Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [adv] far [subord] " in BNC.

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1 We should proceed beyond the immediate results of experience only so far as legitimate inductions will take us .
2 Consequently , social groups down as far as the craftsmen and artisans developed " an appetite for mass-consumption " which survived the impact of faster population growth in the second half of the century .
3 Nothing in soft conventionalism guarantees , or even promotes , the ideal of protected expectations , that past decisions will be relied on to justify collective force only so far as their authority and their terms are made uncontroversial by widely accepted conventions .
4 Furthermore s. 2(4) European Communities Act 1972 provides that any Act of the Westminster Parliament shall be presumed not to conflict with EEC legislation , and will be given effect only so far as it does not conflict with the EEC legislation .
5 I find a track leading off the road into a stand of trees ; I take the car up as far as it will go , then turn the lights out .
6 WITH the object and intent of affording to the Vendor a full and sufficient indemnity but not further or otherwise the Purchaser hereby covenants with the Vendor that he the Purchaser and the persons deriving title under him will at all times hereafter duly observe and perform the covenants contained or referred to in the Conveyance so far as the same affect the property hereby conveyed and remain to be observed and performed and are capable of being enforced and will indemnity and keep indemnified the Vendor and his successors in title from and against all actions costs claims and demands in respect of any breach non-observance or non-performance thereof so far as aforesaid
7 In Andalusia , General Gonzalo Queipo de Llano occupied Seville on 18 July , while General Enrique Varela took the port of Cadiz and a long stretch of coast eastwards as far as Algeciras , close to Gibraltar .
8 The man , who had winched his seat back as far as it would go , lay beside her , staring up through the sunroof at the sky which was now a pure and empty blue .
9 Director of education Ian Reid said : ‘ We have amalgamated and closed schools and cut administration back as far as we dare although we need more staff to implement all the changes .
10 The student sits on the floor and opens his legs in front of him , pushing his body weight forward as far as it will go .
11 In 1905 the Lytham Company , whose blue cars operated into Blackpool only as far as South Shore Station , threatened legal action unless Blackpool Corporation allowed them to operate further into town .
12 The French government acceded to her request that she be buried at Malmaison , but her son was permitted to accompany the funeral only as far as the frontier between France and Switzerland .
13 So that was a shame really as far as I 'm concerned .
14 He wanted to run his fingers up as far as they would go , but he remained motionless , like a frozen frame in a black and white film .
15 ‘ Umm , I just turn my guitar up as far as it will go , ’ explains the puzzled axe hero .
16 The best advice is : aim at concentrating all your intelligence on the specific question , and bring in your knowledge only so far as it is relevant .
17 He told Sharpe his patrol was one of the many that daily scouted south to the French border and beyond ; this particular troop had been ordered to explore the villages south and east of Mons down as far as the Sambre , but not to encroach on Prussian territory .
18 In order to get the bait out as far as possible , the lead weight was swung round and round , ever faster , and then released .
19 ‘ We 're taking my friend here as far as Horsey .
20 The difficulty now as far as I was concerned was not being able to stay awake all night , but being able to sleep all night .
21 By now they were almost halfway down , the drop not so far as it had been , but it was still a long way and Maggie almost crept to the slight shelter of the rocky bank .
22 The best thing for them to do would be likewise to get their profits up as far as possible above the datum line .
23 delegate authority for tasks and decisions down as far as possible
24 Therefore , unless hiking with considerable fortitude , the only way to approximate their journey is to take the normal road up as far as Invermoriston and then continue on its south-western fork , the A887 , and in time it becomes the road — or so I presume — ; Johnson and Boswell travelled , the one cut by General Wade , straight across the rising land and emerging a little over half-way along the present road through Glenmoriston .
25 He thought he was the odd man out as far as nationality was concerned because everybody else , including me , was North American .
26 Pull the drawer out as far as you can .
27 ‘ He never told me that he was going to do a newspaper article and I just wonder where this leaves Jason and his legal advisers now as far as an appeal goes . ’
28 We also go off on walking weekends maybe as far as the Gower .
29 Merely pushing the lever forwards as far as it will go is not enough because the lock may be very stiff .
30 Extend the top leg forwards as far as is comfortable and hold in this position .
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