Example sentences of "[vb pp] as far as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was completely satisfied with the explanation ; the lawsuit was to be discontinued as far as he himself was concerned , and he had written to Mr. Jennings asking him to withdraw as well . |
| 2 | If she meant to make us nervous , she 's succeeded as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 3 | Managers in their late forties begin to see that they are no longer the up-and-coming stars — indeed they may have come as far as they are going to go . |
| 4 | But they also dislike those who were born into the same station in life , or further down , and who have n't risen as far as they have . |
| 5 | But nothing was done as far as we know . |
| 6 | And you need done as far as I 'm concerned ! |
| 7 | The sparrow was n't too badly injured as far as I could tell , but it was obviously in a state of shock and could n't fly . |
| 8 | If my readers still doubt this let them consider the situation as we find it among societies which have not advanced as far as we have , for instance , among the aborigines of Central Australia . |
| 9 | Women are faced with making a choice between the needs of their children and their own needs , and that is one of the things which , because they 've put the needs of their children , the needs of their dependents , ahead of their own needs , they themselves and the needs of women have not got as far as they could . |
| 10 | but , er , I do n't think they 've got as far as yours have |
| 11 | Thank you Mr Mayor I just wanted t to come in with two fairly quick points er as to why I will not be able to support this amendment , but the first is that the leader of the council has indicated that the efficiency savings erm has got as far as it can go and that , you know , we have been trimming at the margins and there is no more margin left and that leads you to believe that perhaps one should be looking at somewhat more er root and branch type of pruning in the spending that that the labour group want to actually erm deal with , er and the second point I would like to make , and er I thank councillor for giving us a a a a new word tonight obfuscation because that describes exactly what I think the labour group are trying to do by bringing this figure down it removes the embarrassment they would have from having to add on a substantial sum of money f due to the failure to collect the cou er the community charge in previous years and I think that they are trying by by this amendment with some very quick foot work to try and delude the people of this city . |
| 12 | Got as far as you could only use five hundred and forty odd or something was it |
| 13 | The ceremony of innocence was well drowned as far as they were concerned . |
| 14 | He advanced on Nick who had retreated as far as he could . |
| 15 | She had driven as far as she could and now stopped the car . |
| 16 | I know what it 's like these days — we 're all stretched as far as we can go ’ — he sighed — ‘ but I 've had a little think and I see a way round it for you . |
| 17 | The keys to the Cathedral were widely distributed as far as I can make out . ’ |
| 18 | We had n't gone as far as we would have liked , and it was touch and go until the very last moment , but we just squeezed past the point between Tanakeke island and the mainland . |
| 19 | The Principal wrote in November 1967 that the only recourse was ‘ to ensure that every possible safeguard should be written into the constitution of such a scheme ’ , and following local negotiations he considered that ‘ we have gone as far as we are able so far to safeguard the courses and attitudes of this College and we have confidence that the LEA are making every effort to ensure that Diploma in Art and Design ( DipAD ) courses and developments will be given the fullest support , and will not be undermined in any way by the Polytechnic proposals ’ . |
| 20 | By the beginning of this century , however , the towers had gone as far as they could go . |
| 21 | I put it to Andy that it must have been a blow when they split in 1988 , but he , ever the voice of reason , says , ‘ There was no point in trying to keep them together , it had gone as far as they wanted it to go and they wanted to do something different . |
| 22 | Duncan looked at Myeloski ; they had gone as far as they could with the air-traffic controller . |
| 23 | The British opinion , for what it was worth , was that by no stretch of the imagination was Bao Dai 's régime in de facto control ( they also warned the Americans that Schuman would claim that the French had gone as far as they could in Vietnam without creating trouble in French North Africa ) . |
| 24 | However the government has not gone as far as it might have . |
| 25 | JUST when you thought frilly knicker and bra design had gone as far as it could , Sherwood Group is set to go further . |
| 26 | As the years unfold , the penny will drop in the general council of the CBI , as much as on the commuter trains from Basildon , that the whole market-based experiment has gone as far as it can — and the new need is for a government and policies that actively manage the instability and short-termism of the British economy . |
| 27 | In reaching 24 processor configurations , Pyramid says it has gone as far as it can with the R3000 . |
| 28 | ‘ I feel that I 've gone as far as I can here , ’ Knowles said . |
| 29 | ‘ I think I 've gone as far as I can with it , ’ said Tony . |
| 30 | She lowered her lashes , said bitterly , ‘ I — I 've never gone as far as I did last night with you ! ’ |