Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [adv] far [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both groups have an interest in maintaining the capitalist system , but the professional-managerial class have an interest in maximizing its own independence or autonomy ; the ruling class , on the other hand , try to restrict it as far as possible . |
| 2 | If time permits , we would be happy to accommodate you as far as we can . |
| 3 | Alfieri watched out for his clients and tried to help them as far as his job would allow . |
| 4 | He made good speed down to the river , and then there was a path to aid him as far as the mill . |
| 5 | A young child faced with a row of cups and a pile of saucers might have no other way of finding whether he has enough saucers to put with the cups than to match them as far as possible , one-to-one . |
| 6 | It also demonstrates that the findings of research support a coherent policy to identify family needs at times of stress and develop services and good practice to match them as far as possible . |
| 7 | The fact that this revelation would doubtless be made in a context of privacy and confidentiality so as to insulate him as far as possible from the prying eyes of scandalmongers may not reduce his desire to put actual and legal distance between himself and his spouse . |
| 8 | I belonged to them in the sense that when I was interested in something I tried to understand it as far as possible and , of course , even tried to make use of it . |
| 9 | The prison inspectorate gives the project full support and urges the governor to continue to develop it as far as possible within the constraints of the Penninghame regime . |
| 10 | It was a small shed , rather like a Dutch oven in shape , set well up into the prow to remove it as far as possible from the passengers ' cabins . |
| 11 | How had he managed to get us as far as that ? |
| 12 | The easiest and most commonly used method was to ignore them as far as possible . |
| 13 | I got Bunny out of the pub just before chucking-out time and with a bit of persuasion he agreed to take me as far as Hackney , dropping me off at the end of Stuart Street . |
| 14 | She had chosen , he reflected aggrievedly , to ignore him as far as possible . |
| 15 | Here it is important with all clients including elderly people to involve them as far as possible in the advocacy process , otherwise the client may end up feeling even more powerless , while some determined advocacy is undertaken on his/her behalf . |
| 16 | Barton was the only one of the three to make it as far as the quarters , but he still had to come through another two heats to overhaul Hardman 's tally of points . |
| 17 | It looked enticing and we decided to follow it as far as we could . |