Example sentences of "so far as [pers pn] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the case came to a hearing Parliament sought to improve the revenue 's position by enacting with retrospective effect section 47(1) of the Finance Act 1986 , but this proved ineffective for the purpose and on 31 July 1987 Nolan J. [ 1987 ] S.T.C. 654 decided that the regulations complained of were ultra vires and void in so far as they purported to provide for the imposition of tax on interests and dividends paid by building societies prior to 6 April 1986 , and made an order accordingly . |
| 2 | In so far as they did see a coming energy source they thought it would be atomic energy , and they wrote the treaty that 's called the Euratom Treaty to cover this , but it did n't cover oil , and that is perhaps why it 's been a much less contentious subject . |
| 3 | Awareness of Thatcher and Kinnock was spread much more evenly throughout the electorate , and in so far as it did vary it was particularly high amongst those who had recently watched television news or had recently discussed the campaign ( Table 7.7 ) . |
| 4 | By the end of the campaign that was no longer so true : awareness of Thatcher and Kinnock had spread much more evenly through the electorate and in so far as it did vary it was particularly high amongst those who had recently watched television news or discussed the campaign . |
| 5 | In so far as I did understand it , I welcome his commitment of the Labour party to the Trident programme . |
| 6 | He was grappling to define love itself , in so far as he had experienced it and now understood it . |
| 7 | Moreover , there seems to be an element of moral righteousness in Bukharin 's attitude , in so far as he sought to clothe what could be considered necessary violence with an aura of positive good , thereby turning necessity into a virtue . |