Example sentences of "far as [pron] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As far as we were concerned Tblisi had won the tie fair and square . |
| 2 | ‘ As far as we were concerned Tblisi had won the tie fair and square . |
| 3 | But this does not mean that it is fitted only to be used on matters at the extreme end of the spectrum of abstraction — that it can , for instance , discuss people only in so far as they are rational beings , or sets of behaviour-patterns , or immortal souls . |
| 4 | Abolitionists did not expect immediate conversion by slaveholders ; it was not necessary in so far as they were sure planters could not for long resist the economic imperatives . |
| 5 | It seemed that so far as they were concerned Meehan , guilty or innocent , could stay in Peterhead for ever . |
| 6 | So far as they were concerned traders and sailors who had been blown off course were pirates ; and in the range of activity between purely peaceful traders and pirates who were ready to attack ships of any nation there were some traders who were prepared to use force to make Spanish ports deal with them , and others who were willing to appear to use force in order to provide Spanish settlements with an excuse for trading . |
| 7 | I consider that as far as they were concerned Mr. Winterbone appeared to them to be perfectly clear and lucid and that , as was said , he seemed to know what he was doing . |
| 8 | As far as I am concerned games are over-policed . |
| 9 | Well , as far as I am concerned Reg is sacked and I shall say so in the programme . |
| 10 | As far as I am concerned novelists are almost as redundant as psychiatrists because both species have the same irredeemable impertinence . |
| 11 | ‘ As far as I am concerned diving is not an excessive calorie-consuming sport , and certainly from the numbers of divers that I see who are overweight , I do not actually believe that the statement in ‘ The Great Diving Adventure ’ , by Horace Hobbs , is actually borne out . |
| 12 | The point is that Humpage was brought on to bowl before lunch on the first morning of the match , and one wonders whether a selected wicketkeeper has ever been introduced into the attack to early a stage of a first-class match , especially since so far as I am aware Warwickshire suffered no injuries that morning . |
| 13 | Well , as far as I 'm concerned Nick 's a cunt . |
| 14 | as far as I 'm concerned Arthur , John 's more important to me than a bloody pair of glasses |
| 15 | Erm as far as I 'm concerned Mr Donson 's point that there are significant areas of the county which are covered by other policies , national parks , heritage coast , high quality agricultural land , Erm that may be true but there are significant areas which are not covered by those policies and it seems to me that if erm the county structure plan is going to provide a strategy then it should be relatively comprehensive . |
| 16 | And if that work had been started , because as far as I 'm concerned sickness does not cover maternity . |
| 17 | ‘ As far as I 'm concerned Luke Denner is just another client for my landscape business . ’ |
| 18 | As far as I 'm concerned Burleigh is about the most dispiriting way possible to begin a teaching career . |
| 19 | Luke 's no fool ; he could see that so far as I was concerned Elise was more than just a client . |
| 20 | As far as she was concerned things were perfectly straight . |
| 21 | Robbie drew breath to vindicate herself , to tell him that she had not been unfaithful , that so far as she was concerned Hugh had ceased to exist . |