Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adv] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose it is clear that convention does not dictate an answer either way in McLoughlin : convention requires that precedents be followed , but only so far as a new case is like the precedents in relevant facts , and no past case has decided whether damages must be awarded for emotional injury away from the accident 's scene . |
| 2 | Therefore , only so long as a woman is in labour shall he give up Israel ; and then those that survive of his race shall rejoin their brethren . |
| 3 | Those days have gone only so long as a Government are in power who are determined to continue a regime of common sense and reasonable and balanced industrial relations . |
| 4 | That gives him the space to make long-term bets , but also deprives him of advice against short-sightedness : borrowing sums that he can service only so long as the good times roll . |
| 5 | The environmental conditions with which the system is in equilibrium may shift , and only so long as the equilibrium can be set at new and workable positions can the species survive . |
| 6 | Those standing by the IBM shares for the sake of the thumping 6% plus yield now recognise that the dividend is safe only so long as the present management team is in place — and few would gamble much now on John Akers and his cronies seeing the year out . |
| 7 | Conti 's opinion was that reconciliation could be achieved , but only so long as the Scriptures were understood to speak the language of common people . |
| 8 | The system can function only so long as the financial stability of LCH 's position is preserved so that the risks normally inherent in futures and options trading are effectively balanced . |
| 9 | First , gathering , hunting , and fishing do not represent clearly different technological stages but always occur together so long as the environment permits the combination . |
| 10 | So long therefore as the central country of the Bretton Woods system pursued responsible policies , fiscal deficits in a peripheral country such as the United Kingdom generated balance of payments problems for that country , and any government seriously committed to maintaining a fixed exchange rate on the US dollar found its freedom to run such deficits severely curtailed by the commitment . |
| 11 | In certain species , the long , fine roots trail below as far as the muddy or sandy bottom and anchor the plant , still giving it ample freedom for floating . |
| 12 | Windows was the environment of choice — the DOS version works identically as far as the mechanics are concerned , except that pretty Windows graphics are replaced by character based displays . |
| 13 | Er it means generally that I 'm coming home quite late , so as far as a daily paper 's concerned , I 'm really not very much interested . |
| 14 | It is also likely that the ads for the more expensive and unusual products will be of greater general interest than those for the cheap day-to-day items : it is quite tempting to study in detail an ad for an expensive car , or browse through the ‘ houses for sale ’ columns , even if you aspire only as far as a second-hand Escort and have no intention of moving house within the next 10 years . |
| 15 | Then he strode away — but only as far as the corner of the hearing room , temporarily out of range of the television cameras . |
| 16 | They got only as far as the gate of Cell Block 6B . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ No , sir , only as far as the actual competition , which they organize . |
| 19 | Whilst most modern witch covens can be traced back only as far as the revival stimulated by Gerald Gardner and the repeal of the Witchcraft Acts in the 1950s , there still exist traditional covens which date back much further . |
| 20 | The direct influence of the LLP extended only as far as the metropolitan boundary at Bethnal Green ; the West Ham Labour Party was autonomous . |
| 21 | Local government capital expenditure is ‘ cash limited ’ , but current expenditure is cash limited only as far as the overall total of the Rate Support Grant ( RSG ) 3 is concerned . |
| 22 | The tendency to see only as far as the limit of particular function . |
| 23 | Perhaps the notice could be altered to indicate that the path leads only as far as the river . |
| 24 | ‘ The evidence extends only as far as the lower scapula , does it not ’ He could have been wearing an off-the-shoulder toga . ’ |
| 25 | We could slide together as easily as a train halts by the platform . |
| 26 | It goes together as simply as a child 's building blocks |
| 27 | Once or twice they walked together as far as the river . |
| 28 | Murray and Ramsay rode together as far as the ford at Sunlaws , a wooded terrain of bluffs and hillocks , another Heiton peel-tower and the riverside mill . |
| 29 | We can move , of course , change direction , rattle about , but our movement is contained within a larger one that carries us along as inexorably as the wind and current … |
| 30 | Magnificent Karnak , with its corridors of stone rams , sky-embracing pillars and gigantic inscrutable statues , stretching apparently as far as the eye can see , is breathtaking . |