Example sentences of "as it go " in BNC.
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| 1 | As long as it go when you push down it locks it 's fine . |
| 2 | And that is — I am afraid - as far as it goes . |
| 3 | All the same Schneidau 's argument is just and illuminating , so far as it goes . |
| 4 | The story is not an easy one to follow , particularly as it goes back and forth in time , and locations change quickly . |
| 5 | This book , therefore , is good and probably reliable as far as it goes . |
| 6 | ‘ It is of thrilling interest as a story , but it is more than that ; it is a kind of poem , and it has the great virtue of improving as it goes on . |
| 7 | The joker , however , gives the present knowing that in the confusion as it goes off , it may be thrown the wrong way — into the face of the recipient 's partner . |
| 8 | That 's as far as it goes with me . |
| 9 | It 's all based on fashion and what 's ‘ in ’ , and that 's as far as it goes . |
| 10 | Start with the stalwarts of the organisation and let the message fan out from there , snowballing as it goes along . |
| 11 | And that 's as far as it goes . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | This is great as far as it goes , but it needs to go a lot farther ! |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Several said firmly that suitability and fitness should be the only criteria , and that is fine , as far as it goes . |
| 16 | However , the LEA will be responsible for the youth , adult and careers service and could well and an enhanced role to facilitate cooperation between the different phases of education , employers , voluntary organisations and the business community — particularly in the context of the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative as it goes into its extension phase . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ! |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | With their many variants and subdivisions they provide a wonderfully expressive earful for the alert feline as it goes about its business . |
| 22 | In addition to the familiar tail-wagging of a cat in a conflict , there are a number of other tail-signals that indicate the changing moods of the pet feline as it goes about its business . |
| 23 | Second , you should try and incorporate your questions into the interview as it goes along and not leave them all to the end . |
| 24 | The tendency is for everyone in the team to touch the ball as it goes through and to shuffle back each time someone has completed their turn . |
| 25 | If an old person is also disabled and requires special adaptations or improvements to her home , careful study of a booklet entitled Housing Grants and Allowances for Disabled People ( from The Central Council for the Disabled , 34 Eccleston Square , London SW1V 1PE ) can be very helpful , as it goes into great detail on the subject . |
| 26 | Food in a fibre-rich diet stays in the stomach longer ; and it seems probable that the food is less efficiently digested as it goes through the digestive tract . |
| 27 | Gallons of intoxicating percussion guided rhythms fuel ‘ Pot Of Gold ’ like a train rampaging along an empty track as it goes for an energetic jog in the shadows , pacing along a tireless circuit . |
| 28 | An earpiece socket — essential for monitoring the sound as it goes onto the tape . |
| 29 | If we then roll a ball towards this dent , the ball will swerve as it goes by . |
| 30 | We created a revolutionary 24 valve , 3 litre V6 engine with a variable length inlet manifold , enabling the engine to breathe deeper as it goes faster . |