Example sentences of "[adv] as it go " in BNC.
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| 31 | Such an analysis is accurate as far as it goes , but when we consider the sense of the lines it is quite misleading.14 For " by number " is not a method of summoning the stars that is parallel to " by name " . |
| 32 | This is fine and dandy , as far as it goes . |
| 33 | This is fine so far as it goes , but even Marxist approaches have not always taken things as far as they should go . |
| 34 | As far as it goes . |
| 35 | The former case , so far as it goes , is undoubtedly consistent with his thesis ; but it is very briefly reported , without any indication of the arguments advanced or cases cited , and the conclusion is encapsulated in one brief sentence . |
| 36 | Like a couple of chums , but that 's about as far as it goes . |
| 37 | ‘ None , your Grace , so far as it goes . |
| 38 | When one takes a longer-run view of the monopoly situation , one sees that it was won by competition , and that it represents , as such ( and as far as it goes ) a step forward in the entrepreneurial process of the market . |
| 39 | As far as it goes , the order has the support of the industry , although that support is not unreserved , does not come from all quarters and does not relate to all aspects of the provisions . |
| 40 | The Government 's pledge on price protection has also been honoured , so far as it goes . |
| 41 | I understand that the Government 's policy is to target pensioners and , as I said , the increase in premiums is welcome as far as it goes . |
| 42 | It has widespread support in the House as far as it goes , but missing is legislation to protect against victimisation . |
| 43 | Fine , as far as it goes . |
| 44 | The design point is a good one so far as it goes … |
| 45 | ‘ I have no future but my children and my wife will take it as far as it goes . |
| 46 | He executed a declaration of abdication of the throne for himself and his descendants and this declaration was duly rendered effective , so far as it went , by His Majesty 's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 which amended the Act of Settlement accordingly . |
| 47 | This was , of course , true as far as it went . |
| 48 | Against this , as we saw , the existentialists argued that rather than making futile attempts to " eliminate " the problem one should subject it to a different type of treatment that would help place it in a proper philosophical perspective , and this was correct as far as it went . |
| 49 | As far as it went . |
| 50 | So that was all right as far as it went . |
| 51 | It was a pleasure — as far as it went . |
| 52 | This was all right as far as it went . |
| 53 | As to this , counsel for the council accepted the correctness of the following statement ( so far as it went ) which I made in Powell v McFarlane ( at 471 – 2 ) : " … the animus possidendi involves the intention , in one 's own name and on one 's own behalf to exclude the world at large , including the owner with the paper title if he be not himself the possessor , so far as is reasonably practicable and so far as the processes of the law will allow . " … |
| 54 | Playing out of defence , however , was about as far as it went , though in the closing stages they produced the most sustained attacking football of the afternoon . |
| 55 | The sun came up about as often as it went down , in the long run , and a coin showed heads about as often as it showed tails . |
| 56 | The story is not an easy one to follow , particularly as it goes back and forth in time , and locations change quickly . |