as far as possible

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as far as possible and so far as possible

as much as possible; to whatever degree is possible. We must try, as far as possible, to get people to stop smoking in buses. As far as possible, the police will issue tickets to all speeding drivers. I'll follow your instructions so far as possible.

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They differ, again, in their length: for Tragedy endeavours, as far as possible, to confine itself to a single revolution of the sun, or but slightly to exceed this limit; whereas the Epic action has no limits of time. The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context He prescribed more physical exercise as far as possible, and as far as possible less mental strain, and above all no worry--in other words, just what was as much out of Alexey Alexandrovitch's power as abstaining from breathing. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context This is as far as possible from the criticism that enlightens and ennobles, but it is still the ideal of most critics, deny it as they will; and because it is the ideal of most critics criticism still remains behind all the other literary arts. My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context			artist arty-farty as a duck takes to water as a last resort as a matter of course as a matter of fact as a result as a rule as a token as a whole as American as apple pie as an aside as as they come as bad as all that as best can as bold as brass as common as muck as drunk as a lord as far as as far as anyone knows as far as are concerned as far as goes as far as I can see as far as is concerned as far as it goes as far as possible as follows as for as free as a bird as good as as good as word as hell as I expected As I live and breathe! as I see it as I was saying as if as if own the place as it comes as it stands as large as life as likely as not as long as as luck would have it as much as as much as anything as old as the hills as one man as opposed to as pissed as a fart as quick as a flash			as far as could tell as far as could tell as far as could tell as far as goes As Far As I As Far As I Am Aware As Far As I Am Concerned As Far As I Can Recall As Far As I Can Remember as far as I can see as far as I can see As Far As I Can Tell As Far As I Have Noticed As Far As I Know As Far As I Recall As Far As I Remember As Far As I See As Far As I Understand As Far As I Understand It As Far As I'm Concerned as far as is concerned as far as is concerned as far as is concerned as far as is concerned As Far As Is Known as far as it goes as far as it goes as far as it goes as far as it goes as far as it goes as far as possible As Far As We Can See As Far As We Can Tell As Far As We Know As Far as Wikipedia Knows As Far As You And Me Are Concerned As Far As You Can Tell As Far As You Know As Far As You're Concerned As far forth as As Far Forward As Possible As Fast As Humanly Possible As Fast As I Can As Fast As Light As Fast As Possible As Fast As You Can As Fate Runs Through as fed as fed As ferforth as as fit as a fiddle as fit as a fiddle as fit as a flea as fit as a flea as fit as a flea as flat as a pancake as flat as a pancake as follows as follows as follows as follows

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