Example sentences of "as far as they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sorry it took all this to get them out into the open — as far as they 've come . |
| 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 | Stamford have given me a list of local McCloys and there again not a sniff as far as they know . |
| 8 | ‘ Only as far as they know she had n't seen a doctor . ’ |
| 9 | Each market participant is therefore aware at all times that he can expect to carry out his plans only if these plans do in fact offer others the best opportunity available , as far as they know . |
| 10 | Now as far as they know their money is coming . |
| 11 | As far as they know you 're co-driver on this working holiday . |
| 12 | I was interested to read your recent articles on commercial diver training , which were very good as far as they went . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In as far as they existed at all , relations with these countries were conducted as between tributaries of the Chinese empire . |
| 15 | They were also content to leave the whole affair as far as they knew it , understood it or had allocated the blame for it . |
| 16 | As far as they knew , these 570 people were off to a temperance rally at Loughborough ; most of them were probably unaware that they were taking part in an historical journey — Thomas Cook 's first excursion in 1841 . |
| 17 | According to them she had been at school that day and came out with them at the usual time and , as far as they knew , had gone the usual way home . |
| 18 | The development of such trading centres is only relevant here in as far as they point to the direction in which economy was evolving in the sixth and seventh centuries . |
| 19 | The kink in the Primarch 's gene-seed might indeed confer will power in regard to enduring pain , even a fascination with torment — how else could any of the cadets have progressed any distance at all , let alone as far as they had proceeded ? — yet plainly there were limits , which this tunnel — so bland in its appearance , so hideous in its effect — seemed designed to test to snapping point . |
| 20 | By the second year there was considerable disappointment that they had not developed the purchasing role as far as they had hoped . |
| 21 | The Government have always abided by , and agreed with , the additionality rules as far as they apply to Northern Ireland . |
| 22 | I put it to Andy that it must have been a blow when they split in 1988 , but he , ever the voice of reason , says , ‘ There was no point in trying to keep them together , it had gone as far as they wanted it to go and they wanted to do something different . |
| 23 | But they also dislike those who were born into the same station in life , or further down , and who have n't risen as far as they have . |
| 24 | The power of decision being committed by the statute exclusively to the housing authority , their exercise of the power can only be challenged before the courts on the strictly limited grounds ( i ) that their decision was vitiated by bias or procedural unfairness ; ( ii ) that they have reached a conclusion of fact which can be impugned on the principles set out in the speech of Lord Radcliffe in Edwards v. Bairstow [ 1956 ] A.C. 14 ; or ( iii ) that , in as far as they have exercised a discretion ( as they may require to do in considering questions of reasonableness under section 17(1) ( 2 ) and ( 4 ) ) , the exercise can be impugned on the principles set out in the judgment of Lord Greene M.R. in Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd. v. Wednesbury Corporation [ 1948 ] 1 K.B . |
| 25 | As far as they have been able to check , they believe that they are the only two Scottish CAs in partnership together in Australia , but we would be interested in hearing from anyone who thinks that they might have a claim to that title . |
| 26 | Given full rein to run as far as they want , the plants are living very well and do n't feel in any particular danger , so there is no need for them to waste energy by perpetuating the species and going to the trouble of producing flower and setting seed . |
| 27 | When they have moved forwards as far as they feel they want to go they then leave one of the bottles , place both their hands on the other and have to get back without touching the the floor with any part of their body . |