Example sentences of "as far [subord] [pron] go " in BNC.

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1 As far as we went last night ?
2 These ideas are plausible as far as they go , but I find that they do not begin to square up to the formidable challenge of explaining culture , cultural evolution , and the immense differences between human cultures around the world , from the utter selfishness of the Ik of Uganda , as described by Colin Turnbull , to the gentle altruism of Margaret Mead 's Arapesh .
3 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 .
4 He added : ‘ The facts will be accurate as far as they go .
5 The few models which have been developed to date may have been correct as far as they go but are clearly incomplete .
6 The 1992 pension increases are welcome , as far as they go .
7 I was interested to read your recent articles on commercial diver training , which were very good as far as they went .
8 The landlady was going out to see the workers among her hay some miles down the glen ; her man-servant ( the Hermit of Glencoe ) drove , and she asked if I would come with them as far as they went .
9 And that is — I am afraid - as far as it goes .
10 This book , therefore , is good and probably reliable as far as it goes .
11 Darwin 's concept of evolution may hold water as far as it goes , but without the inclusion of an omnipotent ‘ Master Mind ’ , working from outside to plan the possibility of purposeful development , it makes no sense to me at all .
12 Now , for the 10 per cent of house-buyers who rely on this report , or even the 15 per cent who rely on a mini-survey , that 's fine as far as it goes — and I would not wish to discourage anyone from having a professional survey , or ever advise against one — however , all the surveyors I know would prefer knowledgeable clients who had carried out their own surveys first and could present their results to them for investigation and comment .
13 Several said firmly that suitability and fitness should be the only criteria , and that is fine , as far as it goes .
14 THIS is a very long , very expensive and very highlevel book on human intelligence which will undoubtedly become , for many years to come , and as far as it goes , a standard book of reference , It has five parts , dealing respectively with the nature of intelligence and its measurement ; cognition , personality and intelligence ; society , culture , and intelligence ; the phylogeny and ontogeny of intelligence ; and a metatheory of intelligence .
15 I doubt it myself , for the reason that introduced the words ‘ as far as it goes ’ above : the book simply leaves out of account the most important recent developments which foretell a revolution in the measurement and understanding of intelligence .
16 As I said before , the Handbook of Human Intelligence is excellent as far as it goes , but it certainly does not go far enough ; perhaps the second edition will improve on this sad state of affairs !
17 As far as it goes , the book is a useful catalogue of the havoc wrecked by Reagan , but it is openly partisan and should be read as such .
18 Particularly harrowing are the reports that De Klerk 's political liberalisation ( as far as it goes ) has resulted in many police officers resigning and joining right wing commandos .
19 Great as far as it goes , but where are the mighty affirmations of life that soul once was ?
20 This is fine and dandy , as far as it goes .
21 As far as it goes .
22 Like a couple of chums , but that 's about as far as it goes .
23 As far as it goes , the order has the support of the industry , although that support is not unreserved , does not come from all quarters and does not relate to all aspects of the provisions .
24 I understand that the Government 's policy is to target pensioners and , as I said , the increase in premiums is welcome as far as it goes .
25 It has widespread support in the House as far as it goes , but missing is legislation to protect against victimisation .
26 Fine , as far as it goes .
27 ‘ I have no future but my children and my wife will take it as far as it goes .
28 This was , of course , true as far as it went .
29 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 .
30 As far as it went .
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