Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [adv] far as possible " in BNC.

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1 Integrated rural development advocates the promotion of community-led initiatives , geared to the needs of specific target groups in the rural population and as far as possible utilising indigenous resources to meet those needs .
2 There is also a belief that as far as possible people should be made to pay for services provided by the state , partly to reduce public expenditure and taxation , and partly because it is believed that charges will increase public pressure for services to be provided efficiently .
3 Freud assumed that the nervous system 's main task is to abolish stimuli and as far as possible ‘ maintain itself in an altogether unstimulated condition ’ .
4 Mill , for all his apprehensions about public opinion and mass ignorance , never abandoned the basic democratic principle that as far as possible the people should govern themselves , and that therefore the ultimate objective had to be the maximum of direct , personal participation :
5 If I have a choice between working for a nice man who let's me get on with my work in my own way and as far as possible on my own initiative and a difficult woman , then I 'm not going to hesitate , am I ? ’
6 ’ Do I qualify as a nice man who lets you get on with your work in your own way and as far as possible on your own initiative ? ’
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