Example sentences of "[adv prt] as far as [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keeping your knees flat on the floor , bring your head and shoulders forward and down as far as possible with elbows pointing outwards . |
| 2 | The best thing for them to do would be likewise to get their profits up as far as possible above the datum line . |
| 3 | The law relating to family settlements was therefore concerned with the ways in which limited interests could be created in favour of various members of the family , stretching out as far as possible into the future . |
| 4 | The Ness is shallow and peaceful , and the murmur of its flowing falls plaintively on the ear , in sympathy with the song of the birds , and the summer tintings of the trees , and the musings of those who seem to love each turning in the paths ; while the waters of the rapids of Niagara make the onlooker hold back his breath , and keep back as far as possible from the wild leaping of the swift-rushing waters . |
| 5 | So Alice refused all offers of alcohol from the solicitous hostess in First Class , rejected the proffered magazines , donned her eyepads , and lay back as far as possible in what the airline liked to call her armchair . |