Example sentences of "and [noun] as far [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the reading skill required is that of interpreting such things as labels and road signs , they should pursue the normal targets and programmes as far as possible for their own safety , though they may need help where practicable to interpret these things through other than ordinary visual means . |
| 2 | Across Europe , from the war-devastated areas of France and Germany as far as Greece and Italy , from Austria to Hungary , Poland , and Romania , Bischof carried his camera equipment and bundles of warm clothing for those in need , infinitely caring , attentive to all victims , but above all to children . |
| 3 | The trees over Three Island Pond bent to the left with its force , and Creggan saw from the shadows that such ducks as were visible were taking shelter on the lee of the islands , bunching together for warmth and sinking their necks and heads as far as they could into their breast feathers . |
| 4 | One minute you 're surrounded by the modern bustle of Egypt 's capital — the next you come face to face with ancient history as a sprawling housing estate is replaced by the stately pyramids and sand as far as the eye can see . |
| 5 | The primary aim of the project is to provide a critical analysis of the public sector 's role and philosophy as far as leisure is concerned . |
| 6 | The plain stretched north and south as far as the eye could see and there was no sign of either vegetation or habitation — nothing but dust , rock and sand . |
| 7 | ( i ) The highest possible operating convenience and efficiency ; ( ii ) Easy and direct means of access and egress for passengers and vehicles ; ( iii ) The standardization of construction and equipment as far as the site and circumstances permit ; ( iv ) Its immediate recognition as a railway station within the limits of harmony with its surrounding . |
| 8 | Heaters and uplifts would be positioned behind rocks and bogwood as far as possible . |
| 9 | The main , Western tradition began only in about 600BC in Asia Minor and spread to cover most of Europe , the Mediterranean world and Asia as far as India ; a separate Eastern tradition came into being in China in about the sixth century BC . |
| 10 | A tutor-organiser ( or equivalent ) who as a professional employee is susceptible to discipline if he or she proves negligent or misguided , can help to ensure that the voluntary movement lives up to its obligations — through advice and encouragement as far as possible , through seizing the initiative himself if there is no alternative . |
| 11 | Its a very stressful situation and its a very artificial situation , very often your on your own and there 's a lot of things happening , your in busy traffic or your on a very dangerous road or whatever and I think sometimes and I 'm not saying there 's any difference between male and female as far as that 's concerned but I think its a way of your , getting your er aggression out |
| 12 | Bede says of the episcopal authority of Bishop Wilfrid in the reign of Oswiu that it embraced Northumbrians and Picts as far as the power of Oswiu extended ( HE III , 3 ) , and the Life of Wilfrid that in the reign of Ecgfrith it widened still further so that Wilfrid was bishop of the Saxons ( that is , the Northumbrians ) in the south and the Britons , Scots and Picts in the north ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 21 ) . |
| 13 | Outside the kitchen were brambles and thistles as far as the eye could see . |
| 14 | The land was not flat now but undulating , rising no more than a few feet in various shades of brown and gold as far as the eye could see . |
| 15 | But a small part of her cried that Ace seemed to have lost all sense of kindness and decency as far as she was concerned . |
| 16 | It was very much a matter of life and death as far as the industry was concerned . |