Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] so [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The analogy holds in so far as stylistic competence , like linguistic competence , is a capacity which we possess and exercise unconsciously and intuitively : only with special training can it be turned into explicit knowledge . |
| 2 | Why ca n't the woman be assessed as an individual , and benefit paid in so far as her resources are insufficient to meet her requirements ? |
| 3 | Employers have a general duty imposed by s.2 of the 1974 Act to safeguard in so far as is reasonably practicable the health , safety and welfare of their employees . |
| 4 | Notwithstanding the views that have found favour with others I consider this to be a reasonable construction of the statutory provisions and I am comforted in the fact that , apart from an attempt to tax airline employees , which was taken to the special commissioners who decided in favour of the taxpayer , this has been the practice of the Inland Revenue in applying the relevant words where they have occurred in the Income Tax Acts for so long as they have been in force , until they initiated the present cases . |
| 5 | Moreover , the covenant to perform on the part of the original lessee is merely a covenant to perform in so far as another party , similarly liable , has not performed or otherwise discharged the obligation . |
| 6 | The latter was a prestige objective save in so far as it was a stepping stone to Indonesia . |
| 7 | ‘ Anyway , the Queen of the Night , always called your mother that , you know , because of her amazing devotion to sleep , which she seemed to prefer to almost any other activity , in particular to that which I believe today 's lovers refer to so elegantly as ‘ boffing ’ or ‘ shafting ’ … . |
| 8 | The sickle lasted for so long as a harvesting tool for this very reason : it was still used in preference to the swap-hook and scythe in some areas because its use , although slower , conserved the grain . |
| 9 | He 's reduced the amount of water in his lavatory system and does n't let the tap run for so long when developing photographs in his darkroom at home . |
| 10 | Why was it the gorgeous ones passed through so fleetingly while others , like that paunchy , moist-palmed Vic Tatum from Marine Claims always managed to delay in her office , ogling , leering and making suggestive remarks that she could probably take to a Sexual Harassment Tribunal if she had a mind to ! |