Example sentences of "as far [conj] [pron] can tell " in BNC.
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1 | The syllabus includes the ‘ core ’ of chemistry drawn up by the Standing Conference on University Entrance in 1983 , and as far as we can tell is also likely to include the new chemistry core under construction by the School Examination and Assessment Council . |
2 | As far as we can tell , no work has yet been done on the psychology of the train-spotter . |
3 | However , results of an experiment published just before Christmas show in clearer perspective than ever before that quantum theory holds good as far as we can tell . |
4 | As far as we can tell , babies regard their mothers as an extension of themselves , yet not quite connected , rather like those fingers and toes which , although attached , are happened upon in surprise . |
5 | But as far as we can tell he does n't seem to have any brain damage . ’ |
6 | Since 1860 , as far as we can tell , three items that were formerly alternants have been reclassified as categorical [ u ] items ( Patterson , 1860 ) ; thus , the speed of transfer has been very slow , and the set as a whole has been quite resistant to change . |
7 | The murders , as far as we can tell , are motiveless ; the killers are now dead , burned to a crisp both of them . |
8 | As you may know the public seat on Snowhill has recently been removed from its base , as far as we can tell by vandals intent on stealing it . |
9 | The explorer born 100 years too late , variously described as intrepid and bampot , is now back from his 1,350 mile Antarctic trek , about two-thirds of the weight he was when he started , bushy-bearded , staring of eye , and , as far as we can tell , happy . |
10 | Mr de Klerk 's main criterion , as far as one can tell , in deciding who is released first is to attempt to minimise the chances of mass political gatherings giving way to violence and , the great nightmare , loss of government control . |
11 | As far as one can tell from his letters , he was pleased with it although it did not sell . |
12 | Other experimenters have used different forms of apparatus with layouts that seem very unlikely , as far as one can tell , to induce such strategies . |
13 | All but two of the books reviewed were opposed to testing , as far as one can tell from the reviews , and were praised for their position . |
14 | As discussed above , in Mehmed II 's time there were , as far as one can tell , basically three grades of medreses above the 40-akce level : and the Sahn . |
15 | The list of such marked words is not a particularly long one : for the relevant parts of the body we have vit , coilles , con and cul which correspond in meaning , and , as far as one can tell , in tone , to current English prick , balls , cunt and arse ; as actions foutre ( fuck ) or occasionally alternatives such as corber ( lay ) ; as bodily excretions merde and pet ( shit ; fart ) . |
16 | In fact , nobody anywhere — as far as I can tell — has questioned any aspect of this nonsense . |
17 | His death is a sin offering , he gives his life for us , he dies for us , but , as far as I can tell , the New Testament never answers this question : To whom is the sin offering given ? |
18 | I speak from bitter experience as I have worked as a diver for just five days since qualifying as a part 111 diver in December 1990 , and the situation is not that much better , as far as I can tell , for part 1s . |
19 | As far as I can tell , Guitarist has always welcomed valid criticism and suggestions for changes or new ideas , but that does n't mean that they have to follow all of it all of the time . |
20 | Well , league and cup matches may not have quite the lure of England and Australia , but , as far as I can tell , clubs are doing their utmost to keep rugby 's momentum going . |
21 | ‘ As far as I can tell their clubs are doing very well . |
22 | His Maa is , as far as I can tell , fluent and unaccented . |
23 | I work in a trust hospital which , as far as I can tell , has made a successful transition from directly managed status . |
24 | There 's no family anywhere , as far as I can tell , ’ said the other voice . |
25 | As far as I can tell there were cells in London , Edinburgh and Oxford as well as here in Dublin . ’ |
26 | As far as I can tell , Alec never went with a woman again , or had dealings with women . |
27 | ‘ As far as I can tell , ’ Scathach said , ‘ father and son contested the love of the girl — ’ |
28 | As far as I can tell , they have all three led blameless lives , had no criminal connection , kept themselves to themselves and as separate from Moslems as they could , and had no occasion to even meet a Zikr , let alone enter into a relationship with one which might lead them to want to kill him . |
29 | Nor at home , as far as I can tell from his servants . |
30 | As far as I can tell , we have some sort of unspoken agreement that I keep quiet about not officially existing in return for being able to do more or less as I like on the island and buy more or less what I like in the town . |