Example sentences of "so far as they [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever the law might hold , no one could argue that the methods used by Esmail and Everington amounted to fraud , in so far as they had neither the intention nor the potential to gain an advantage . |
| 2 | Although we can not honestly say that those who unsuccessfully oppose a particular decision or policy consent to that decision or policy when it is carried out despite their opposition , we can say that they are nevertheless bound by that decision in so far as they accept both the principle of majority decisions and the fairness of the procedures through which the decision is reached or the policy made . |
| 3 | He added that this order would leave it open to the Press to deal with the questions of principle so far as they did not apply them to the facts . |
| 4 | Secondly , the Rules were flawed in so far as they did not seem to anticipate the possibility of problems created by the piecemeal acquisition of bonds either by occasional buying out or by gift . |
| 5 | Such an attitude reflected the determination to decapitate the lower classes , in so far as they did not shed their potential leaders spontaneously by absorption into the lower middle class . |
| 6 | Of contracts for the benefit of the infant , so far as they do not coincide with contracts for necessaries , a contract for the employment of the infant , where his position in life makes employment desirable for him , is a typical case . |
| 7 | In order to promote these purposes the Secretary of State , normally on the advice of the Health and Safety Commission , has power to make ‘ health and safety regulations ’ which will give rise to civil liability except in so far as they provide otherwise . |