Example sentences of "on [adj] [noun] as far [conj] " in BNC.

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1 There are no proposals either in er draught directive form or before this house on that matter as far as I know and certainly er if that were to be the proposal it would be objected to strenuously on this side of the house .
2 Children really are on another planet as far as they are concerned .
3 ANDF does not change the fundamental constructs of software , and data can move between applications on different machines as far as it would ordinarily be able to do .
4 On either side as far as the eye could see , long lines of children , dwarfed by the adults stooped over the restless machinery , reached or crawled , snatched or darted , in and out of the network of rattling belts and hissing pipes , playing a constant game with death .
5 They set out up the hillside , going slowly , picking their way from one bush and tussock to another and pausing continually to sniff and stare along the great expanse of grass , which stretched on either side as far as they could see .
6 A number of patents may be on shaky ground as far as novelty is concerned if sufficient time and effort were expended on trying to trace anticipatory materials .
7 It had been granted grudgingly and she knew she was on thin ice as far as her superiors were concerned .
8 Adjudication officers are expected to rely on reported decisions as far as possible .
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