Example sentences of "[adv] far as [pron] go " in BNC.
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| 31 | Great as far as it goes , but where are the mighty affirmations of life that soul once was ? |
| 32 | This is fine and dandy , as far as it goes . |
| 33 | As far as it goes . |
| 34 | Like a couple of chums , but that 's about as far as it goes . |
| 35 | As far as it goes , the order has the support of the industry , although that support is not unreserved , does not come from all quarters and does not relate to all aspects of the provisions . |
| 36 | I understand that the Government 's policy is to target pensioners and , as I said , the increase in premiums is welcome as far as it goes . |
| 37 | It has widespread support in the House as far as it goes , but missing is legislation to protect against victimisation . |
| 38 | Fine , as far as it goes . |
| 39 | ‘ I have no future but my children and my wife will take it as far as it goes . |
| 40 | This was , of course , true as far as it went . |
| 41 | Against this , as we saw , the existentialists argued that rather than making futile attempts to " eliminate " the problem one should subject it to a different type of treatment that would help place it in a proper philosophical perspective , and this was correct as far as it went . |
| 42 | As far as it went . |
| 43 | So that was all right as far as it went . |
| 44 | It was a pleasure — as far as it went . |
| 45 | This was all right as far as it went . |
| 46 | Playing out of defence , however , was about as far as it went , though in the closing stages they produced the most sustained attacking football of the afternoon . |
| 47 | ‘ As far as you go Weaver ! ’ |