Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] [adv] far as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons most women offer for extramarital sex — boredom and a need for drama and excitement — ring fairly hollow as far as I am concerned . |
| 2 | In all my years on newspapers , I 've never gone as far as breaking and entering . |
| 3 | She lowered her lashes , said bitterly , ‘ I — I 've never gone as far as I did last night with you ! ’ |
| 4 | A groove 7 isolates the laser section from the FET section of the vapor and need only extend as far as layer 5 . |
| 5 | Some providers have already gone as far as to produce prospectuses outlining their services . |
| 6 | No , I must say that things have now gone so far as to justify me in feeling considerable uneasiness about his continued absence . ’ |
| 7 | Some ingenious souls have even gone so far as to suggest that the correct attitude to fat , which makes sense in nutritional , agronomic and culinary terms is to aim in general at eating a low-fat diet , and at one in which most of the fat in the diet is polyunsaturated : but to ensure that the small amount of saturated fat that did creep in is as delectable as possible , which , of course , with slight deference to beef dripping , means butter . |
| 8 | Some dealers have even gone so far as to pass off their businesses as zoos ( see BBC WILDLIFE , November , p798 ) . |