Example sentences of "as far [subord] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had to live with things as they were , and his work , as far as it existed , was on the plane of helping individuals who had to live , as he did , in the society which existed . |
| 2 | Newcastle 's death in 1768 merely removed the most accomplished practitioner of the system ; the word ‘ party ’ only had political significance as far as it related to the following of great magnates . |
| 3 | This was , of course , true as far as it went . |
| 4 | Against this , as we saw , the existentialists argued that rather than making futile attempts to " eliminate " the problem one should subject it to a different type of treatment that would help place it in a proper philosophical perspective , and this was correct as far as it went . |
| 5 | As far as it went . |
| 6 | So that was all right as far as it went . |
| 7 | It was a pleasure — as far as it went . |
| 8 | This was all right as far as it went . |
| 9 | Playing out of defence , however , was about as far as it went , though in the closing stages they produced the most sustained attacking football of the afternoon . |