Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [vb infin] [adv] far as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gentlemen may venture as far as the gun room , but the door at the end of the housekeeper 's corridor prevents an encounter with any but upper servants of their own sex . |
| 2 | The SACHR said that affirmative action should go as far as positive discrimination , e.g. the tie break , but this is not in the legislation . |
| 3 | Not many heads would go as far as one who insists that male members of staff must wear their jackets in classrooms even on the warmest of days . |
| 4 | In theory this process could go as far as equating marginal cost with demand so that the bureaucracy obtains all the consumer surplus . |
| 5 | People must rely as far as possible on not being killed or used as a resource , and on having some space and objects and relations with other people they can count as their own … . |
| 6 | Well so many other counties would like a a pt a a seat which is coterminous with them , I know Norfolk would , but the rule is that constituencies should have as far as possible , equal numbers of electors . |
| 7 | While at the end of 1985 there were fears that the price of crude would drop as far as $15 , by the end of July 1986 a leading article in The Times reported that Brent crude stood at ‘ a paltry nine dollars a barrel ’ . |
| 8 | This paint will run as far as it is allowed but will not bleed . |
| 9 | This paint will run as far as it is allowed but will not bleed . |
| 10 | ‘ British Gas will ensure as far as reasonably practicable that the goods and services which it procures are not inherently damaging to the environment during their use or disposal . |
| 11 | When it comes to asking who or what theists consider God to be , on the other hand , any answer must embrace as far as it can the full spectrum of religious opinion . |
| 12 | Partnerships should reflect as far as possible all the groups in a community which are interested in the welfare of young people . |
| 13 | We have , therefore , to consider why marriages effectively end , as well as why couples will go as far as to go to the courts to legally separate , and what social factors underlie the responses to changes in legislation . |
| 14 | In particularly weak cases the conciliation officer will go so far as to advise the applicant to withdraw the claim . |
| 15 | ‘ The disturbed weather will continue as far as the eye can see , ’ said Philip . |
| 16 | However , the latest amendments to the Building Regulations require much higher standards of insulation than ever before and have also belatedly recognised the problems that over-insulation can cause as far as condensation is concerned — both inside the house itself and also within the building 's structure . |