Example sentences of "so far as the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She and Allan has , so far as the plot goes , the look of an afterthought , with a patchwork plot full of echoes of Quatermain 's other adventures and placing Ayesha in the same kind of danger from rebellion and rivalry which made up the story lines of She and Ayesha . |
| 2 | There were also political complications , in so far as the government wished to avoid criteria for rate-capping which might include Conservative-controlled authorities . |
| 3 | See Davies v Davies ( 1887 ) 36 Ch D 359 where a covenant which sought to restrain trade " so far as the law allows " was found to be too uncertain to be enforced . |
| 4 | Indeed , in so far as the law represents the embodiment of those rules deemed so important by society as to warrant setting them out formally with appropriate sanctions for non-observance , legal principles are the most important regulators of doctors ' decisions . |
| 5 | An order made by a court in any part of the United Kingdom in bankruptcy proceedings can be enforced in any other part of the United Kingdom as if made by the corresponding court in that other part except in so far as the order relates to property situated there ( unless the Secretary of State and the Lord Chancellor make provision for this ) ( s 426(1)-(3) ) . |
| 6 | The range of permissible investments , for instance , is defined by statute in so far as the settlement makes no provision ; but , even within the limits of investment allowed by statute or settlement , a trustee may incur liability by want of due care in exercising his discretion . |
| 7 | There was thus a material discrepancy between the 12 January statement and the evidence at the trial , albeit in favour of the defendant , so far as the evidence given was concerned . |
| 8 | 3.7 The expression " pain and suffering " is almost a term of art in so far as the expression embraces different concepts . |
| 9 | The means of salvaging something of the disposition is to recognize that so far as the daughter has benefited under her father 's will she may be obliged by a trust . |
| 10 | But a thinking participant like Socrates ( with a following in the Assembly ) found this incident difficult to stomach , and so far as the passage contains a statement of constitutional principle , it ought not to be pressed . |
| 11 | It is the outcome of a series of contracts between the founding shareholders : in so far as the state has a role in corporate creation it is not materially different from its role in enforcing contracts in general . |
| 12 | In so far as the system worked — some disputes were settled , some crimes fully atoned for — it did so because it accommodated to the plastic and multifarious notions of justice obtaining within a small group of men , known to each other from youth up , often related by marriage , who had to reckon on continuing to live as neighbours after the case was over . |
| 13 | Where the Act applies a reasonableness test it generally provides that a party can not exclude or restrict liability " except in so far as the term satisfies the test of reasonableness " ( ss2 , 3 , 4 ) or that liability can be excluded or restricted " but only in so far as the term satisfies the test of reasonableness " ( ss6 , 7 ) . |
| 14 | Where the Act applies a reasonableness test it generally provides that a party can not exclude or restrict liability " except in so far as the term satisfies the test of reasonableness " ( ss2 , 3 , 4 ) or that liability can be excluded or restricted " but only in so far as the term satisfies the test of reasonableness " ( ss6 , 7 ) . |
| 15 | ( 3 ) As against a person dealing otherwise than as consumer , that liability can be excluded or restricted by reference to such a term , but only in so far as the term satisfies the requirement of reasonableness . |
| 16 | ( 4 ) Liability in respect of ( a ) the right to transfer ownership of the goods , or give possession ; or ( b ) the assurance of quiet possession to a person taking goods in pursuance of the contract ; can not [ ( in a case to which subsection ( 3A ) above does not apply ) ] be excluded or restricted by reference to any term except in so far as the term satisfies the requirement of reasonableness . |
| 17 | Hence the 1973 Act provides that exclusion clauses are void " to the extent that " they did not comply with reasonableness , whereas , under UCTA 1977 , a term shall not be effective " except in so far as the term satisfies the requirement of reasonableness " . |
| 18 | In so far as the house does represent a large capital asset , and it undoubtedly does , I am quite clear that in the long term , house prices are likely , generally to rise with inflation , indeed I would think must do so or perhaps to rise rather more quickly than inflation if there is a rising population and as there has been for very , very ma many years have passed , that , in the passed a decreasing occupancy rate . |
| 19 | These internal connections are explanatory of the behaviour of particles in so far as the world conforms to the model . |
| 20 | The object of the court in interpreting legislation is to give effect so far as the language permits to the intention of the legislature . |
| 21 | When Insurers settle a partial loss they acquire no proprietary rights in the subject matter insured — but they become subrogated to all the rights and remedies of the Policyholder in so far as the Policyholder has been indemnified under the Policy . |
| 22 | And the same mutatis mutandis applies to the mat , in so far as the mat qualifies as a self-subsistent ontological entity . |
| 23 | An occupier may expect that a person , in the exercise of his calling , will appreciate and guard against any special risks ordinarily incident to it , so far as the occupier leaves him free to do so . |
| 24 | ( b ) Persons entering in the exercise of a calling Section 2(3) ( b ) states : " An occupier may expect that a person , in the exercise of his calling , will appreciate and guard against any special risks ordinarily incident to it , so far as the occupier leaves him free to do so . " |
| 25 | In so far as the situation changed in the 1790s it was to the extent that such payments became systematised both as a regular basis for relieving poverty and in being tied to a scale of bread prices . |
| 26 | The sociology of religion certainly can not tell us what we ought to believe — or even whether any particular belief is true or false — except , perhaps , in so far as the belief makes empirical claims or predictions — but , even then , we must remember , religions do deal in miracles , and they do celebrate paradox . |
| 27 | In this sense it has a similar role to that of the Office of Fair Trading in relation to UK competition rules such as the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 , the Fair Trading Act 1973 and the Competition Act 1980 , although in a number of respects and in particular in so far as the Commission has the power to take binding decisions , its powers are more extensive than the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 28 | These remarks were made in a case in which the mortgage , so far as the report reveals , was silent about costs , charges and expenses . |
| 29 | In so far as the flat told us anything at all , it told two conflicting stories . |