Example sentences of "far as [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll start with the facts as far as we know them at the moment . ’ |
| 2 | Their understanding of social action is a ‘ realist ’ one , in so far as they believe there to be general , deep-lying mechanisms affecting human conduct which are triggered in different ways by contingent social circumstances . |
| 3 | Whilst other sections of the population are clearly severely affected by these government policies , disabled people experience these particular ‘ reforms ’ as an attack on their human right not to be incarcerated without trial and conviction , in so far as it renders it in some cases impossible to live outside institutions . |
| 4 | The Revolution had impinged on their consciousness only in so far as it provided them with land , or took away foodstuffs during War Communism . |
| 5 | I like you very much , Shelley , but I will come only as far as you ask me to . ’ |