Example sentences of "[adv] far as [pron] [verb] it " in BNC.
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1 | Whilst other sections of the population are clearly severely affected by these government policies , disabled people experience these particular ‘ reforms ’ as an attack on their human right not to be incarcerated without trial and conviction , in so far as it renders it in some cases impossible to live outside institutions . |
2 | So far as I understand it my options are one of the following : |
3 | So far as you see it |
4 | As far as we believe it is the best thing for the school . ’ |
5 | It was obviously different from the religion of Jesus , as far as we understand it , and also from the Jewish vision of St Paul , who had been the first to bring the semitic faith to the hellenistic world of the Roman empire . |
6 | They were also content to leave the whole affair as far as they knew it , understood it or had allocated the blame for it . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Mrs Murphy snatched the opportunity to ask Mrs Frizzell to proceed with her report , which she did , outlining the story as far as she knew it and using as many euphemisms as she could . |
9 | Mala blinked , and grew paler , but quickly assured him that as far as she knew it was just a coincidence . |
10 | It may well As far as I know it 's it is only Mrs er who has said , I I 'm sorry to er to say this Mrs , you are the only person who has said that you wish to produce additional representations . |
11 | ‘ Well , that 's the cast-list , as far as I know it . |
12 | As far as I know it works as well as ever . ’ |
13 | ‘ As far as I know it . |
14 | As far as I know it 's not putting in any money at all . |
15 | Whatever we may believe about diet , the only clear-cut ‘ rule ’ , as far as I see it , is that our food should be as free as possible from harmful additives and the toxic residues of modern farming methods — no easy task nowadays . |
16 | As far as I understand it , it was Angela who pursued the interest in Tony DeFries . |
17 | ‘ As far as I understand it , the individual actors made their own arrangements . ’ |
18 | As far as I understand it , commanders were ten a penny and the whole cultural ethos of the navy was based on drink . ’ |
19 | He just sat there jiggling his bloody spectacles and saying that as far as he knew it was n't . ’ |
20 | He never hit a bad shot off the tee ; it just did n't come back as far as he thought it would . |