Example sentences of "[adv] far as [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One morning he went so far as to say to Nikos that he thought the affair was now over . |
| 2 | Lawyers are adamant about the need to remain independent of the state so far as licensing for practice is concerned . |
| 3 | Editor , — In his comments on Richard Smith 's editorial on academic medicine Brian L Pentecost states that , so far as training for consultant practice in the NHS is concerned , all specialties accept one year of research towards higher medical training . |
| 4 | Like a beggar , he went so far as to pluck at Meredith 's sleeve . |
| 5 | Following announcement of the settlement , the government admitted that it had blundered in its handling of the affair , and on Oct. 30 Antall went so far as to suggest to parliament that he should resign ( no formal resignation offer was made , however ) . |
| 6 | ‘ So far as working with composers is concerned , providing you do not alienate them , they become more relaxed and their advice is more balanced because there is no hierarchy . |
| 7 | In June 1960 he went so far as to write to Ashby himself — by then Sir Eric and the Master of Clare College , Cambridge — setting out the case and asking whether he would make personal representations to the Minister to secure unilateral treatment for the Eastern District . |
| 8 | ‘ As I finished selecting these 200-odd titles which reflect the continuing excellence of writing for children , a document was leaked which made it clear that the authorities which are controlling the education of the next generation had , at a stroke , obliterated the ‘ golden age ’ of children 's literature — at least as far as reading in schools is concerned . |
| 9 | Nothing happened with the turbine , but the V8 got as far as running in prototype form in the James Bond Esprit , which Rudd used as his personal car for a time . |
| 10 | As far as winning in style is concerned , Scotland can be sure their future is secure in the hands of David Sole . |
| 11 | As far as talking about tax is concerned , I realise the right hon. Gentleman 's sensitivity . |
| 12 | Even if people in this state are able to get themselves going as far as applying for jobs and are offered interviews , they fail to get them because the image they put across is one of a lackadaisical , flattened dullard — and who would want to employ someone who 's in that state ? |
| 13 | Yet , even here , there is a puzzle , a strange , unplaceable something which does n't quite fit with that account of the gradual driving out of the reader and the suggestion of a steady shift towards the rare and the difficult , for I would guess that anyone not put off in advance by suspicion or hearsay , anyone that is who has got as far as dipping into Ulysses , say , will have come hard up against things that are startlingly , even discomfortingly , recognisable . |