Example sentences of "far as it [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It therefore follows , in our judgment , that although this has gone unnoticed for 119 years , the jurisdiction of the judges as visitors , in so far as it relates to questions as to the fitness of persons to become or remain barristers , is a jurisdiction which in 1873 was vested in the judges of the three common law courts , sitting elsewhere than in court or chambers , when acting as judges , in pursuance of custom .
2 First , it provided a most favourable environment for the development of capitalism — a stable , well-organized political system , with a rational and effectively administered body of law , especially in so far as it related to property and contracts .
3 Things happened in this period that profoundly influenced sociological thinking in particular , and especially in so far as it related to crime and criminals ; they led to a comprehensive rejection of the most cherished principles of positivist criminology .
4 In so far as it distinguished between night and day , it was active at night .
5 In that regard , the note in The Supreme Court Practice 1991 , p. 726 is correct , in so far as it states in relation to R.S.C. , Ord. 45 , r. 3 :
6 And it seems that the money , in so far as it emerges in budgets that clearly , is determined by crude political muscle and nothing to do with reason and analysis — all the things that you stood for in the sixties and seventies .
7 The exchange rate is excellent and you 'll find a pound goes three times as far as it does in Britain ( a feast in a good restaurant can be less than £3 ) .
8 However , this makes no difference to what has been stated above , since the judgment in the Brugnoni case is based , as the Commission points out , on the general objective of the First Directive in so far as it applies to transactions with the Directive liberalised , and it is clear from Commission of the European Communities v. Hellenic Republic ( Case 194/84 ) [ 1987 ] E.C.R. 4737 , 4750 , para. 9 , that capital movements set out in list A also benefit from ‘ unconditional liberalisation . ’
9 In so far as it applies to Arabic , for instance , it suggests that an ego-centred pattern which is perfectly feasible and natural in English has to be replaced in most contexts by a process-centred pattern which is far more typical of Arabic .
10 Often they are questions on which the hierarchy of the family ( in so far as it exists in Britain ) has to be consulted .
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