Example sentences of "as far as [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Start with black powder eyeshadow on a fine brush , gently build up a fine line close to lashes and out as far as is flattering . |
| 2 | As far as is known all Sussex records refer to the race albifrons , except for a bird showing the characters of the race flavirostris at Wiggonholt on 27 January 1956 . |
| 3 | Kites probably ceased to breed in Sussex about 1825 , and des Forges and Harber give 21 records between 1863 and 1960 , all for the period September to May as far as is known . |
| 4 | As far as is known all the records have been for the period spring to autumn . |
| 5 | As far as is known , AIDS began fulminating in the gay communities of New York City and San Francisco in the late 1970s . |
| 6 | As far as is known , no disease ever has been transmitted with cocoa material distributed from Kew , but the danger is real , and without such quarantine facilities the spread of such diseases as witches ' broom would be almost impossible to prevent . |
| 7 | As far as is known there are no reports of fertile male mules , though they are far from impotent . |
| 8 | In considering the development of a conscience in the newborn child , the first thing is to acknowledge that , as far as is known , he is not born with any such facility . |
| 9 | The spirit of true craftsmanship is , however , best seen in those items which , as far as is known , were unique in their time and which required all the craftsmen 's skills to achieve . |
| 10 | As far as is known practical tests of centrifugal launchers were never undertaken , and with hindsight it is difficult to imagine that they could have proved to be a practical notion , requiring large structures and imposing high stresses on man and machinery . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , as far as is known , no written parchments have survived from the Minoan civilization , and it may be that the finest Minoan thoughts were never committed to writing . |
| 12 | As far as is known , very few people in Islay kept a diary at that time and in those which have survived the entries are short and appear to have been inspired by the prospect of emigration or a return to their native heath by one who had spent many years abroad . |
| 13 | As far as is known , very few people in Islay kept a diary at that time and in those which have survived the entries are short and appear to have been inspired by the prospect of emigration or a return to their native heath by one who had spent many years abroad . |
| 14 | The Cooking Centre was vacated and as far as is known nothing has happened . |
| 15 | The Cooking Centre was vacated and as far as is known nothing has happened . |
| 16 | As far as is known there are no side effects — a procedure can not alter any quantity not represented in the data structure and not appearing as a VAR parameter of the procedure . |
| 17 | The epidemiology of H pylori infection , as far as is known , supports a faecal-oral , or oral-oral route of spread . |
| 18 | As far as is known the Bank of England has not issued any direction to any bank : it relies on ‘ moral suasion ’ and the co-operation of the banks . |