Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [prep] so [adv] as " in BNC.
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1 | Well I think that we have shown that we 're prepared to support Gorbachev in so far as er peace reform in the Soviet Union , but I think we 've got to look towards our own security in the West and we 've done very well with NATO , with the defensive block NATO over the last 40 years or so , and until we can have cast iron guarantees that Gorbachev is going to be secure and that he 's actually going to carry out his promises we 've got to keep our guard up . |
2 | The Durham Cathedral players will only function as protectors of the cathedral and of refugees seeking asylum in so far as others in the drama expect that function from them . |
3 | Also briefly discussed are the sale and purchase agreement in so far as it is inconsistent with that for a normal corporate acquisition , and the managers ' service agreements . |
4 | Such women may have been rather running businesses than producing goods in so far as they relied on journeymen . |
5 | ‘ In the execution of a letter of request the person concerned may refuse to give evidence in so far as he has a privilege or duty to refuse to give the evidence — ( a ) under the law of the state of execution ; or ( b ) under the law of the state of origin … |
6 | Literacy alone carries advantages in so far as child mortality is concerned . |
7 | The end product resembles meat in so far as it is fibrous and can be flavoured and/or coloured accordingly . |