Example sentences of "[adv] as far as [art] " in BNC.
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1 | In certain species , the long , fine roots trail below as far as the muddy or sandy bottom and anchor the plant , still giving it ample freedom for floating . |
2 | Windows was the environment of choice — the DOS version works identically as far as the mechanics are concerned , except that pretty Windows graphics are replaced by character based displays . |
3 | Er it means generally that I 'm coming home quite late , so as far as a daily paper 's concerned , I 'm really not very much interested . |
4 | It is also likely that the ads for the more expensive and unusual products will be of greater general interest than those for the cheap day-to-day items : it is quite tempting to study in detail an ad for an expensive car , or browse through the ‘ houses for sale ’ columns , even if you aspire only as far as a second-hand Escort and have no intention of moving house within the next 10 years . |
5 | Then he strode away — but only as far as the corner of the hearing room , temporarily out of range of the television cameras . |
6 | They got only as far as the gate of Cell Block 6B . |
7 | The French government acceded to her request that she be buried at Malmaison , but her son was permitted to accompany the funeral only as far as the frontier between France and Switzerland . |
8 | ‘ No , sir , only as far as the actual competition , which they organize . |
9 | Whilst most modern witch covens can be traced back only as far as the revival stimulated by Gerald Gardner and the repeal of the Witchcraft Acts in the 1950s , there still exist traditional covens which date back much further . |
10 | The direct influence of the LLP extended only as far as the metropolitan boundary at Bethnal Green ; the West Ham Labour Party was autonomous . |
11 | Local government capital expenditure is ‘ cash limited ’ , but current expenditure is cash limited only as far as the overall total of the Rate Support Grant ( RSG ) 3 is concerned . |
12 | The tendency to see only as far as the limit of particular function . |
13 | Perhaps the notice could be altered to indicate that the path leads only as far as the river . |
14 | ‘ The evidence extends only as far as the lower scapula , does it not ’ He could have been wearing an off-the-shoulder toga . ’ |
15 | Once or twice they walked together as far as the river . |
16 | Murray and Ramsay rode together as far as the ford at Sunlaws , a wooded terrain of bluffs and hillocks , another Heiton peel-tower and the riverside mill . |
17 | Magnificent Karnak , with its corridors of stone rams , sky-embracing pillars and gigantic inscrutable statues , stretching apparently as far as the eye can see , is breathtaking . |
18 | But we do n't as a regular thing do much as far as the public is concerned but what we do do is training for tropical foresters , and during the summer vac . |
19 | Damon could copy anyone 's handwriting and had been told by their class teacher , in a burst of anger , that he would go far , perhaps as far as the Scrubs for forgery . |
20 | Tendrils of Virginia creeper crept down as far as the window-frame , and progressed on little circular suckers across the glass , at huge vegetable speed . |
21 | He left her at her door ; they had not gone down as far as the Green that day . |
22 | He told Sharpe his patrol was one of the many that daily scouted south to the French border and beyond ; this particular troop had been ordered to explore the villages south and east of Mons down as far as the Sambre , but not to encroach on Prussian territory . |
23 | Or only down as far as the moment when the Tiber is hurled back violently from the Etruscan shore ? |
24 | The combination of the skin 's reaction and the effects of the digestive process results in the formation around the mite 's mouthparts of a tube — an eschar — surrounded by scar-tissue and pigmentation which goes down as far as the germination layer of the skin . |
25 | Consequently , social groups down as far as the craftsmen and artisans developed " an appetite for mass-consumption " which survived the impact of faster population growth in the second half of the century . |
26 | Latvian tombs , hoards of treasure found in Estonia , jewellery , statuettes and household articles discovered in Poland , together with objects from the Byzantine and Islamic worlds illustrate how this people of warriors and merchants expanded eastward as far as the Caliphate of Baghdad , while excavations in ‘ Norman ’ territory ( at Downham in Norfolk and in the vicinity of Rouen ) provide proof of Norse expansionism in another direction . |
27 | At least , not as far as the sailing was concerned . |
28 | Not as far as the insurance company are concerned . |
29 | The grassy countryside was flat on either side , stretching away as far as the eye could see . |
30 | Well they , they had gone into the production of er steel er turning er in such a way that er they looked for the best possible tools er in order , one , that they could produce the item more cheaply as far as the employing class is concerned , they want to produce it as cheap as they can and probably sell it the dearest . |