Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] far as they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they also dislike those who were born into the same station in life , or further down , and who have n't risen as far as they have . |
| 2 | The Government have always abided by , and agreed with , the additionality rules as far as they apply to Northern Ireland . |
| 3 | Given full rein to run as far as they want , the plants are living very well and do n't feel in any particular danger , so there is no need for them to waste energy by perpetuating the species and going to the trouble of producing flower and setting seed . |
| 4 | I put it to Andy that it must have been a blow when they split in 1988 , but he , ever the voice of reason , says , ‘ There was no point in trying to keep them together , it had gone as far as they wanted it to go and they wanted to do something different . |
| 5 | The stress concentration at a crack tip was first calculated by Inglis in 1913 , as we have said , and his results are classic and correct as far as they go . |