Example sentences of "[prep] as far as the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And er , on that message , er , it seems , er good enough time to say that 's er , all we have time for as far as the phone calls are concerned on the Breakfast Call this morning .
2 She could see twigs scattered along the lane for as far as the car 's headlights reached .
3 Grazers have the enormous advantage that there is plenty of their favourite food available , all around them , stretching for as far as the eye can see and regrowing time and again regardless of how much they crop it .
4 On hearing this , the king gave orders for the fields around his castle to be planted with almond trees for as far as the eye could see .
5 This is about as far as the development of glues had got by the end of the war .
6 The physical aspect of my journey had collapsed : a heel injury became aggravated , with a cut almost in as far as the bone , and the rest of the tour found me on wheels or afloat more than on foot .
7 The preamble further asserts that the company are making ‘ considerable progress ’ on the remaining portion of the main line between Bishop 's Castle and the Cambrian , which is not exactly according to fact , in as far as the term ‘ considerable progress ’ is popularly understood .
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