Example sentences of "[vb pp] so far as [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Blake and King begin to complain to each other that they are now wasting their time , since matters are settled so far as they are concerned .
2 The terrified farmboy , Thomas , miserably seasick but comforted by being set to tend sheep , calves and poultry in the depths of the ship , is protected so far as it is possible by the sturdy Jesse , but both are subject to the appalling cruelty of the captain , Daniel Swift .
3 True , at death our essence is finally overcome so far as its actualisation in space and time goes , but as long as we live we can go on realizing it in as full a form as circumstances allow .
4 Staffing standards therefore exceed the 4/73 baseline by a fifth and that should be welcomed so far as it is an attempt to provide favourably for a group in need .
5 But it was the enemy 's country , an enemy whom we had fought so far as one might fight an armed man in a dark room .
6 There 's been one young girl killed so far as I know . "
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