Example sentences of "[adv] so far [conj] [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They make good the severe limitations on the hesitation system , which can take us only so far when we are faced with a problem of word retrieval . |
| 2 | Our knowledge is bounded by our ideas , and extends only so far as they are ideas of real essences . |
| 3 | The Evangelical party will perhaps continue to exalt their hero as partially as parties always do — but the members of it will act thus only so far as they are possessed by party spirit , rather than by the pure spirit of the doctrines which they hold in common with their so-called Catholic opponents , whom adversaries style popish . |
| 4 | The best advice is : aim at concentrating all your intelligence on the specific question , and bring in your knowledge only so far as it is relevant . |
| 5 | However , if the rattle slips down so far that it is no longer visible , the infant will at once lose interest and behave as if the rattle had also slipped out of existence . |
| 6 | ‘ Indeed , ’ he said flatly , ‘ we see one among them who does not serve you , Khan , or not so far as we are aware . |
| 7 | ‘ Not so far as I am aware . ’ |
| 8 | Now so far as we are in a position to judge , the information was reliable . |
| 9 | From the fairly casual manner of Nicholls ' wording and his failure to mention what he had recommended , we may take it that , at least so far as he was concerned , the problem of the status of emigres holding non-Soviet passports had not at this stage been presented as of overwhelming importance or urgency . |
| 10 | well we 're moving it forward so far and we 're having patio doors |
| 11 | Certainly so far as we are concerned we would completely recognise your position and we are in fact , since your position is shared by several other experts in their respective fields who have been good enough to assist us in this venture , doing our very best to see that the names of those who are taking part in the policy study groups do not become public property . |