Example sentences of "[vb -s] only [adv] far as " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps the notice could be altered to indicate that the path leads only as far as the river .
2 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 .
3 Our knowledge is bounded by our ideas , and extends only so far as they are ideas of real essences .
4 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 .
5 ‘ The evidence extends only as far as the lower scapula , does it not ’ He could have been wearing an off-the-shoulder toga . ’
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