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as far as possible

  1. Also, so far as possible. To the greatest extent, degree, or amount that is attainable. For example, I want to drive as far as possible today, or It was very complicated, but he promised to explain it so far as possible.



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"There will be lots of complications, but we have the obligation to try to go as far as possible."

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It asks schools to freeze tuition for five years and reduce administrative costs as far as possible.

If they fail to confirm the details, the suspects would be taken by the police "under proper escort, in groups as far as possible", and handed over to the border forces for deportation.

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"We want to try as far as possible to avoid those countries enacting any kind of panicky policies," says Prof Gietel-Basten.

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Nick Timothy, Conservative MP for West Suffolk, said while the US military was "welcome", there needed to be "transparency as far as possible on issues like this exercise".

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