Example sentences of "as [adv] [conj] it go " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that is — I am afraid - as far as it goes . |
| 2 | This book , therefore , is good and probably reliable as far as it goes . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Several said firmly that suitability and fitness should be the only criteria , and that is fine , as far as it goes . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Particularly harrowing are the reports that De Klerk 's political liberalisation ( as far as it goes ) has resulted in many police officers resigning and joining right wing commandos . |
| 11 | Great as far as it goes , but where are the mighty affirmations of life that soul once was ? |
| 12 | This is fine and dandy , as far as it goes . |
| 13 | As far as it goes . |
| 14 | Like a couple of chums , but that 's about as far as it goes . |
| 15 | As far as it goes , the order has the support of the industry , although that support is not unreserved , does not come from all quarters and does not relate to all aspects of the provisions . |
| 16 | I understand that the Government 's policy is to target pensioners and , as I said , the increase in premiums is welcome as far as it goes . |
| 17 | It has widespread support in the House as far as it goes , but missing is legislation to protect against victimisation . |
| 18 | Fine , as far as it goes . |
| 19 | ‘ I have no future but my children and my wife will take it as far as it goes . |
| 20 | This was , of course , true as far as it went . |
| 21 | Against this , as we saw , the existentialists argued that rather than making futile attempts to " eliminate " the problem one should subject it to a different type of treatment that would help place it in a proper philosophical perspective , and this was correct as far as it went . |
| 22 | As far as it went . |
| 23 | So that was all right as far as it went . |
| 24 | It was a pleasure — as far as it went . |
| 25 | This was all right as far as it went . |
| 26 | Playing out of defence , however , was about as far as it went , though in the closing stages they produced the most sustained attacking football of the afternoon . |
| 27 | The sun came up about as often as it went down , in the long run , and a coin showed heads about as often as it showed tails . |