Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [adv] far [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Regular correspondence with the revered minimalist La Monte Young introduced him to the Dadaist movement Fluxus , but by the time he had won a Leonard Bernstein scholarship to the Berkshire School of Music in Massachusetts , ‘ I felt I 'd run my course as far as the avant-garde was concerned ’ . |
| 2 | Well , that 's where you 're in error , both of you , because I 've set my course as far as you 're concerned , Master Tristram , and now I 'll hold to it . |
| 3 | I 'm not saying anything because it 's none of my business as far as I 'm concerned |
| 4 | I sit there quietly revising my priorities as far as expending grief goes . |
| 5 | I will be adding my comments as far as the programme officers are concerned at the close of the enquiry . |
| 6 | The Guv'nor told me to ride Ile de Bourbon in the big race telling me that I knew what he could do and that win was the biggest of my career so far but I 'll always remember Lester who had finished nearly last padding disconsolately into the weighing room and asking me ‘ Did you know your horse had improved so much ’ . |
| 7 | At the ripe old age of twenty-six , I had half-decided to take stock of my life so far and try to decide what to do . |
| 8 | ‘ That morning was the best of my life as far as Test cricket is concerned . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 've learned my lesson as far as you are concerned . |
| 10 | If anybody is successful in bringing in new work into the office , clearly that reflects in their achievements and their objectives , merely that reflects in their assessment so far as er their managers and are concerned and clearly that will will be reflected in their pay , so that will be the way that er we would normally tackle and that would be the way I I was prepared to tackle it . |
| 11 | He told a news conference : ‘ I am very happy with their progress so far and I think they will continue to do well over the next few days . |
| 12 | If you are acquiring a cross-breed , try to establish its parentage as far as possible . |
| 13 | They could save their pennies as far as this one is concerned . |
| 14 | All except Lord Diplock ( and in this he positively disagreed ) held that the GLC had to have regard , when making a grant , to the LTE 's obligation to run its operations so far as practicable , on a break-even basis ; so the GLC could make grants to the LTE only to make good unavoidable losses and not to further a particular social policy . |
| 15 | By the summer of 1943 the Americans were getting into their stride so far as the war in the Pacific was concerned . |
| 16 | Its universality as far as human life is concerned depends on when it actually happened , and we can do no more than guess at the date . |
| 17 | She straightened , stretching her neck as far as it would go , meeting his eyes , if not levelly , at least unwaveringly , as he answered , ‘ A romantic go-between is someone who helps set up romantic meetings . |
| 18 | He cursed her , and blessed her , and fumed away on her errand as far as the door ; and turned there to say with genuine fury : ‘ Am I mad , that I turn you loose to take your chance among wolves ? |
| 19 | Being mostly mechanical in operation , these recorders had their limitations as far as accuracy was concerned . |
| 20 | ‘ Portugal has completely fulfilled its obligations as far as the Deed of Declaration is concerned , ’ Mr De Silva said . |
| 21 | When Aggie swung round with a lightness that always denied her heavy bulk and made hastily for the door , Millie flew after her and , jumping in front of her , threw her arms around her waist as far as they would go , crying , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 22 | She had well and truly burned her boats as far as Luke Calder was concerned , so pity help her if the rumours about his investing in the radio station were right . |
| 23 | Network Appliance has got its machines as far as beta test on less than $1m , its initial $1.4m coming from the likes of Autodesk Inc chief executive Carol Bartz , ex-Digital Equipment Corp engineering vice-president Gordon Bell , former Sun Microsystems Inc president Owen Brown , former Microsoft Corp president Mike Hallman , former NetFrame chief executive David Hanna , Tandem Computers Inc co-founder Jim Katzman and MIPS Technologies Inc co-founder Skip Stritter among others . |
| 24 | Emily swallowed hard , how could she lower her pride so far as to approach the girl she had been so scornful of ? |
| 25 | At the same time the government did not push its reforms as far as some supporters wished ; it did not , for example , place the onus on union members to contract in rather than out of paying the political levy and has done little to break down national wage bargaining which pays little attention to different local labour market conditions . |
| 26 | One of our Committee members , the Rev. Ray Arnold , gave a short address and dedication , saying that enterprises like this one can so easily be a flash in the pan , but this one has surmounted its problems so far and achieved much . |
| 27 | He had n't done a bad job of dictating her actions so far but that did n't mean it had to continue . |
| 28 | The alliance is the first of a series of strategic partnerships Scopus is looking at to complement its functionality as far as automatic testing , test management , source code control , automatic phone call distribution equipment , project planning , software licence management and front-end design CASE tools . |
| 29 | His father died shortly afterwards , and Margery was given permission by her confessor to escort her daughter-in-law as far as Ipswich , where the latter was to take ship for home . |
| 30 | Asthma has a great many things in its favour so far as my present purpose is concerned . |