Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] as far [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The play got as far as Wimbledon and then seemed to die . |
| 2 | Most of these bars have live music , and all have staggered happy hours ( or is it happy stagger hour ? ! ) , so with a bit of forward planning we make sure your budget goes as far as possible . |
| 3 | Brown and McCormick 's skuas and Wilson 's petrels fly as far as temperate latitudes of the northern hemisphere . |
| 4 | She could n't help thinking that Cara , who had been known to take the car to go as far as the corner shop to pick up a bottle of milk , would have folded long before this . |
| 5 | The following year the Scots penetrated as far as Swaledale and Richmondshire , burning villages and seizing or killing resisters : on this occasion Holme Cultram abbey lost livestock valued at £500 . |
| 6 | It is accordingly the main aim of this chapter to indicate as far as possible how The Silmarillion in particular should be read . |
| 7 | Given full rein to run as far as they want , the plants are living very well and do n't feel in any particular danger , so there is no need for them to waste energy by perpetuating the species and going to the trouble of producing flower and setting seed . |
| 8 | After the unveiling ceremony a special train hauled by No 2 The Countess went as far as Castle Caereinion before returning to Raven Square . |
| 9 | ‘ I wouldn'a go as far as that , ’ Reid reproved me . |
| 10 | Indeed , Stein went as far as to wish his players ‘ all the best for the future . ’ |
| 11 | I do appreciate the discount since CPRW is a charity and we try to make our funds go as far as possible . |
| 12 | At one time , the Club went as far as refusing to allow juveniles a reduced entrance price for the London Road terrace but allowed them half price for other areas . |
| 13 | Some schools go as far as appointing a press officer from amongst the staff or the governors . |
| 14 | Er Good er concludes that er stock lending is er no different from other aspects of er the market in general er as I understand it , stock lending as far as pension funds concerned , usually works with pension fund has this collection of stocks and shares . |
| 15 | The fence stretched as far as she could see and , above it , waved the brown tops of trees . |
| 16 | Ruth got as far as the doorway and stopped dead . |
| 17 | The proposal got as far as a White Paper which suggested a two-tier system — life peers with voting rights and other members who could take part in debate but not vote . |
| 18 | In 1383 , the proposal got as far as a draft . |
| 19 | Without using any money , some of the escapees got as far as North Wales , Yorkshire , and Scotland . |
| 20 | And the vehicle got as far as Hucknall Marketplace , er and that was it . |
| 21 | My Boss says as far as he 's concerned a crêche is a motor accident in Kelvinside and any self respecting woman should have a good man to take care of her so its only pinmoney anyway and that 's bound to come out in the attitude . |
| 22 | Directly across the channel was another , bigger bay , a long curving stretch of lovely white sand , with above it a sweep of green turf and bracken rising as far as the dark circle of the broch . |
| 23 | It may be necessary to restructure the business before it is acquired ; the tax liabilities involved need to be assessed , and the position of management protected as far as possible . |
| 24 | The through service to London was interrupted on 10 and 11 September 1940 , by bomb damage outside Croydon , and a shuttle service was provided by Thornton Heath depôt running as far as Norbury Station . |
| 25 | After the 1987 hurricane , the Tree Council went as far as to say that ‘ unless positive encouragement is given to owners to restore these woods … they will revert to scrub and never recover . ’ |
| 26 | Some amateur associations went as far as legal prosecution to prevent any payment or pro fit being derived from the activities they controlled . |
| 27 | Fish never sleep , you see , so if this one does , then that 's half the battle won as far as friend Polgar is concerned . ’ |
| 28 | Such conscientious couples even tried to share the child bearing as far as possible . |
| 29 | The most important radionuclide released as far as health consequences to the population were concerned was iodine-131 ( a gamma emitter that can cause thyroid cancer ) . |
| 30 | The mood spread as far as non-separatist feminist campaigns around disciplines like psychology . |