Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] far as it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paschal 's grant of 1103 certainly extended the primacy to Anselm 's successors , but only so far as it had been ‘ enjoyed by Anselm 's predecessors ’ . |
| 2 | Furthermore s. 2(4) European Communities Act 1972 provides that any Act of the Westminster Parliament shall be presumed not to conflict with EEC legislation , and will be given effect only so far as it does not conflict with the EEC legislation . |
| 3 | The best advice is : aim at concentrating all your intelligence on the specific question , and bring in your knowledge only so far as it is relevant . |
| 4 | An organisation will be effective only so far as it helps individual members to achieve their own personal objectives , and a large part of the task of management is therefore concerned with this problem . |
| 5 | Great as far as it goes , but where are the mighty affirmations of life that soul once was ? |
| 6 | So that was all right as far as it went . |
| 7 | This was all right as far as it went . |
| 8 | ‘ It has served me perfectly well thus far as it is , Miss Kenton , though I appreciate your thoughts . |
| 9 | This was , of course , true as far as it went . |
| 10 | It 's a long road from here to there — at least as far as it was from there to here via Jamaica ! |
| 11 | Merely pushing the lever forwards as far as it will go is not enough because the lock may be very stiff . |
| 12 | When the body is bent forward as far as it will go , the leg muscles are held tense and the position maintained for a count of ten . |
| 13 | The student sits on the floor and opens his legs in front of him , pushing his body weight forward as far as it will go . |
| 14 | If , instead of ( 29 ) , I say ( 30 ) , then I direct you to pay particular attention and care to each of the operations involved in doing ( 29 ) , this being an implicature of the use of the longer expression : ( 29 ) Open the door ( 30 ) Walk up to the door , turn the door handle clockwise as far as it will go , and then pull gently towards you But perhaps the most important of the sub-maxims of Manner is the fourth , " be orderly " . |