Example sentences of "[adv] far [conj] possible the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Since VJ day , the majority people of the area , the Vietnamese , have stubbornly resisted the re-establishment of French authority , a struggle in which we have tried to maintain so far as possible the position of non-support of either party ’ .
2 So far as possible the particulars of the charge shall be stated in simple terms , but they shall also show the precise offence in law with which he is charged .
3 One line of thought was that the government wished to dampen as far as possible the spirits of anti-apartheid demonstrators who are planning marches all over the country today in celebration of the releases , which have been proclaimed ‘ a great victory for the people ’ .
4 As far as possible the workshops will be offered on all campuses .
5 Pupils with special educational needs , like all other pupils , should have the opportunity to experience as far as possible the full range of the English curriculum .
6 As far as possible the inheritance was to be preserved entirely .
7 The successful prosecution of the war , however , required not just aristocratic support but also the plentiful , and as far as possible the willing , supply of manpower and money .
8 We checked as far as possible the information for the cases listed in tables 2.1 to 2.4 of the Black report ; in table III cross references are given to the cases listed in these tables of the Black report and , when necessary , the information has been corrected .
9 Having stressed the importance of reducing as far as possible the number of permissible reasons for refusal , the authors refer to the cited ground , which they admit has no precedent in international agreements on judicial assistance .
10 Given that industrial democracy , defined as the ultimate right and duty of the men and women working in an industrial enterprise to call management to account for its performance , and , if that performance does not satisfy them , to replace management , is desirable in principle and as a means of making the efficient conduct of the enterprise their natural concern ; recognising that the rights of use attaching to ownership , whether in the private or public sector , are inalienable ; recognising the value in general of competition as a means of keeping production and provision sensitive to public needs and tastes , and as a means of relating the distribution of resources to them ; to consider ( i ) in what sort of industrial organisation would industrial democracy be feasible ; ( ii ) how far and in what circumstances would the adoption of such a form of organisation be feasible ; ( iii ) by what means should its adoption be promoted and how long would it take to establish it as a characteristic feature in the industrial scene ; ( iv ) what part should trade unions play in its promotion and adoption and what changes would that part require in their functions as they are commonly understood ; and ( v ) where in the case of a particular industry , or organisation , the general interest requires that accountability should be to the public at large , considered for example as consumers or users of goods produced or beneficiaries from services provided , what compensatory measures should be introduced so as to make good as far as possible the permanent denial to employees of a right which is in principle generally desirable ?
11 Mill , for all his apprehensions about public opinion and mass ignorance , never abandoned the basic democratic principle that as far as possible the people should govern themselves , and that therefore the ultimate objective had to be the maximum of direct , personal participation :
12 The APU collection of questions was searched for items which conformed individually and collectively to the following criteria : — nearly all the items would have success rates between 60 per cent and 95 per cent nationally ; — all the items would have low omission rates among the bottom 20 per cent band of attainers nationally ; that is , they would not deter this group of pupils , who would be willing to " have a go " at them ; — overall , the items should cover a reasonable variety of topics , including basic ideas such as fractions , decimals , graphs ; and , — as far as possible the items selected would have a high incidence of a distinctive error or errors which would give them some diagnostic value .
13 Although we shall appeal frequently , in the course of this book , to the insights of sentence grammarians , including those working within a generative framework , we shall avoid as far as possible the methodology which depends on what Lyons ( I968 ) described as regularised , standardised and decontextualised data .
14 As far as possible the enclosure commissioners formed square or squarish fields .
15 Having regard to the objectives and the general scheme of the Convention , that it is important that , in order to ensure as far as possible the equality and uniformity of the rights and obligations arising out of the Convention for the contracting states and the persons concerned , that concept should not be interpreted simply as referring to the national law of one or other of the states concerned .
16 Having regard to the objective and the general scheme of the Convention , it is important that , in order to ensure as far as possible the equality and uniformity of the rights and obligations arising out of the Convention for the contracting states and the persons concerned , that concept should not be interpreted simply as referring to the national law of one or other of the states concerned .
17 As the court held with respect to the expression ‘ matters relating to a contract ’ used in article 5(1) ( see the judgments of 22 March 1983 in Peters [ 1983 ] E.C.R. 987 , and of 8 March 1988 in Arcado [ 1988 ] E.C.R. 1539 ) , having regard to the objectives and general scheme of the Convention , it is important that , in order to ensure as far as possible the equality and uniformity of the rights and obligations arising out of the Convention of the contracting states and the persons concerned , that concept should not be interpreted simply as referring to the national law of one or other of the states concerned .
18 to secure the relevance , reliability and integrity of information , so ensuring as far as possible the completeness and accuracy of records ;
19 As far as possible the trucks are in the order in which they will be disconnected from the train at the various stopping-places .
20 Arrange the substitution items into groups with the same number of syllables , and as far as possible the same CV pattern , and the same length and stress pattern .
21 As far as possible the Corporation should not attempt to take over any salvage from the Claimant .
22 In an effort to separate as far as possible the discussion of equity from the discussion of efficiency , modern welfare economics uses the idea of Pareto-efficiency named after the economist Vilfredo Pareto whose Manuel D'Economie Politique was published as long ago as 1909 .
23 To separate as far as possible the concepts of equity and efficiency , economists use the concept of Pareto efficiency .
24 Er yes well that is so this did come through er very very late indeed er in the and the Parish Council of course are in the situation where they have to cover all eventualities and what er Mr is referring to is a suggestion of using a one O six agreement to protect as far as possible the local communities when the tip is erected .
25 And expectations that we work , be active , and conceal as far as possible the very existence of our periods , mean that the instant , ’ disposable ’ , ’ invisible ’ products of the soft paper industry are the obvious choice for the vast majority of women .
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