Example sentences of "in [adv] far as [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 In so far as such doctrines owe anything to economic theory , it is to that body of theorising now encompassed within the term ‘ public choice theory ’ , and particularly to economic models of bureaucracy .
2 Section 682 provides that income arising under a settlement shall be deemed not to have been distributed if and to the extent that it exceeds the aggregate of : ( i ) the sums , excluding all payments of interest , paid in that year by the trustees of the settlement to any persons ( not being a body corporate connected with the settlement and not being the trustees of another settlement made by the settlor or the trustees of the settlement ) in such manner that they fall to be treated in that year , otherwise than by virtue of s677 above , as the income of those persons for the purposes of income tax , or would fall to be so treated if those persons were domiciled , resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and the sums had been paid to them there ; and ( ii ) subject to s682(2)– ( 5 ) ( rules for ascertaining undistributed income where interest is paid by trustees ) any expenses of the trustees of the settlement paid in that year which , in the absence of any express provision of the settlement , would be properly chargeable to income , in so far as such expenses are not included in the sums mentioned in para ( i ) above ; and ( iii ) in a case where the trustees of the settlement are trustees for charitable purposes , the amount by which any income arising under the settlement in that year in respect of which exemption from tax may be granted under s505 of TA 1988 exceeds the aggregate amount of any such sums or expenses as aforesaid paid in that year which are properly chargeable to that income .
3 In so far as such tales are written for our doctrine they must be actively morally interpreted by the reader ; they act through revelation , not mere instruction .
4 But in so far as such voters may have their partisanship reinforced the trends do present a major hurdle to the election of a Labour government .
5 The karate bout has some similarities with a boxing match in so far as both contestants move around the ring exchanging blows .
6 Whether the mother or the father is younger or if they are of the same age , has little effect on the infants ' survival chances , in so far as both parents are in the age most favourable to procreate healthy infants .
7 In so far as these matters were not already solved , the automatic operations of market economics ( on which the analysis therefore concentrated henceforward ) would solve them , to the extent that they were not beyond human solution .
8 Genetics and biology have little to tell us that is relevant , except in so far as these sciences throw light on human nature in general .
9 His work revealed that the Exeter District was under-using the hospital , in so far as most patients were being admitted from the other districts in Devon .
10 Furthermore , they contended , Morris should be preferred to Lawrence , in so far as those cases were in conflict .
11 The Consumer Credit Act 1974 and the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 largely prevent these abuses , but it is true that , in so far as those Acts allow them to , finance companies still insist on the terms being as beneficial to themselves as possible .
12 Well these things may er describe erm sexual behaviour and how to facilitate it , but they ca n't explain it and nor are they really fundamental , because after all okay in mammals males may be the sex defined by the X chromosome , but in birds it 's the other way round in birds it 's the female chromosome and all , in other words , all bird embryos start , start out as male and differentiate into females if they 're going to , whereas in mammals all embryos start out as female and differentiate into males , in so far as those terms have any sense .
13 In so far as any rules had been devised in the past , the principle seems to have been to give power to someone close to the throne , and invested therefore with some of the aura of royalty .
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