Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [adv] far [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brown and McCormick 's skuas and Wilson 's petrels fly as far as temperate latitudes of the northern hemisphere . |
| 2 | ‘ I wouldn'a go as far as that , ’ Reid reproved me . |
| 3 | Some schools go as far as appointing a press officer from amongst the staff or the governors . |
| 4 | The propagandists go so far as to assume , even to assert , that it would not result in any splitting of the party vote : in other words that votes transferred from Dandy or Deadman or Doughty would go to another of these three running-mates and not elsewhere . |
| 5 | In this case too , by maximizing their caring role , males ensure as far as possible that their young are ‘ got off ’ successfully . |
| 6 | Will my right hon. Friend go as far as to say that we definitely intend in the fulness of time to bring in legislation and , I hope , include in the legislation the provision that there should be at least one employee representative among pension fund trustees ? |
| 7 | I have to consider is that evidence correct as far as they are concerned , in other words do they believe that this is what Mr. Winterbone was like ? |
| 8 | Neither is it that tonics are not requested ; large numbers of people get as far as the doctor 's surgery to complain of tiredness , lethargy and mild depression , and even larger numbers go straight to the chemist . |
| 9 | Some interpretations of modern astrophysics go so far as to suggest that a conscious observer is necessary for the physical universe to exist at all — the observed needs an observer . |
| 10 | Some biologists go so far as to see DNA as a device used by organisms to reproduce themselves , just as an eye is a device used by organisms to see ! |
| 11 | You can have been had by the whole of Fighter Command as far as I 'm concerned ; just as long as you add me to the list . ’ |
| 12 | The little manor-house at Cadhay stands near at hand in the Ottery meadows , and more distant views reach as far as the great hill-fort at Hembury , built on a commanding spur of land in the late Iron Age . |
| 13 | Lou Duva , co-trainer of Holyfield , might have been cranking the hype handle too far when he said that this evening 's fight might be a once in a lifetime affair . |
| 14 | In fact some pro-choice advocates go so far as to deny that abortion is a moral issue at all — a favourite slogan for a while was ‘ abortion is a health issue , not a moral issue ’ . |