Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] far [subord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ If you want to sell and get as far as enticing a buyer , whoever it is will have the place surveyed , and any surveyor knowing his job will condemn it out of hand . |
| 32 | Some fat old hag in a dirty apron came and said so far as she knew you were in hospital . |
| 33 | So he divided the people , half to scour the right bank of the river down the forested links and narrows as far as the meadows above Logierait and force a signature from every proprietor , half to come with him to the north side ; they would all meet at Haugh of Ballechin after the sun had set and plan for tomorrow . |
| 34 | And expectations that we work , be active , and conceal as far as possible the very existence of our periods , mean that the instant , ’ disposable ’ , ’ invisible ’ products of the soft paper industry are the obvious choice for the vast majority of women . |
| 35 | You 'll probably need to wash your hands , so start your survey on the upper floor , in the bathroom ; as you wash , check the water pressure in the taps , examine the fittings , lift the carpet in the corners and check the floorboards for damp and woodworm — and inspect the plumbing and heating as far as you are able ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 36 | Bricks and mortar so far as I 'm concerned . |
| 37 | The stress concentration at a crack tip was first calculated by Inglis in 1913 , as we have said , and his results are classic and correct as far as they go . |
| 38 | If you act for the seller of a building estate , even though it comprises no more than a dozen houses or flats , it will repay you to have printed as many documents as possible ( drafts and engrossments of conveyance or lease , contract , etc ) and to anticipate as far as you can a buyer 's preliminary requirements . |
| 39 | The solution would involve mediation by the signatories of the protocol , a proposal hitherto rejected by Ecuador [ see p. 38526 ] , whose territorial claim in the oil-rich area dated back to colonial times and extended as far as the Peruvian town of Iquitos . |
| 40 | It begins just north of the Mexican border and continues as far as Vancouver , sometimes winding inland , occasionally merging with the multi-laned 101 , but always providing fascinating variety . |
| 41 | Yet Iago suddenly wheeled his pony again , and made for the highest point of the ridge , where he could look back over the valley , and see as far as the scattered outer copses and the rim of the forest . |
| 42 | When loaded , the toastracks crossed to the Promenade and travelled as far as Victoria Pier , up Station road and along Lytham Road to Royal Oak , round the Marton route and so back to Talbot Square . |
| 43 | This fertile region , hollowed out and enriched so far as the soil is concerned by glaciation , was once known as the Pays tea Quatre Vallées , and Arreau was its capital , being another of the small centres which flourished in the years when the trans-Pyrenean trade with Spain was at its height . |