Example sentences of "as far [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | As far as everyone knew , he had been the last person to see Zambia at the Club . |
2 | As far as we know , the ancients intended their metalwork , both artistic and utilitarian , to be kept in a brightly polished metallic state , with the possible exception of special alloys such as Corinthian bronze . |
3 | ‘ She 's not getting paid one cent as far as we know . |
4 | Yet as far as we know , these pinpricks to the memory that she was queen of Scots did not seriously upset her ready assumption that her mother would do the job for her . |
5 | ‘ Not as far as we know . |
6 | ‘ He does have Paula with him as far as we know , ’ Monica reminded him . |
7 | The first mention of Christmas Day , as far as we know , was in the Roman calendar for the year 354 . |
8 | As far as we know the microcomputer-based emergency response system devised by Belardo et al. ( 1983 ) , is the only GIS-like software to incorporate this algorithm . |
9 | As far as we know , they all used two or three microphones spaced some yards apart along the front of the orchestra , a technique favoured by American engineers to this day . |
10 | ‘ As far as we know they 've no reason to expect us anywhere , ’ the Leader said , but no-one believed that . |
11 | ‘ No , you can talk quite freely — there 's no phone tapping these days as far as we know ’ |
12 | In addition to the writers and the ‘ business group ’ , many others will be beavering away in the background , preparing costumes and scenery ready for this ( as far as we know ) unique ecumenical presentation of the Gospel message . |
13 | He was known to be a political activist , but as far as we know had no record of violence . |
14 | In yet others an answer has never , as far as we know , previously been sought . |
15 | As far as we know , the first practical application was for the American piston-powered Shelduck target . |
16 | But nothing was done as far as we know . |
17 | ‘ But as far as we know , she is still mechanically fine and she has still got some running life which is why she will be touring the preserved railways . ’ |
18 | A favourite plant in the frescoes is the papyrus , treated in various decorative ways : but the papyrus did not , as far as we know , grow in Crete in the Minoan period , so the frescoes do not factually depict the Cretan landscape . |
19 | She was referred to in the temple archives at Knossos , although as far as we know her nearest sanctuary was the Cave of Eileithyia at Amnisos ( Figure 16 ) . |
20 | Troops who fought for pay were little discussed in the sources ; but Henry I 's insurance policy in the treaty of 1101 — not invoked , as far as we know — cost £500 sterling a year . |
21 | Furthermore , if hood could belong to the set , there seems to be no reason why good should not also have belonged to it ; yet , as far as we know , it never did . |
22 | Then we emerge from these gentle hills into the broad levels of the Welland valley , and here , in the parishes of Great Easton and Bringhurst , we enter a landscape produced entirely ( as far as we know ) by the parliamentary enclosure of 1804–6 . |
23 | As far as we know , no other Esquire contributors can make this claim . |
24 | As far as we know , this is the first detailed attempt to estimate the proportion of congenital abnormalities that are preventable . |
25 | As far as we know , IBM is the only company which offers discount schemes for people with disabilities and charities which work with the disabled . |
26 | As far as we know you 're blood pressure and things have been fine . |
27 | As far as we know , Traherne never married ; according to Wood , he led ‘ a single and a devout life ’ . |
28 | No cover at all as far as we know . ’ |
29 | As far as we know there were only two places where he was likely to feel sufficiently at home to take his jacket off — in his own house and at Laura Passmore 's . ’ |
30 | As far as we know nobody has , but we must n't be afraid to talk about what worries us . |