Example sentences of "[adj] as far [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | There are over protective parents and there are those that will defend the indefensible as far as their children are concerned . |
2 | ‘ It 's OK as far as I 'm concerned . ’ |
3 | This book , therefore , is good and probably reliable as far as it goes . |
4 | I 'm afraid as far as I 'm concerned you still look about sixteen . |
5 | It 's a load of fucking crap to be quite honest as far as I 'm concerned ! |
6 | He squatted down and propped it against a clump of little bushes , pulling up the aerial as far as it would go . |
7 | ‘ The brief as far as I was concerned was not to imitate a dancehall record , not to try and pretend it came from Gussie 's Music Works or it was a Firehouse Crew production or something . |
8 | I understand that the Government 's policy is to target pensioners and , as I said , the increase in premiums is welcome as far as it goes . |
9 | Russia , Cuba , China , old man Cobbley and all , they were welcome as far as she was concerned . |
10 | But i I did feel it was airing those possible scenarios to get a reaction and I think the forty minutes we 've had discussing that have been extremely valuable as far as we 're concerned . |
11 | Now , for the 10 per cent of house-buyers who rely on this report , or even the 15 per cent who rely on a mini-survey , that 's fine as far as it goes — and I would not wish to discourage anyone from having a professional survey , or ever advise against one — however , all the surveyors I know would prefer knowledgeable clients who had carried out their own surveys first and could present their results to them for investigation and comment . |
12 | ‘ That 's fine as far as I am concerned ’ he says . |
13 | Well he 's off sick as far as I know |
14 | Then came the snow and she had to stay in and watch from the window how it piled up against the water butt , how it lay like a blanket along the sills , how it changed the distance from bluey brown to white as far as you could see . |
15 | He does but they 're not very good as far as we 're concerned . |
16 | I was interested to read your recent articles on commercial diver training , which were very good as far as they went . |
17 | Young Charlie — who was always up to no good as far as I could see — nevertheless had what Tata called ‘ a future ’ . |
18 | You are innocent as far as Her Majesty 's Government is concerned . |
19 | Er , so as far as I 'm concerned and I 'm sure as far as you 're concerned , we are battling this together . |
20 | ‘ She 's in the cottage hospital , still unconscious as far as I know — I 've left one of my boys there in case she comes to , but she 's running a high temperature and they 're afraid of bronchial pneumonia . |
21 | Well again er I would say conditions were were terrible as far as I was concerned , er a as far as tea breaks and what have you were concerned , you did n't have any what we would call official tea breaks , you simply took your chances and made a cup of tea and hid behind a bulkhead or whatever to drink this , er if you got caught by the foreman or the manager or somebody , then you were more or less bagged on the spot . |
22 | But it 's got nothing to do with being a Nazi as far as I 'm concerned … |
23 | Well that was of the interesting things to come out of the study , erm something which was totally unexpected as far as I was concerned , and that was it seemed that the pupils in the mixed ability classes developed more slowly socially than the pupils in the streamed classes . |
24 | Well that was one of the interesting things to come out of the study , something which was totally unexpected as far as I was concerned , and that was it seemed that the pupils in the mixed ability classes developed more slowly socially than the pupils in the streamed classes . |
25 | The kink in the Primarch 's gene-seed might indeed confer will power in regard to enduring pain , even a fascination with torment — how else could any of the cadets have progressed any distance at all , let alone as far as they had proceeded ? — yet plainly there were limits , which this tunnel — so bland in its appearance , so hideous in its effect — seemed designed to test to snapping point . |
26 | He added : ‘ The facts will be accurate as far as they go . |
27 | Now , bearing in mind the very short space of time between now and the close of the enquiry , I want to be sure that as far as objectors and the council are concerned , that this is a course of action which is both acceptable and practical as far as they are concerned . |
28 | They also acquired a very enthusiastic Deputy Headmaster who was very , very keen as far as I remember . |
29 | The few models which have been developed to date may have been correct as far as they go but are clearly incomplete . |
30 | Against this , as we saw , the existentialists argued that rather than making futile attempts to " eliminate " the problem one should subject it to a different type of treatment that would help place it in a proper philosophical perspective , and this was correct as far as it went . |