Example sentences of "far as " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as you are concerned , a covenant can be exceedingly simple . |
| 2 | Without using any money , some of the escapees got as far as North Wales , Yorkshire , and Scotland . |
| 3 | An English handbook written in 1980 even went so far as to state : ‘ The enjoyment of looking ( what we call the aesthetic experience ) is , in fact , the core of the discipline known as Art History . ’ |
| 4 | He disobeyed Baudelaire 's instruction to be partial , or obeyed it only in so far as he took a stand against conservative taste . |
| 5 | His aim in this was as far as possible to translate changes of tones into changes of colour , feeling that only by this method could the full saturation and pressure of colour be realized . |
| 6 | But this was a drama , the story of the circumstances of Van Gogh 's life ; ‘ No attempt has been made , ’ wrote Meier-Graefe , ‘ to make a critical analysis of the pictures , which enter upon the scene only in so far as they concern the drama directly or indirectly . ’ |
| 7 | It is characteristic of the novel that climate and vegetation should count for no less than its comedy of manners , in which the Jewish businessman Harry de Tunja plays an enjoyable part , and that neither of these two elements , so far as they can be distinguished from the rest of the novel , should count for less than the opinions which they help to convey . |
| 8 | The duel in which Lermontov was soon to die is said to have been patterned , so far as its arrangements went , on the one in the novel : the outcome , however , was perceptibly different . |
| 9 | As far as grants are concerned , students who apply for a place are almost certain to have used at least three years ' worth of their local authority grant entitlement while studying at university or polytechnic , and may only be eligible for a further one-year entitlement if they have been accepted at a drama school . |
| 10 | I got as far as Grantchester and I thought , fuck it , yes , why not ? |
| 11 | The two societies gave expression to their own dominant interests as far as possible unhindered by each other 's interference . |
| 12 | The republicanism of Irish socialist nationalists was of course logical in so far as they interpreted imperialism as an enemy of the indigenous population and as an expropriator of the people . |
| 13 | It indicates that a real change did eventually take place after all , in so far as freedom of information and the inappropriateness of direct consultation without public mediation eventually became accepted as something which , at worst , had to be risked and something which , at best , formed an essential task of the construction of a Christian conscience in a Christian society . |
| 14 | The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and , with due regard to the equal right of life of the mother , guarantees in its laws to respect , and , as far as practicable , by its laws , defend and vindicate that right . |
| 15 | Arabella Buckley hissed out the words , but Sven Hjerson thought it very likely they had been carried by the sticky breeze as far as the couple in the prow . |
| 16 | From the yet more gloomy expression on his normally lugubrious face it was evident that he had resigned himself to her companionship at least as far as his hotel perched up far above the sea . |
| 17 | ‘ She has n't got any extensions as far as I can see , ’ I said . |
| 18 | ‘ So far as I can see it 's practically certain Mr Merrivale was in there with her early on in the night , ’ said Ethel . |
| 19 | ‘ As far as I can see only Mr Merrivale is in the clear ’ , went on Mary . |
| 20 | That , I knew , was it as far as my family was concerned . |
| 21 | ‘ We both only got as far as Harwich . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You know , Dorothy , you and I have one thing in common , ’ I remember saying to myself in a Dutch accent , ‘ we both only got as far as Harwich . ’ |
| 23 | Actually , as far as I can gather , it 's just their jargon for a bedsit house . |
| 24 | Merely pushing the lever forwards as far as it will go is not enough because the lock may be very stiff . |
| 25 | one of my sections in the subdivision is thinking of declaring UDI [ unilateral declaration of independence ] from the Divisional Headquarters … as for Headquarters and the Force organizational structure , well that 's just a joke as far as these men are concerned . |
| 26 | Also train on the punch bag , aiming your kicks as high as you can and reaching as far as possible . |
| 27 | The karate bout has some similarities with a boxing match in so far as both contestants move around the ring exchanging blows . |
| 28 | However , do n't thrust the chin forwards and only pull back the withdrawing hand as far as the side of the face — not to the ribs or the hip . |
| 29 | Your leading hand is used to perform a reverse punch , but it does n't travel as far as a refereeing panel would like . |
| 30 | So he divided the people , half to scour the right bank of the river down the forested links and narrows as far as the meadows above Logierait and force a signature from every proprietor , half to come with him to the north side ; they would all meet at Haugh of Ballechin after the sun had set and plan for tomorrow . |