Example sentences of "far as i can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually , as far as I can gather , it 's just their jargon for a bedsit house . |
| 2 | Mine was all about Strong-mindedness , and Gay 's , as far as I can gather , was on Undue Levity , its cause and cure … ’ |
| 3 | Techno of the most pathetic kind , with squealing , oh so excited vocals that will sound familiar to anyone who remembers Bow Wow Wow , not that it 's Ms Louise Wynne , so far as I can gather . |
| 4 | ‘ Matilda , so far as I can gather at this early stage , is also a kind of mathematical genius . |
| 5 | ‘ As far as I can gather from my limited field work they seem to be produced on every possible and impossible occasion . |
| 6 | " The Federation , as far as I can gather , would have allowed us to continue playing . |
| 7 | As far as I can discover , except for the rough translation of a poem by Watcyn Wyn in his Wales ( 1905 ) , there is no further mention of verse of any kind in Edward Thomas 's letters after this Long Vacation . |
| 8 | Although I have mentioned the analogous process with optical film , as far as I can discover magnetic tape was first spliced to make a BBC radio programme . |
| 9 | So far as I can discover , this appears to be some sort of first parliamentary double . |
| 10 | As far as I can discover from replies received or from the 1959 College Register the rest of us , either from choice or to fulfil the conditions of grants or the needs of wartime , became teachers , the length of our service varying accordingly . |
| 11 | In fact , nobody anywhere — as far as I can tell — has questioned any aspect of this nonsense . |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ Mostly , so far as I can tell , they turn a blind eye . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ Far as I can tell . |
| 18 | ‘ As far as I can tell their clubs are doing very well . |
| 19 | His Maa is , as far as I can tell , fluent and unaccented . |
| 20 | I work in a trust hospital which , as far as I can tell , has made a successful transition from directly managed status . |
| 21 | Out of this confusion emerge two major problems that , so far as I can tell , are here to stay . |
| 22 | There 's no family anywhere , as far as I can tell , ’ said the other voice . |
| 23 | As far as I can tell there were cells in London , Edinburgh and Oxford as well as here in Dublin . ’ |
| 24 | As far as I can tell , Alec never went with a woman again , or had dealings with women . |
| 25 | ‘ As far as I can tell , ’ Scathach said , ‘ father and son contested the love of the girl — ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | So far as I can tell , and that 's not as far as I 'd like , on the last few Fridays he 's not been going to any other bank or finance house . |
| 28 | Nor at home , as far as I can tell from his servants . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ That brother of mine is still making his way here , as far as I can tell . |