Example sentences of "[adv] as it goes " in BNC.

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1 long as it goes in n it ?
2 I 'm not as it goes !
3 Crucially , although the impedances between P' 1 , X' and P' 2 are extremely tiny when the bridge is balanced , as soon as it goes out of balance the large primary inductance of the detector transformer comes into play so that the balance condition is very critical and the bridge consequently very sensitive .
4 They have to be on the outside right , cos as soon as it goes through a piece of material you 'll lose all the high frequency to it .
5 Cos it I used to get know when it , when it , soon as it goes tick , tick , tick , tick , ti ti ti ti ti ti tick !
6 Oh it will change again as soon as it goes round to the , to the three four one again er y you do n't see it changing it but
7 Right and it goes like these great funnels spread it Now as it goes down it gets caught down .
8 And that is — I am afraid - as far as it goes .
9 All the same Schneidau 's argument is just and illuminating , so far as it goes .
10 This book , therefore , is good and probably reliable as far as it goes .
11 Darwin 's concept of evolution may hold water as far as it goes , but without the inclusion of an omnipotent ‘ Master Mind ’ , working from outside to plan the possibility of purposeful development , it makes no sense to me at all .
12 Now , for the 10 per cent of house-buyers who rely on this report , or even the 15 per cent who rely on a mini-survey , that 's fine as far as it goes — and I would not wish to discourage anyone from having a professional survey , or ever advise against one — however , all the surveyors I know would prefer knowledgeable clients who had carried out their own surveys first and could present their results to them for investigation and comment .
13 Several said firmly that suitability and fitness should be the only criteria , and that is fine , as far as it goes .
14 THIS is a very long , very expensive and very highlevel book on human intelligence which will undoubtedly become , for many years to come , and as far as it goes , a standard book of reference , It has five parts , dealing respectively with the nature of intelligence and its measurement ; cognition , personality and intelligence ; society , culture , and intelligence ; the phylogeny and ontogeny of intelligence ; and a metatheory of intelligence .
15 I doubt it myself , for the reason that introduced the words ‘ as far as it goes ’ above : the book simply leaves out of account the most important recent developments which foretell a revolution in the measurement and understanding of intelligence .
16 As I said before , the Handbook of Human Intelligence is excellent as far as it goes , but it certainly does not go far enough ; perhaps the second edition will improve on this sad state of affairs !
17 As far as it goes , the book is a useful catalogue of the havoc wrecked by Reagan , but it is openly partisan and should be read as such .
18 Particularly harrowing are the reports that De Klerk 's political liberalisation ( as far as it goes ) has resulted in many police officers resigning and joining right wing commandos .
19 Great as far as it goes , but where are the mighty affirmations of life that soul once was ?
20 An image is a pictorial understanding of a kind which is true so far as it goes , but which falls short of full rational clarity , and must eventually be superseded by a concept .
21 The point about ought and is , so far as it goes , does have some force .
22 This argument seems to me sound so far as it goes , but it does not go very far .
23 it is a good theory so far as it goes .
24 Such an analysis is accurate as far as it goes , but when we consider the sense of the lines it is quite misleading.14 For " by number " is not a method of summoning the stars that is parallel to " by name " .
25 This is fine and dandy , as far as it goes .
26 This is fine so far as it goes , but even Marxist approaches have not always taken things as far as they should go .
27 As far as it goes .
28 The former case , so far as it goes , is undoubtedly consistent with his thesis ; but it is very briefly reported , without any indication of the arguments advanced or cases cited , and the conclusion is encapsulated in one brief sentence .
29 Like a couple of chums , but that 's about as far as it goes .
30 ‘ None , your Grace , so far as it goes .
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