Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] as [pron] [vb -s] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | because the verderers … and … the Steward of the Forest made no mention in their rolls of the name of the said page , nor of his delivery , nor of his escape , and the business of the King so far as it relates to the said boy is entirely undone , therefore they are in mercy . |
| 2 | The epitaph upon the old Forest system was finally written in the Wild Creatures and Forest Laws Act of 1971 , which abolished the sovereign 's prerogative right to wild creatures ( except royal fish and swans ) , and abrogated the Forest law , except in so far as it relates to the appointment and functions of verderers . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | By Schedule 1 , paragraph 1(c) of the Act , the provisions contained in sections 2 to 4 do not extend to any contract : so far as it relates to the creation or transfer of any right or interest in any patent , trade mark , copyright , … or other intellectual property . |
| 5 | ( 4 ) A covenant by the lessee for the repair of the premises is of no effect so far as it relates to the matters mentioned in subsection ( l ) ( a ) to ( c ) , except so far as it imposes on the lessee any of the requirements mentioned in subsection ( 2 ) ( a ) or ( c ) . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But so long as the distinction remains , disaffection in so far as it appeals to existing principles of legitimacy , can be both conservative and loyal . |
| 9 | Even though there is n't much space for plot or characters in between the authorial wisecracks , at 435 ill-written pages Gridlock is about four times as long as it needs to be . |
| 10 | He has convinced Roderigo that Othello 's attraction for Desdemona is purely sensual , will soon be satiated , and that then Desdemona will love him ; even though the dupe is constantly doubting that vision , Iago manages to sustain it for as long as he needs to . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's there for as long as he wants to be , ’ said Eaton . |
| 12 | THE author Salman Rushdie is not one to let death threats prevent him doing pretty much what he wants to , as flamboyantly as he wants to . |
| 13 | It does n't come to me as easily as it does to you . " |
| 14 | Secondly , what would happen to the profitability of Britain 's least successful credit operators if it reacted to the credit demand signals of customers as rapidly as it responds to their credit risk signals ? |
| 15 | They say that nobody remembers who came second but when that has happened to you as often as it has to Montgomerie , it is difficult to forget . |
| 16 | ‘ Sir Alexander Gibson , a seasoned conductor of the work , paces this ‘ Butterfly ’ with complete feeling , rising to its emotional peaks as surely as he responds to its moments of delicacy ’ . |