Example sentences of "[adv] far [conj] [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There were , as far as Robert could tell , no other members of the British Mission for Islamic Purity , the organization the doctor claimed to represent . |
| 32 | Some of them , as far as Robert could tell , were completely unaware that Dr Ahmed Ali had officially decreed they were no longer worthy to share the planet with him . |
| 33 | It meant , as far as Robert could tell , a kind of consensus . |
| 34 | And as far as Greg could judge there were a great many writers who had found a place in the book who were quite as obscure or more so — poets whose flame had died with the end of the war , one-off playwrights whose experimental verse dramas had caused no more than a ripple of interest even in their own time . |
| 35 | The hotel is very near to the beach ; indeed , its marine view , as far as Rainbow can tell , is its only conceivable virtue . |
| 36 | The police were all , as far as Henry could see , totally incompetent . |
| 37 | Young had , as far as Henry could remember , been sent to Broadmoor . |
| 38 | As far as Henry could remember they gave advice over the phone . |
| 39 | Young had , as far as Henry could remember , suggested the antidote for one of his victims himself . |
| 40 | Donald seemed to be describing the bad old days before Mrs Thatcher , as far as Henry could see . |
| 41 | He looked at Huy — as far as Huy could tell : it was more an impression of being looked at , and there was no reading the expression in the eyes — but spoke to Merymose without preamble . |
| 42 | He showed no desire to rediscover the metropolis ; and when not out visiting or walking did , as far as Ludens could see , nothing ; nothing , that is , except , presumably , think . |
| 43 | As far as Wycliffe could see , the books were a rather austere collection of poetry , classical fiction , and biography . |
| 44 | But the work they did was , as far as Theodora could see , amongst the best the Church could offer . |
| 45 | They did n't do any steering , as far as Masklin could see . |
| 46 | His work , which he pursued at the Town Hall , was never mentioned in the house , and as far as Clara could gather it was mathematical , highly respectable , and highly dull . |
| 47 | As far as Derek can remember this feat never happened again . |
| 48 | Prior Robert , still stonily silent and shocked out of his normal studied dignity , led away his shattered clerk to the second of the two penitentiary cells ; and it was the first time , as far as Cadfael could recall , that the two had ever been occupied at the same time . |
| 49 | His name was Mr Jotter who , as far as Endill could tell , spoke only in rhymes . |
| 50 | As far as Liz can remember the idea came upon them rather more casually , one Saturday morning in early November over breakfast . |
| 51 | It was brown , as far as Hoomey could see , and its ribs stuck out like his own , and its great projecting hip-bones were on a level with his head , sticking out like girders as if to hold the gaunt body together . |
| 52 | high overhead hung , motionless , hawk beyond hawk , buzzard beyond buzzard , kite beyond kite , as far as eye could see . |
| 53 | As far as Lucy could see she was dressed for going out , and her manner was grim . |
| 54 | I recognise that this may not go as far as librarians would wish . |
| 55 | As far as Miles could see the project did little . |
| 56 | A straight corridor , with no side doors or passages , stretched as far as Bernice could see . |