Example sentences of "so far [conj] [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 4 ) The general rule does not apply so far as a provision of the consolidating Acts gives effect to an amendment ( in pursuance of a recommendation of the Law Commission and , in some cases , the Scottish Law Commission ) . |
| 2 | It is , however , an important paragraph so far as an understanding of the scheme of section 82(1) is concerned . |
| 3 | So far as the availability of judicial review ( remedies ) is concerned , the distinction was used in cases decided after Ridge to provide a basis for denying , for example , that disciplinary decisions of prison governors ( as opposed to boards of prison visitors ) were subject to judicial review . |
| 4 | So far as the availability of evidence before the justices , again , I say little because of the course I am going to take but there clearly was evidence for them to consider and assess . |
| 5 | However , the statute does not confer protection on one who was not at fault so far as the origin of the fire is concerned but who was negligent in letting it spread . |
| 6 | In so far as the assistance of the Americans was seen to be desirable or even imperative against Nazi Germany , he feared that they would exact a heavy price at the expense of Britain 's trade and her links with the Empire . |
| 7 | Allowing for exaggeration , it is nevertheless true to say that the Emperor lived up to the Idea in so far as the re-ordering of Paris was concerned . |
| 8 | So far as the law of affray is concerned , the provision in section 3(5) that the offence may be committed in private as well as in public states the existing law on the point , and arguably ‘ corrects the error ’ that had crept in to the law a century or so earlier . |
| 9 | So far as the development of my interests in China was concerned , I continued frequent visits with Joe Jack , the cobbler , and found myself more frequently patronising the Canton Cafe to talk with another Chinese friend , George Wong , whose father owned the small restaurant . |
| 10 | Although technical barriers mainly arise in Germany and the Netherlands , the fact that they are relatively unapparent in other countries such as Spain and Italy does not mean that they do not present a potential threat , in so far as the removal of structural barriers to takeovers may result in the creation of technical barriers as companies react to defend themselves . |
| 11 | So far as the raising of revenue is concerned , the entire process is confidential to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and his advisers until Budget day , which is normally in the latter part of March . |
| 12 | So far as the type of crime committed is concerned throughout this century the great bulk of crime has always involved stealing of one kind or another . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ So far as the question of Ministerial rules goes , it is quite clear that there was no breach whatsoever , and I deeply resent the suggestion that there was . ’ |
| 14 | Finally , so far as the question of convergence goes , Moore insists that there is no guarantee of it . |
| 15 | It is the most important meeting of the year so far as the organisation of the council is concerned . |
| 16 | But despite the various aspects of his ‘ U turn ’ , Heath had by this stage burned his boats , so far as the re-creation of a ‘ corporatist accommodation ’ was concerned . |
| 17 | So far as the rest of the world was concerned he could conceive of almost any deception . |
| 18 | A striking one came in 1760 when , at the marriage of the Princess of Brazil , the daughter of King Joseph I , the masterful Portuguese chief minister , the marques de Pombal , announced that though the papal nuncio and the imperial ambassador would take precedence over all other foreign envoys this would be governed so far as the rest of them were concerned simply by the dates on which they had presented their credentials . |
| 19 | In so far as the exercise of judgement by officials when applying rules to particular cases can never be made entirely unnecessary by the articulation of rules to fit all instances , the values of individual officials will affect the outcome of executive action . |
| 20 | Mr. Collins 's primary submission was that , at any rate so far as the eliciting of information from the applicant himself was concerned , the investigative process contemplated by sections 1(3) and 2 of the Act of 1987 must be taken to have come to an end at the time of charge , and to have been replaced by the process of prosecution pursuant to section 1(5) . … |
| 21 | Before the advent of the Europeans the latter lacked any contact with more ‘ advanced ’ cultures ( except in so far as the influence of the Aztecs and other peoples of Central America may have percolated northward ) , whereas Siberia , as part of the ‘ Old World ’ cultural complex , was subject to many influences ( however remote ) from the great civilizations of Eurasia . |
| 22 | The common law rule on this was laid down by the Court of Appeal in Cresswell v. Sirl but this rule has been replaced , so far as the protection of livestock against dogs is concerned , by section 9 of the Animals Act . |
| 23 | So far as the timing of his escape to Germany was concerned , Joyce had hardly moved too soon . |
| 24 | In so far as the idea of emancipation moved forward in government circles in 1856 , the landless variety prevailed over the landed . |
| 25 | Within the general array of conflicts arising from the pursuit of national interests there was until recently one predominant conflict , crucial so far as the possibility of nuclear war is concerned , between the US and the Soviet Union , and their respective allies or client states , which affected directly or indirectly all international relationships . |
| 26 | So far as the transfer of the property or the whole or part of the husband 's share in it to the wife is concerned , the provisions set out in Chapter 2 apply and for the reasons there mentioned there is unlikely to be a liability for capital gains tax or inheritance tax . |
| 27 | So far as the gravity of anal intercourse in relation to other sexual conduct is concerned , the Committee 's view is not altogether clear . |
| 28 | So far as the genesis of the revolutionary intelligentsia is concerned , revisionist work suggests that none of the traditional explanations is entirely satisfactory . |
| 29 | The passing of the Victorian age , significant in so many spheres , brought no great change in this area ; there is no magic in the divide between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries so far as the scope of judicial review is concerned . |
| 30 | So far as the scope of the duty in the offences of assault , resistance and obstruction is concerned , the law has developed in such a way that the obligation is not confined to duties stricto sensu , i.e. something that the officer is compelled by law to do . |