Example sentences of "[adj] as far [subord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 This book , therefore , is good and probably reliable as far as it goes .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 Well he 's off sick as far as I know
5 I was interested to read your recent articles on commercial diver training , which were very good as far as they went .
6 ‘ 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 .
7 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 .
8 He added : ‘ The facts will be accurate as far as they go .
9 They also acquired a very enthusiastic Deputy Headmaster who was very , very keen as far as I remember .
10 The few models which have been developed to date may have been correct as far as they go but are clearly incomplete .
11 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 .
12 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 !
13 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 .
14 original as far as I know .
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