Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] as far as " in BNC.
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1 | Most of these bars have live music , and all have staggered happy hours ( or is it happy stagger hour ? ! ) , so with a bit of forward planning we make sure your budget goes as far as possible . |
2 | My Boss says as far as he 's concerned a crĂȘche is a motor accident in Kelvinside and any self respecting woman should have a good man to take care of her so its only pinmoney anyway and that 's bound to come out in the attitude . |
3 | HOW 'S ABOUT FAT , THEN : The Duchess gets as far as raising a leg but then decides exercise is just too much effort and takes the rest of the sunbathing session lying down |
4 | Overseas suppliers will hold their prices to try and keep as much of their UK market as possible , manufacturers , distributors and retailers will be pressed to contain their price rises as far as possible , and to pass the belt tightening on to their employees . |
5 | Up to the mid-1980s , there was a sharp distinction between most time and sight accounts as far as personal customers were concerned ( i.e. at the retail level ) : time accounts paid interest whereas sight accounts did not . |
6 | Difference bands behave exactly like the corresponding combination bands as far as symmetry selection rules , band contours and polarization are concerned . |
7 | Most of the other 10 queens are on European thrones , but the thin blue-blooded line reaches as far as Queen Aishwarya of Nepal , and Queen Mata-aho of Tonga . |
8 | The Government have always abided by , and agreed with , the additionality rules as far as they apply to Northern Ireland . |
9 | In return , Blackpool trams were granted access to the Company tracks as far as Lytham , but rarely exercised the privilege . |
10 | The new dredge is capable of chasing gold deposits as far as 70 metres inland from ancient water courses . |
11 | The next definition , which we formulate from a desire to get at the fundamental building blocks as far as multiplication in Z is concerned , is intentionally unconventional , introducing , as it does , a familiar concept in an unfamiliar way . |
12 | The deck layout integrates as far as possible all functions , with all the control lines led unobtrusively to self-tailing winches via channels on the deck . |
13 | On particularly clear days ( the locals will tell you that midwinter provides the best of them ) the view reaches as far as the Vosges in France and Switzerland 's Jura . |