Example sentences of "as far [subord] it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | We went to the capital , Castries , for the afternoon 's festivities but arrived too late to see the round-the-town mile ( that 's about as far as it is ) . |
| 2 | will always support as far as it is possible to do so . |
| 3 | As far as it is possible to ascertain , this particular meaning appears to manifest itself only as a purely human phenomenon |
| 4 | A host state may restrict the activities of a financial institution as far as it is justified by the general good . |
| 5 | This paint will run as far as it is allowed but will not bleed . |
| 6 | This paint will run as far as it is allowed but will not bleed . |
| 7 | Each should respect the other 's strengths : that the teacher can intervene in a positive way to prevent the acquisition of bad learning and reading habits and to ensure that broad aims and objectives are , as far as it is possible to ensure , reached ; and that the librarian , working in a permissive non-authority setting , can by indirection and suggestion , using the child 's natural behaviour and personally chosen interests , foster the development of activities and skills from which learning and motivation arise . |
| 8 | The other conclusion ( as far as it is permissible to generalize from a single example ) is more important in principle . |
| 9 | The field of art and design education represents a very broad spectrum of study and as far as it is possible to distinguish between ‘ art ’ and ‘ design ’ the former is generally used to denote painting and sculpture and the latter is concerned with the production of graphic material , three-dimensional or textile/fashion artefacts by hand or machine processing . |
| 10 | Steers ( 1964 ) took up this point and argued that the structure and history , as far as it is known , of Blakeney Point pointed to a westwards movement of material in the long term view . |
| 11 | What we sought to do , in terms of Community competence , in the discussions was to extend it in areas where we thought it was appropriate and to define it more adequately than it has been defined in the past in order to prevent , as far as it is possible to prevent it , that element of creeping competence that so offends many people in this country . |
| 12 | It is at this stage that the contract is carefully examined , perhaps for the first time , and the company obtaining the software realizes , too late , that as far as it is concerned , the contract is little more than worthless and does not provide adequately for the situation . |