Example sentences of "so far [conj] [adj] [noun] was " in BNC.

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1 The court said that the parties had chosen the manner by which they wished to have their disputes resolved , and that the wording of the clause did not leave any scope for saying that , in so far as that matter was one of law , it was to be determined not by the expert but by the court .
2 C 224 , p. 3 ) , it was lawful for a member state to require operators of fishing vessels , be they individuals or companies , to maintain a real and permanent presence on shore in its territory where the vessel was registered , in so far as such presence was necessary to enable the member state to fulfil its obligations under international law and under the Common Fisheries Policy .
3 In so far as religious thinking was permeated by the spirit of Humanism , religious music also submitted to become the vehicle of the word while pure polyphony of the utmost technical refinement continued to serve the religion of pure unreasoning faith , ‘ the magic of sound matching the magic of faith ’ .
4 So far as serious crime was concerned , three conditions had to be satisfied : the crime had to be really serious ; the normal methods of investigation had to have been tried and failed ; and there had to be good reason to believe that the interception would result in a conviction ( Birkett , 1957 ) .
5 The following years saw a decline in local music production so far as commercial recording was concerned .
6 His precious sabbatical term was being , so far as academic study was concerned , wasted .
7 In so far as any thought was given to the curriculum , this was held to be a matter for expert ‘ curriculum designers ’ who spoke in a language all their own , and seldom impinged on the consciousness of the public .
8 Reed chairman Peter Davis commented : ‘ In May 1991 I explained that our existing publishing and information business had first priority so far as further investment was concerned and that we had decided not to join our partners in putting more funds into BSkyB .
9 With Gutenberg came the fifteenth-century invention of printing and there , so far as educational technology was concerned , innovation stayed until the nineteenth century .
10 But this was only innovative in so far as classical ballet was concerned as there are many 5/4 Slav folk dances .
11 Gorbachev 's response to these developments appeared to be twofold , so far as foreign policy was concerned .
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