Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [adv] far [conj] " in BNC.

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31 The book describes it thus : ‘ A good road as far as Whitfield Inn , but Staward Bank doubles back on itself three times and makes some dangerously sharp turns .
32 William says that he wants to win and then hopefully look towards the world championship and then the next Europeans … it 's been a good year so far so he hopes it ends like that anyway
33 Women are less likely to examine data , whereas analysing somebody else 's balance sheet and profit and loss account is better than a good whodunit as far as top businessmen are concerned .
34 There 's a lot to be said for the modern falconry centres — anything that helps people to appreciate birds of prey is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned — although it 's a shame they have to be turned into tourist attractions .
35 You have to have confidence in your own ability and being black is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned 'cause I 've had to sample bits and pieces of how life can be nasty and it 's done me good .
36 That had to be a good thing as far as she was concerned , she told herself , so therefore she took him exactly at his word .
37 it is a good theory so far as it goes .
38 Another university member of a CNAA Committee commented that the CNAA ‘ does a meticulous job as far as I can see and the overall standard of CNAA courses which gain approval is probably much higher than in most universities ’ .
39 Wednesday 12 February 1800 was a commonplace day as far as the Pearmans were concerned .
40 In the long term , manoeuvring an inflatable dinghy between whales and whalers is not alone a dramatic event as far as the world 's whales are concerned although , of course , it temporarily delays a killing .
41 He did see himself very much as a responsible figure as far as other people 's well being was concerned when it came to this , and this was probably based on the fact that his step-brother , Terry , by his mother 's previous marriage , was classified as schizophrenic , a problem which David felt could be hereditary . ’
42 The foot of the League is beginning to take on a familiar appearance as far as Athletico is concerned :
43 Is that a hot area so far as the arts are concerned ?
44 The auditors owe a duty of care to the shore share holders collectively , not to individual share holders or what are called stake holders , employees for example , er nor do auditors have a general duty so far as the public interest is concerned .
45 Lucker rolls a joint which is a big mistake as far as I am concerned .
46 And when species differ in colour pattern , for example , it not at all infrequently turns out that it 's just one gene , or perhaps a couple erm I mean trituris marmaratis , which is rather a nice green newt , christatus , which is rather a nice black and yellow spotted newt , you can hybridize them and the difference is due to a single gene as far as the colour is concerned gene .
47 Well I say the er it 's a fair result as far as catchment is concerned , it 's one parish to the next .
48 Now er they are then in a situation perhaps often those people who are er less financially well off and sometimes in jobs which this particular might very well lose tomorrow erm their in a difficult situation as far as paying back mortgages is concerned .
49 The Premier League got off to a wonderful start as far as its detractors were concerned when Arsenal lost 4-2 at home to Norwich , a side still stubbornly refusing to go back to what is considered their rightful place near the bottom of the League .
50 er and that agreement is to look after the spouse , there is never and there has never been in our law , and there is n't now , a clean break as far as children are concerned .
51 Ultraviolet light is a mixed blessing as far as living things are concerned .
52 A host state may restrict the activities of a financial institution as far as it is justified by the general good .
53 When sexual activity results from obsession in a parent with offspring simply because they are offspring ( a rare situation so far as I know ) psychotherapy may rectify deviant desire .
54 ‘ Apart from my arthritis , I 'm now a new man as far as the old ticker is concerned , ’ he said .
55 September 1990 saw the beginning of a new era as far as SCOTVEC 's Advanced Courses were concerned .
56 ‘ And he set us on a new track as far as putting human rights violations in a political context was concerned .
57 Most are concentrated on Medway wing , but not all , and there is no sense of a special regime so far as they are concerned .
58 One critic of the Salon d'Automne wrote : ‘ The prize for idiocy this year is retained by M. Picabia … while M. Kupka has turned to sphericism , ’ while Hourcade felt that Picabia had ‘ pushed a bad theory as far as it can go . ’
59 You 're in a dead end as far as Charlie 's records are concerned , and even if you get your hands on them you 've no guarantee they 'll be of any use .
60 The verdict of the clerk to the select committee of 1824 which reviewed it was that it had been a dead letter so far as " those artisans on whom it was intended to have an effect " , namely printers , tailors , shoe makers and shipbuilders in London who continued " their regular societies and houses of call as though no such act were in existence " .
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