in as far as they point to the direction in which economy was evolving in the sixth and seventh centuries . |
| 28 | You see , as far as they 're concerned that 's just the way it should be . |
| 29 | ‘ And there are some boys who are just out to go as far as they can with a girl and get rid of her after a couple of days . |
| 30 | He added : ‘ The facts will be accurate as far as they go . |