Example sentences of "as far as [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course it 's only a rummage-search , but as far as we 've gone , there 's nothing in that boat at all that has n't a right to be there . ’ |
| 2 | As far as we 've ever heard your group has never told anyone you have us . ’ |
| 3 | If my readers still doubt this let them consider the situation as we find it among societies which have not advanced as far as we have , for instance , among the aborigines of Central Australia . |
| 4 | I 'm sorry it took all this to get them out into the open — as far as they 've come . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | By the second year there was considerable disappointment that they had not developed the purchasing role as far as they had hoped . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She would hardly have been able to get as far as she had already without a very strong image of the outlines of the world , of her own personal dream . |
| 11 | I really think that 's what has made the business stay , and go as far as it has . |
| 12 | It is small wonder that Dr Underwood finds it a ‘ little disconcerting ’ as the inference of the inquiry , as far as it has gone at present , would appear to be that it is better for a child to stay in East London sleeping irregular hours in ill ventilated shelters and eating fish and chips than to have fresh air conditions in one of our Camps with regular hours of sleep and plenty of well prepared wholesome food ( in which vegetables fresh from the garden play a large part ) forming a diet balanced in accordance with the best advice obtainable from the Board of Education and others … |
| 13 | Because er as far as I 'd concerned I 'd never heard of air raids before hand you know , know I had n't and I was , as I say , I was only nine and a half I know but er , I did use to speak to a lot more people than most , er lads of that age did like , you know . |
| 14 | And when they hit me with the INSET thing it was the summer term , the first half of the summer term and I was beginning to fray at the edges , as far as I 'd just got things going , and it was just like something else on top of a lot of pressure already . |
| 15 | But a speck of dirt never hurt anybody , as far as I 've learnt . |
| 16 | That 's about as far as I 've got . ’ |
| 17 | And , as far as I had been able to judge , the feeling was pretty mutual . |
| 18 | Of course , he will have to cope with demonstrations , many of the less sober sort , but , as far as I have heard , he is doing this with massive inscrutability . |
| 19 | As far as I have been able to discover , the first papers in French West Africa to be owned and controlled by Africans were Le Cri Nègre and Le Phare du Dahomey . |
| 20 | The view of these two organizations , as far as I have been able to discover , runs something like this . |
| 21 | As far as I have seen , the BBC has not even seen fit to broadcast a single programme in his memory . |
| 22 | He suggests that ‘ as far as I have been able to grasp the concept , to be ‘ staff ’ means to have authority without having responsibility . |
| 23 | As far as I have been able to find out , it has no specific connection with Bristol but is named after Nonsuch Palace , which was built in Surrey near Hampton Court . |
| 24 | Yet not only had she not said anything but as far as he 'd been able to ascertain she had n't left him any lunch . |
| 25 | Adam himself had never shown any interest in Wyvis Hall , as far as he had noticed . |
| 26 | but , er , I do n't think they 've got as far as yours have |