Example sentences of "that [adv] far [conj] [pron] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed that so far as they were concerned Meehan , guilty or innocent , could stay in Peterhead for ever . |
| 2 | I do not complain about that so far as he is concerned because no doubt it would be an additional and unnecessary expense for him . |
| 3 | It was plain enough now , from the glance he shot in the general direction of the three of them and the jeep , that so far as he was concerned they were just part and parcel of the trouble generated by the city , the days he had to spend queuing in the tax office , the months he had spent shut up in the squalid , over-crowded prison , the endless haggling with shopkeepers , the disappearance of his good-for-nothing son . |
| 4 | In Goldring 's case , the customer had done something clearly conveying to the finance company that he did not own the van and that so far as he was concerned the seller ( the trader ) had every right to sell it . |
| 5 | I will tell you plainly that so far as I am concerned that objective is the promotion of books … . ’ |
| 6 | Luke 's no fool ; he could see that so far as I was concerned Elise was more than just a client . |
| 7 | Robbie drew breath to vindicate herself , to tell him that she had not been unfaithful , that so far as she was concerned Hugh had ceased to exist . |
| 8 | You say that so far as you 're concerned , it 's all right for children to learn if in fact they 're enjoying it and if in fact they want to and they 're not being coerced . |
| 9 | You say that so far as you 're concerned , it 's all right for children to learn if in fact they 're enjoying it and if in fact they want to and they 're not being coerced . |
| 10 | In the 1990's , the animal painters interviewed here comment that as far as they are concerned , there is no sign of an economic recession . |
| 11 | I consider that as far as they were concerned Mr. Winterbone appeared to them to be perfectly clear and lucid and that , as was said , he seemed to know what he was doing . |
| 12 | Last year , this union held a ballot and a hundred and forty thousand members took part in that ballot for the leader of the Labour Party and they made it absolutely clear to the executive that as far as they were concerned they wanted a part and a say in who was the leader of the Labour Party , and they di decided dem democratically . |
| 13 | There is nothing he can tell you beyond what I already have — that as far as we are concerned my mother has been dead for more than twenty years . ’ |
| 14 | As Goffmann points out , the end of conversational encounters carry an increased risk of creating offence — in the sense that careless or perfunctory termination may convey the misleading impression that one could n't wait for the session to end and that as far as one was concerned the whole episode was a waste of time . |
| 15 | ‘ Of course , I realise that as far as you 're concerned I ca n't possibly hope to fill my predecessor 's shoes , but I do happen to be very good at my job . ’ |
| 16 | I would add that as far as I am aware neither our client nor any other person in this firm has made any approach regarding this matter to the company , its managers or staff . |
| 17 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
| 18 | I replied that as far as I was concerned his terms and conditions of employment were best used as a rectal implant preferably without benefit of anaesthetic , which roused him to suggest that perhaps the whole matter would best be served by being turned over to the florid authority of Her Majesty 's Judiciary , via PC Plod , or at the very least to some banal tribunal vested with the right to dilly-dally over contretemps between master and servant . |
| 19 | I then indicated that as far as I was concerned the meeting should terminate there and then , since in no circumstances would I be willing to give advice contrary to the interests of my friend . |
| 20 | ‘ I told him that as far as I was concerned he was junior shit of all time . |
| 21 | He said , ‘ I 'd talked so much to Nigel about his thoughts on so many things that as far as I 'm concerned he was with us all the way through . |
| 22 | Well the only thing that as far as I 'm concerned erm er Richard is is when would you like to come on the training course ? |
| 23 | I think the thing you have to say that as far as I 'm concerned , from what I 've see of her so far and I have n't worked with her in the field yet but far brighter spark in your department than that one we interviewed the other day |
| 24 | Lloyd claimed the last half hour , but when he was out at 233 for 4 he indicated that as far as he was concerned that was that . |
| 25 | A few evenings later , in Russell 's alehouse , Ralph Bryant told Pascoe that as far as he was concerned , there was no reason why they should not sail on the Sunday following . |
| 26 | Eliot remarked that as far as he was concerned he took that paper chiefly for the crossword and the company reports . |
| 27 | RFU Secretary Dudley Wood said that as far as he was concerned the tour is still on . |
| 28 | The hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed said that as far as he was concerned , regional government would not take away the powers of local government . |
| 29 | Grunte , who had little time for the Third World , said that as far as he was concerned , most of it seemed to have moved to Birmingham . |
| 30 | After the case , Hamish Deans said that as far as he was concerned the meeting would be going ahead as scheduled . |