Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [adv] far [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be connected to the fact that the youngsters came bottom as far as hugs were concerned , as 57pc said their parents hugged them compared with a national average of 70pc . |
| 2 | ‘ Beineix dares much , pushing farce as far as it will go while simultaneously building the momentum that catapults the film into its tragic destination . |
| 3 | Later generations spread south as far as the tip of South America ; later still they reached similar latitudes in southern New Zealand . |
| 4 | The main emphasis was on encouraging the use of evidence extracted from former Mafia members , who would now give evidence as far as possible in front of the judge alone [ for other provisions see p. 38979 ] . |
| 5 | The basic philosophy involves farming as far as possible within a closed system : in a nutshell , growing crops to feed the animals and using the manure those animals produce to fertilize the soil in order to grow more crops . |
| 6 | It was even more important to know when evil gods would be in charge so as to avoid trouble as far as possible by doing nothing at such times . |
| 7 | The object of the court in interpreting legislation is to give effect so far as the language permits to the intention of the legislature . |
| 8 | The designer attempts to reduce friction as far as possible , so most stepping motor systems have very little inherent damping and consequently a poorly.damped single-step response . |
| 9 | This analysis will have relevance as far as the passing of property and risk is concerned ( see Chapter 10 ) where the goods are damaged in the meantime ( Clarke v Reilly ( 1962 ) 96 ILTR 96 ) . |
| 10 | The canal superseded the Kennet Navigation early in the nineteenth century , linking it with the River Avon at Bath , so that Somerset coal could be brought east as far as Reading by water . |
| 11 | The Stephanian transgresses from the north over Westphalian C and D with a long tongue reaching south as far as Bentheim : the so called Ems Low . |
| 12 | Darwin 's concept of evolution may hold water as far as it goes , but without the inclusion of an omnipotent ‘ Master Mind ’ , working from outside to plan the possibility of purposeful development , it makes no sense to me at all . |
| 13 | When he asked , then , ‘ What has Ingeld to do with Christ ? ’ , he was using Ingeld as an example of the most extreme gap between good ‘ heroic ’ behaviour and good Christian behaviour ; Ingeld took unforgivingness as far as it could go . |
| 14 | Before the days of radio , boats like her would race down-channel as far as the Lizard to get first contact for the ship-to-shore trade from vessels making port . |
| 15 | Then she turned to Xanthe whom she could avoid kissing , to keep her unbathed body away from the young girl 's groomed presence as far as she was able without coldness . |
| 16 | It 's a matter of fact that the strategy of the county council is to locate development as far as possible in and around the main settlements of the county . |
| 17 | Possibly , there are one or two apparent links between Miller and myself which I have not yet tackled , but most of these are mere trimmings , minor coincidences , or the accidental pen droppings , as it were , of an already admitted indolence so far as ‘ research ’ on unimportant detail is concerned . |
| 18 | It would mean that it may be diffcult to do any Tony bashing , but I 'm sure all the praise will by far exceed criticism as far as he is concerned for years to come . |
| 19 | I have expressed phenomenalism so far as if all phenomenalists agree that observation statements report the nature of the reporter 's own sensory states . |
| 20 | Here again effort is put into respecting the autonomy of the person who may be mentally alert , by offering choice as far as possible . |