Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] far as [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing in soft conventionalism guarantees , or even promotes , the ideal of protected expectations , that past decisions will be relied on to justify collective force only so far as their authority and their terms are made uncontroversial by widely accepted conventions . |
| 2 | The sheet was pulled up only as far as his hip , so that backs of her fingers touched his bare back , warm and still slightly damp . |
| 3 | As he told the story , probably with some exaggeration , Evelyn is supposed quite often to have gone out , perhaps only as far as his aunt 's house nearby to borrow some sugar , and to have failed to return . |
| 4 | The individuals may function well in different compartments , and while they may have inhabited the same house for 30 years , believing they are together , they may , in fact , not be together as far as their hopes and expectations go , so it is terribly important that they voice these things to their partners . |
| 5 | On the contrary , I was mocked within the family for my ‘ posh ’ accent , and for what was considered to be my general childishness , especially as far as my sense of humour was concerned . |
| 6 | So although consumers may on average be better off so far as their spending power is concerned , they may be worse off overall when environmental factors are taken into account . |
| 7 | They had tunnelled down into the plateau , and they had built upwards as far as their materials and construction abilities would allow . |
| 8 | Not only have food costs been above average , but the labour turnover has been relatively high , which is a little odd since Fred is generally considered to be genial and well liked ( though we must add that we have found no evidence that this is true as far as his staff are concerned ) . |
| 9 | Speaking at a conference on the ‘ Future of the Irish Country House ’ ( 26 February ) , the Prime Minister of Ireland , Albert Reynolds made a statement of profound importance about how Ireland has come to terms with its Anglo-Irish past , at least so far as its architecture is concerned . |
| 10 | Follow-up studies after 4 or more years report less than 50% of cases as recovered , and even ‘ cured ’ patients have not necessarily returned to a normal life , at least as far as their attitudes and behaviour are concerned . |
| 11 | From the yet more gloomy expression on his normally lugubrious face it was evident that he had resigned himself to her companionship at least as far as his hotel perched up far above the sea . |
| 12 | Malinowski is usually regarded as the greatest of these researchers , at least as far as his methods are concerned . |
| 13 | The thorn in Pollini 's side ( at least as far as his recordings are concerned ) is his occasional refusal to gild the lily . |
| 14 | They gleamed not only about Mama 's neck but tumbled almost as far as her waist — and could seem all different colours . |
| 15 | Objectively , Karen was prepared to go almost as far as her predecessor , and her eager greed more than made up for the thrill I used to get from subjecting dogged , cow-like Manuela to the same routines . |