Example sentences of "[vb past] that [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Curzon reported that as early as 1887 , with the line barely completed , 6,000 Central Asian pilgrims used the Trans-Caspian westwards on the first leg of their journey to Mecca . |
| 2 | My rather innocent trust crumbled when I realized that as far as the police were concerned , I was little better than a criminal on whom they must keep tabs . |
| 3 | He believed that so long as he remained in the Government the Press attacks would continue and that his supposedly malevolent influence would be blamed for every failure . |
| 4 | Although it was small and its facilities were poor , the standard of learning attained was high , as was illustrated by McJannet in his History of Irvine when he noted that as early as 1729 , the pupils ‘ translated part of a Greek Testament into Latin ; some of the Roman authors into English … and also translated many English sentences into elegant Latin with great dexterity . ’ |
| 5 | It seemed that so far as they were concerned Meehan , guilty or innocent , could stay in Peterhead for ever . |
| 6 | We noticed that quite often if people ate the sandwich they left the cake , or vice versa , so when we used to collect the trays from them we would take whatever was left . |
| 7 | In 1969 Whiteley estimated that not more than one million people in Tanzania and Kenya combined were mother-tongue speakers of the language . |
| 8 | And then he replied that well just because you think you 're not blind , then you must be |
| 9 | I replied that as far as I was concerned his terms and conditions of employment were best used as a rectal implant preferably without benefit of anaesthetic , which roused him to suggest that perhaps the whole matter would best be served by being turned over to the florid authority of Her Majesty 's Judiciary , via PC Plod , or at the very least to some banal tribunal vested with the right to dilly-dally over contretemps between master and servant . |
| 10 | Lloyd claimed the last half hour , but when he was out at 233 for 4 he indicated that as far as he was concerned that was that . |
| 11 | I then indicated that as far as I was concerned the meeting should terminate there and then , since in no circumstances would I be willing to give advice contrary to the interests of my friend . |
| 12 | Eliot remarked that as far as he was concerned he took that paper chiefly for the crossword and the company reports . |
| 13 | No doubt in due course they would become equally vocal in their complaints about the French , but Thiercelin decided that so far as possible his own behaviour should be above reproach . |
| 14 | Bread never went mouldy in Algeria , which meant that so long as I was prepared for a good chew , I could always buy enough to last to the next village . |
| 15 | We knew that right away that there were there were no future . |
| 16 | She knew that as surely as she knew she would never get to the rave in Woodham Woods . |
| 17 | Without being told , he knew that as fast as the payments were made into five Swiss bank accounts , the money was transferred into five different accounts — the numbers of which were known only to Adam . |
| 18 | He knew that as far as his mother was concerned it was like painting fairground panels , it was like keeping whippets . |
| 19 | And now that he 'd escaped from that awful prison , come he would , she knew that as certainly as she knew daylight would follow darkness . |
| 20 | ‘ To a wealthy or aristocratic criminal the vengeance of the law is as a flea , which merely tickles ’ , observed Reynolds 's Newspaper which thought that as far as the Garotter 's Act went ‘ only poor , plebeian criminals will be exposed … rich and aristocratic ruffians … are certain to be exempted from flogging ’ . |
| 21 | RFU Secretary Dudley Wood said that as far as he was concerned the tour is still on . |
| 22 | The hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed said that as far as he was concerned , regional government would not take away the powers of local government . |
| 23 | Grunte , who had little time for the Third World , said that as far as he was concerned , most of it seemed to have moved to Birmingham . |
| 24 | After the case , Hamish Deans said that as far as he was concerned the meeting would be going ahead as scheduled . |
| 25 | Akashi said that so long as the Khmers Rouges refused to disarm , a freeze was necessary to maintain the balance of power in the country . |
| 26 | Having said that , the tachograph of that particular vehicle illustrated that as far as the speed was concerned it was n't one isolated incident . |
| 27 | Over coffee in the study Miss Danziger thanked the guests individually for their concern , apologised for interrupting their enjoyment of an excellent meal , and explained that so long as she came out of the spasm in less than a minute and a half it was not dangerous and left no ill-effects . |