Example sentences of "[vb infin] as far as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Lothar himself crossed the Meuse , probably late in September , and announced that he would advance as far as the Seine , Charles 's support in Francia collapsed . |
| 2 | I could not even see as far as the mouth of the burn . |
| 3 | ‘ In the day , ’ said Barbara Coleman , ‘ I can see as far as the Esterel … |
| 4 | It would n't exist as far as the programmer was concerned . |
| 5 | Where a listed company promotes an on-market " buy-in " of its shares , where the shareholders usually sell to an intermediary and the intermediary sells back to the company , the capital gains tax rules , rather than the ACT/distribution regime , will also apply as far as the vendor shareholders are concerned . |
| 6 | The light of the lamp did not reach as far as the high ceiling , and the fire had burned low . |
| 7 | We shall instead suggest ( 40 ) , where the fact that the arrowhead passes through the square bracket is intended to show that the minor property does not simply qualify the entity as a whole , but the fact that it does not reach as far as the round bracket shows that the adjective is not a sense-qualifier : ( 40 ) |
| 8 | The party could only go as far as the unions would allow and their influence was apparent at all levels . |
| 9 | The indecent assaults did not go as far as the rapes but were ‘ equally repulsive ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ We 'll go as far as the village , ’ Sharpe said . |
| 11 | That 's right , but it does n't go as far as the Glen , |
| 12 | And you could only go as far as the money would go , could n't you ? |
| 13 | Certainly , it is important to study bureaucracies as institutions in their own right , even if we would not go as far as the poet Alexander Pope who wrote : |
| 14 | John d'Ancona , who has been OSO 's director-general for 12 years , doubts if it will go as far as the creation of a series of OSO clones operating under the DTI umbrella to deal with specific industrial sectors . |
| 15 | " Wo n't you come as far as the boat ? " |
| 16 | Look , if you do n't mind a bit of running you could just come as far as the Tube with me and we could continue this conversation on the way . |
| 17 | Because of my injury I did get as far as the Spanish Steps and the shops in Rome , but that was the extent of my sightseeing . |
| 18 | They did n't get as far as the Tibetan border , where the exchange rate would have been better . |
| 19 | The comforting knowledge that at least she will get as far as the British Embassy tonight gives her the strength for attack . |
| 20 | D' you think you can get as far as The Angel at Lacock ? |
| 21 | Whether we in this country could ever get as far as the Americans have done , remains to be seen . |
| 22 | He did not get as far as the main Cossack encampments at Peggetz and Oberdrauberg near Lienz , a considerable distance further west . |
| 23 | They did n't even get as far as the bedroom , one of the soft rugs strewn over the carpeting in her lounge serving as their bed of reunion , Maria still partly and Luke almost fully clothed as they subsided on to its subtly glowing colours . |
| 24 | Someone will reach for a tin of fish-paste only to be brought up short by another member of the party reminding them that fish-paste is unclean , while someone else may get as far as the checkout with a year 's supply of baked beans , when , across the crowded shelves of the supermarket , comes a voice reminding them of the danger they are facing . |
| 25 | Could only get as far as the kitchen . |
| 26 | The form is all you have in the initial stages , and if you do n't erm fill it out sensibly then you do n't get as far as the interview , when of course your individual personality can start to come through . |
| 27 | Some swim into the Baltic , others pass through the Straits of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean and may even travel as far as the Black Sea . |
| 28 | A recent claim by an accident and emergency consultant in Sheffield that children , and even adults , could regrow their finger tips , providing that the injury did not extend as far as the terminal or end joint , was greeted with considerable scepticism by the medical profession . |
| 29 | ‘ The disturbed weather will continue as far as the eye can see , ’ said Philip . |
| 30 | Gentlemen may venture as far as the gun room , but the door at the end of the housekeeper 's corridor prevents an encounter with any but upper servants of their own sex . |