Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] as [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Where we 're concerned , our religious involvement only goes as far as using images of , say , the Virgin Mary on our sleeves , but it 's not us being disrespectful .
2 ‘ Where we 're concerned , our religious involvement only goes as far as using images of , say , the Virgin Mary on our sleeves , but it 's not us being disrespectful .
3 If the model only gets as far as being on its side and then starts to fall , apply opposite lateral cyclic to roll out and back stick to recover .
4 Although the reach of the top horn only extends as far as the 14th fret ( which could spell balance problems given such a long neck ) the body does have a pronounced lower bout , with the face-mounted bridge situated quite well back ; this relocated mass helps to preclude potential neck-heaviness .
5 That 's all that really matters as far as the law is concerned .
6 Armstrong even goes as far as asking ‘ is it not conceivable that the whole of syntax and semantics should have been innate so that all mankind spoke the one , wired-in , nonconventional language ? ’ ( 1971 : 437 ) .
7 Lastly , the United Nations Convention of 1986 on Conditions for the Registration of Ships , which no member state has yet signed , even goes as far as expressly to confer on states party thereto the right to choose between the criterion of the nationality of the owner and the criterion of the nationality or place of residence of the crew ( see articles 7 , 8 and 9 , and Annex I to the Commission 's written observations in the Factortame case ( Case C 221/89 ) .
8 John even goes as far as to boast that The Borrowers is breaking new ground : ‘ In fact , some of the things we can now do make the special effects in Star Wars look prehistoric . ’
9 Dally goes as far as to state that it indicates a bad prognosis for the disease , but I am glad to be able to report that although my jealousy continued into my adolescence , including the anorexic period , it did not deter my recovery , and that my sisters and I are now the best of friends .
10 The radiation that strikes the Earth — or at least gets as far as the outer atmosphere — is of two main kinds .
11 This process rarely runs as smoothly as I have suggested .
12 But the stories have a universal appeal simply as stories , and it is good that the underlying programme seldom obtrudes as badly as in the gift-shop passage above , where the helpful aside about tourism affecting rural culture worldwide strikes a primary-school note .
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