Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [vb pp] [adv] far as " in BNC.

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1 By the end of August , Brusilov had advanced so far as to make replenishment of men and matériel difficult , often impossible .
2 In Classical antiquity there were connections between Europe and India even before the conquests of Alexander had extended as far as the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent .
3 In the three weeks since , Theda had tried as far as possible to keep her so .
4 By 1990 , IGBP had progressed as far as defining a set of seven core projects ( IGBP 1990 ) addressing these four themes .
5 The fact that IBM Corp has scheduled a board meeting for next Tuesday has analysts speculating like mad that the company may name its new chief executive after the meeting : the only name now being tossed about is that of Louis Gerstner , chairman and chief executive of RJR Nabisco Inc , who shot to favourite in the betting after USA Today reported that talks between IBM and Gerstner had gone as far as discussion of a compensation package .
6 Indeed , Francis Crick had gone so far as to suggest , at least half seriously , that all work in molecular biology and biochemistry on anything else should stop until E. coli was ‘ solved ’ — whatever might be meant by such a solution .
7 After praying together , Duff had got as far as the door , when the old man whispered his name .
8 Louise had gone so far as to allow him access to her papers and portfolio : he and Simon Scher were working on them now .
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