Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [adv] far as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The combination of the skin 's reaction and the effects of the digestive process results in the formation around the mite 's mouthparts of a tube — an eschar — surrounded by scar-tissue and pigmentation which goes down as far as the germination layer of the skin . |
| 2 | ‘ That was seventeen years ago and she has n't as far as I know been seen or heard of since ; surely that adds up to a disappearance ? |
| 3 | However , results of an experiment published just before Christmas show in clearer perspective than ever before that quantum theory holds good as far as we can tell . |
| 4 | Perhaps the notice could be altered to indicate that the path leads only as far as the river . |
| 5 | The first view we can call the " empiricist " , and derives from a philosophical tradition which reaches back as far as Aristotle and runs through more historically recent figures such as Bacon , Locke , Hume , J.S. Mill , and , in the twentieth century , the logical positivists and , latterly , the neo-realists . |
| 6 | The larger mire , Thorne Waste , approached by surmounting the incongruous dereliction of Moor Ends Colliery , stretches out as far as the eye can see , an astonishing 6,000 acres of untamed wetland . |
| 7 | The private grounds surrounding the villa offer relaxation either by the swimming pool , which is equipped with deck-chairs and umbrellas , or in the shade of centuries old trees where a meandering spectacle of olive groves , vineyards , fields and hills stretches out as far as the eye can see . |
| 8 | Based in Bristol , Sun Life has a history that stretches back as far as 1810 . |
| 9 | Once a Roman colony , Rimini 's history stretches back as far as 268 BC . |
| 10 | There is one poem in which the I dominates to a remarkable extent and which , since it has been read literally , might seem an exception to my argument , namely 62 : If one reads only as far as this point , or reads the rest of the poem inattentively , one might indeed take this as an attack by the poet on his own narcissism . |
| 11 | According to Divisional Court , however , the literal approach overlooks the discretion which the justices have to do ‘ what they consider to be just in the circumstances : a discretion which the court traces back as far as Kinnis v. |
| 12 | Our knowledge is bounded by our ideas , and extends only so far as they are ideas of real essences . |
| 13 | Now , seeing as my own computer literacy extends only as far as Super Mario Bros , I 'm left feeling a little bewildered by it all . |
| 14 | ‘ The evidence extends only as far as the lower scapula , does it not ’ He could have been wearing an off-the-shoulder toga . ’ |
| 15 | Use of more than one line to steer a kite dates back as far as the 1820s when George Peacock pioneered use of kites for traction of carriages and a boat.He utilised variable tension on two lines to elevate or depress peg-top kites successfully enough to transport as many as 16 lads to a cricket match , including his grandson , W.G.Grace the famous cricketer . |
| 16 | The -300bp construct is deleted to a BamHI site which is -300bp from the cap site and extends downstream as far as the RI site in the last exon ( IV ) . |
| 17 | Windows was the environment of choice — the DOS version works identically as far as the mechanics are concerned , except that pretty Windows graphics are replaced by character based displays . |
| 18 | British Railways , like the Great Western before them , continued to run the supply trains up as far as Cleobury North Crossing . |