Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] as far [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The situation has improved substantially since then and girls have achieved parity with boys as far as staying on at school . |
| 2 | Gabriel followed the even pattern of pawmarks as far as possible : they carried his eye up to a distant knoll crowned with trees and wounded with great white scars of bare chalk . |
| 3 | This would appear to be the end of the road for transsexuals as far as the law is concerned . |
| 4 | This is not a satisfactory state of affairs as far as a religion is concerned , and when this condition is reached it is in decline . |
| 5 | The regular adherents of the congregation are about 100 ; the average attendance from 150 to 200 , and the number of members as far as can be ascertained about 25 , but this can form no criterion of what the congregation may become under a regular and thorough ministry . |
| 6 | While such views are common doctrine in grammars as far as finite forms are concerned , it will be proposed here that a support or person is also present in the infinitival form of the verb , even though the latter can neither be predicated grammatically of a subject nor take any personal endings . |