Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] as far [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must also be borne in mind that in 685 Ecgfrith was able to invade through Strathmore as far as Nechtanesmere ( Dunnichen ) , near Forfar , which will have been in the more northerly kingdom of Circinn ( between the Isla and the Dee ) . |
| 2 | He was not going far , by no means as far as Longner , but far enough to be absent when the immediate danger threatened . |
| 3 | No less an eminence than Lord Whitelaw echoed the loyalists ' warnings when he invoked an old Willie-ism in appealing for ‘ a stirring up of apathy as far as gossip , rumour and internal intrigue are concerned . ’ |
| 4 | What is the significance of the tort of negligence as far as computers and software are concerned ? |
| 5 | But of course as far as Britain was concerned , this could only be intervention against France . |
| 6 | ‘ He was not a womaniser ; he did n't have a lot of confidence as far as women were concerned . |
| 7 | Well , I was bored by the whole of presentation as far as television was concerned because I think television is bound to be superficial . |
| 8 | But the Chinese Muslims are spread throughout the country , from Xinjiang in the north-west right along the Great Wall of China as far as Peking and dotted throughout Ningxia province , including such key cities as Xian , home of the famous terracotta army , where the Chinese-style pavilions of the Great Mosque have been a place of worship for Muslims since the eighth century . |
| 9 | A versatile and hardy traveller , his earliest journey was to Italy and Sicily , the prelude to an extended and detailed tour of Greece as far as Thessaly . |
| 10 | All in all she managed to add considerably to her feelings of inadequacy as far as Ace was concerned by the time she made her way downstairs towards the kitchen . |
| 11 | At 41,000 tons , the brand new Norwegian vessel is the largest of her type to sail up river as far as Greenwich . |
| 12 | The most important things to bear in mind as far as voice is concerned are the frequency of use of active , passive , and similar structures in the source and target languages , their respective stylistic value in different text types , and — most important of all — the function(s) of the passive and similar structures in each language . |
| 13 | Its lands reached from abbeys in Yorkshire as far as Borrowdale and Eskdale , where its sheep runs extended over the fells . |
| 14 | In fact Trieste , which under the Austro-Hungarian Empire had been the main port of Middle Europe , had diminished in importance as far as Italy was concerned : Genoa had effectively taken its place . |
| 15 | Erm , the situation in Shropshire as far as records are concerned is erm , relatively good . |
| 16 | They also feel there 's one rule for them and another for Redlands as far as planning is concerned . |
| 17 | He subsequently set off to explore the county on foot as far as Lands End and his notes show that his book , had it been written , would have contained some far-fetched fantasies — as well as straight inaccuracies . |
| 18 | The irony is that within five years , investigations started with a view to relaying part of the canal route to Kilmacolm as far as Paisley for a new passenger service ! |
| 19 | There were exports , as early as the late fourteenth century , from Newcastle and Durham to places as far as Danzig , although Flanders and the Northern Netherlands were more common destinations . |
| 20 | The distribution of leopards is wide , ranging from South Africa northwards and eastwards through Asia as far as China , and in parts of North Africa and Asia the species is in serious danger of extinction . |