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

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1 All that matters as far as the law is concerned is , did you buy the goods from a shop ?
2 Some got as far as Rhodesia and the high altitude was n't any good so then they had to go on to Cape Town .
3 He was even prepared to go so far as to admit that monotony was the most comfortable way .
4 But though none might be prepared to go so far as that , all British parties would quickly realize that apparent discrimination against women in their lists would do them a lot of harm .
5 Educated , urban Spaniards demanded institutional and constitutional reforms , some going so far as to favour the monarchy 's replacement by a republic ; in Catalonia and the Basque country , where distinctive languages and cultures existed , rising nationalist movements opposed the regime 's centralizing character ; in Morocco , Spain and her army became embroiled in what was to be her last colonial war ; and two mass forces of the left , socialism and anarchism , emerged to offer organized protest against the injustices of Spanish society .
6 Many are quite short , some extend as far as the defences , and two at least apparently form a prominent central crossroads .
7 Some district societies also want an assurance that the Institute will not take on additional regulatory responsibilities without consulting the membership : some go as far as urging it to oppose any future legislation to extend statutory regulation of members ' activities .
8 SSL is claimed to be very difficult for ( hearing ) adults to learn ; some go so far as to say that it is impossible .
9 Many manufacturers wo n't allow you to remove the machine 's case without automatically voiding your warranty : some go so far as to put seals over the case so they can tell if you 've opened it .
10 Indeed , some went so far as to ‘ play dumb ’ when they were with male students because they knew that the men did n't like clever women .
11 With some exceptions , the gentry and clergy readily accepted the Restoration in 1660 ; few went as far as the Reverend Dr William Oughtred who , at the age of 86 , ‘ died of excess of joy when he heard of the restoration of the monarchy ’ .
12 Though few proceed so far as Grant Gilmore in awarding a death certificate to the classical law of contract , as exceptions to the rules multiply , most writers at least acknowledge that novel principles destroy the crispness and generality of such doctrines as consideration and privity .
13 The track now survives and is quite easy to follow as far as Cemmaes .
14 ‘ I mean , you 're welcome to come as far as I 'm concerned ’ .
15 ‘ We 'd have been lucky to get as far as the Treshnish Isles , ’ said Ann .
16 However , contributors to the Review were largely unwilling to go so far as to attempt to specify the nature of artistic quality in general , despite the fact that their own capacity to decide which texts were of sufficient interest in themselves to justify study depended upon recognizing such quality .
17 While it may not be reasonable to go as far as official opinion , there was some truth in Stalin 's retrospective judgement at the 12th Party Congress :
18 I know what it 's like these days — we 're all stretched as far as we can go ’ — he sighed — ‘ but I 've had a little think and I see a way round it for you .
19 Dulles on 12 December 1957 went as far as to describe France as " a very weak partner indeed " and one which caused him a lot of anxiety .
20 Not all go as far as Ales Lederer , the young editor of the dissident magazine Prostor , who declares that ‘ if there is unemployment , even if it is 3m , this is the sign of a healthy economy , for the economy runs itself naturally .
21 I am very reluctant to go so far when we — or rather you — could be so near a better resolution .
22 It is also important to eliminate as far as possible any air pockets in pots of meat and fish .
23 I designed it but incorporated the customer 's ideas which is important to do as far as possible .
24 Residents should be able to live as far as possible as they would in a home of their own .
25 She would hardly have been able to get as far as she had already without a very strong image of the outlines of the world , of her own personal dream .
26 I have been confined almost a year by the dislocation of one of the ankle-bones of my leg , so have not been able to get as far as the Society House , but have enclosed the shilling you was so kind as to pay for a letter from Monsieur du Hamel .
27 The police are n't telling us anything — I have n't been able to get as far as Marshall and the others just look mysterious and say they do n't know . ’
28 Safe : Distribution systems need to be safe in their own right and to facilitate or even promote safe working as far as possible .
29 The mitigation of the law was at first carried so far as to sacrifice that object , said J.S. Mill .
30 ‘ She said they 'd have plenty of room , and one more was n't any bother as far as she was concerned . ’
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