Example sentences of "[adj] as far [subord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This as far as we know which is reproduced from the original , was for some sort of a fender . |
| 2 | You can see that by adding more detail to the eyes , feet and feathers as well as shading you can carry this as far as you wish to go ( Figure 1 ) . |
| 3 | This book , therefore , is good and probably reliable as far as it goes . |
| 4 | I understand that the Government 's policy is to target pensioners and , as I said , the increase in premiums is welcome as far as it goes . |
| 5 | Now , for the 10 per cent of house-buyers who rely on this report , or even the 15 per cent who rely on a mini-survey , that 's fine as far as it goes — and I would not wish to discourage anyone from having a professional survey , or ever advise against one — however , all the surveyors I know would prefer knowledgeable clients who had carried out their own surveys first and could present their results to them for investigation and comment . |
| 6 | Well he 's off sick as far as I know |
| 7 | No cover at all as far as we know . ’ |
| 8 | I was interested to read your recent articles on commercial diver training , which were very good as far as they went . |
| 9 | ‘ She 's in the cottage hospital , still unconscious as far as I know — I 've left one of my boys there in case she comes to , but she 's running a high temperature and they 're afraid of bronchial pneumonia . |
| 10 | When the union representative Alex Ross was asked by a Royal Commission whether he would " ask a woman to lock up a form ( sic ) " , he replied spontaneously , " Oh yes , they can do that as far as I understand " . |
| 11 | Trevor Nicholas , head of Barclay 's computer operations , says that the bank has been the victim of attempts to move funds to accounts in other parts of the world , but that as far as it knows , they have been thwarted . |
| 12 | The kink in the Primarch 's gene-seed might indeed confer will power in regard to enduring pain , even a fascination with torment — how else could any of the cadets have progressed any distance at all , let alone as far as they had proceeded ? — yet plainly there were limits , which this tunnel — so bland in its appearance , so hideous in its effect — seemed designed to test to snapping point . |
| 13 | He added : ‘ The facts will be accurate as far as they go . |
| 14 | And they had fostered a girl because they could n't have any children of their own as far as I know and and , ah they she 's a com , a complete horror ! |
| 15 | One feels that two hours spent in one or other of the jammed little rooms — there are four as far as I remember at this instance , two down , one up , and one in the cellar — will be rewarding , refreshing , and never questioned by the owners . |
| 16 | They also acquired a very enthusiastic Deputy Headmaster who was very , very keen as far as I remember . |
| 17 | The few models which have been developed to date may have been correct as far as they go but are clearly incomplete . |
| 18 | Against this , as we saw , the existentialists argued that rather than making futile attempts to " eliminate " the problem one should subject it to a different type of treatment that would help place it in a proper philosophical perspective , and this was correct as far as it went . |
| 19 | As I said before , the Handbook of Human Intelligence is excellent as far as it goes , but it certainly does not go far enough ; perhaps the second edition will improve on this sad state of affairs ! |
| 20 | These ideas are plausible as far as they go , but I find that they do not begin to square up to the formidable challenge of explaining culture , cultural evolution , and the immense differences between human cultures around the world , from the utter selfishness of the Ik of Uganda , as described by Colin Turnbull , to the gentle altruism of Margaret Mead 's Arapesh . |
| 21 | original as far as I know . |