Example sentences of "so far as the [noun] [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 | But , so far as the Exercises goes , all of this is underplayed . |
| 7 | In so far as the reforms accelerated the growth of capitalism and differentiation between employer and employee among the peasantry , they served only to intensify the misery and oppression of the poorer peasants , to advance the struggle between rich and poor peasants . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In so far as the letters make statements about what is happening in the territory of some foreign state , such letters may not be the best evidence ; but as regards the question whether Her Majesty 's Government has dealings with the foreign government it will almost certainly be the best and only conclusive evidence of that fact . |
| 10 | John-Paul Sartre , in Being and Nothingness , writes : ‘ So far as the physicians have had any experience with my body , it was with my body in the midst of the world and as it is for others . |
| 11 | One of BRAC 's concerns at present is to see whether the lobon-gur solution has become part of the Bangladeshi culture , in so far as the mothers taught by BRAC 's Oral Therapy Replacement Workers might pass their knowledge down to their children . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 3.7 The expression " pain and suffering " is almost a term of art in so far as the expression embraces different concepts . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In so far as the functions performed by Molla Edebali and Tursun Fakih , apparently successively , may be characterized as an " office " from an Institutional point of view , as it were it seems not to have been continuous , however , at least on the evidence of the biographical sources . |
| 16 | In so far as the residents depend upon the public definition of each other , there is very little basis for trust except through the exercise of brute force or economic sanctions . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Except in so far as the parties agree otherwise , the provisions of the Sale of Goods Act apply . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | 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 ) . |
| 23 | ( 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 . |
| 24 | ( 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 . |
| 25 | 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 " . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | These internal connections are explanatory of the behaviour of particles in so far as the world conforms to the model . |
| 28 | The object of the court in interpreting legislation is to give effect so far as the language permits to the intention of the legislature . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | You 've explained your position so far as the earrings go , Peter , and I accept your explanation , though I ca n't say I find it good enough . |