Example sentences of "extend so far as " in BNC.

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1 In kung fu one should never allow a technique to extend so far as to be impracticable .
2 It was the duty of the ruling sultan , at least in principle , to extend so far as he could the area controlled by true believers at the expense of that ruled by Christian infidels .
3 However the question in the present case was whether the duty of confidence which the defendant no doubt owed to the plaintiff extended so far as to bar disclosure of the report to the hospital or the Home Office .
4 the right of privacy did not extend so far as to confer a protected right on consenting adults to pursue their own choice in the matter of watching obscene and pornographic motion pictures within a theatre … [ even one ] not open to minors and which gave patrons due notice of the kind of entertainment provided .
5 A punch should not extend so far as to throw the puncher off balance , nor should a block be carried more than six inches above the head .
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