Example sentences of "[adv] far as one [modal v] tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far as one can tell from the scanty evidence available they had been something short of that . |
| 2 | ‘ And , so far as one can tell , he regretted it ever after . ’ |
| 3 | We went in gingerly but as far as one could tell the floor was solid except for the one strip over the missing bit of beam . |
| 4 | Mr de Klerk 's main criterion , as far as one can tell , in deciding who is released first is to attempt to minimise the chances of mass political gatherings giving way to violence and , the great nightmare , loss of government control . |
| 5 | As far as one can tell from his letters , he was pleased with it although it did not sell . |
| 6 | Other experimenters have used different forms of apparatus with layouts that seem very unlikely , as far as one can tell , to induce such strategies . |
| 7 | All but two of the books reviewed were opposed to testing , as far as one can tell from the reviews , and were praised for their position . |
| 8 | As discussed above , in Mehmed II 's time there were , as far as one can tell , basically three grades of medreses above the 40-akce level : and the Sahn . |
| 9 | The list of such marked words is not a particularly long one : for the relevant parts of the body we have vit , coilles , con and cul which correspond in meaning , and , as far as one can tell , in tone , to current English prick , balls , cunt and arse ; as actions foutre ( fuck ) or occasionally alternatives such as corber ( lay ) ; as bodily excretions merde and pet ( shit ; fart ) . |